P.S. Guy: unfelt shocks and ATP (was Re: Re: Amiodarone dose)

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I had an " electrical storm " in November -08 (many appropriate shocks

because of lots of VTackys and VFibs). I have no underlying vascular

or structural heart disease as far as known, " just " an electrical

problem. Some gene tests are pending, though - looking for inherited

ion channel mutations (LQTS) or some sort of inherited cardiomyopathy

(ARVC)

Janne

> > >

> > > i forgot to ask. In the bit of time before you passed out and then

> > the ICD

> > > provided its gentle " therapy, " I asked if you felt panicked in the

> > normal

> > > sense, and as if you were fainting from panic. Is this how it feel

> > is you

> > > die because you don't have an ICD? So the death is pretty painless,

> > I guess?

> > > I'm not saying anything positive for death, I'm just saying it sound

> > like

> > > you just feel panicked for a second then you pass out and fall down

> > and then

> > > you're gone. Thanks.

> > > fel did befdafainnomral aked is that gentla

> > > Guy: unfelt shocks and ATP (was Re: Re:

> > Amiodarone dose)

> > >

> > >

> > > Guy,

> > >

> > > The shocks you describe where you seem to be saying that you fainted

> > before

> > > the shock occurred, what did that feel like? Were you scared or

> > panicked for

> > > a time before you passed out? Did you feel your heart racing the

> way we

> > > would if we were just normal and we were having a panic attack?

> > Thanks you.

> > >

> > > second, I forget what is ATP. I went to te gloassry in ZAP FAQ, and

> > it's not

> > > listed there. what is it. Somethng xxx pacing?

> > >

> > > Thanks,

> > >

> > > something very scarcy scarcy befor3e berore a seconed

> > > ----- Original Message -----

> > > From: " Guy Scardina " <guys101@>

> > >

> > > ,

> > > Believe it or not, I have never felt a shock. During the first year

> > > after I got my ICD I had two or three shocks but my heart rate

was so

> > > high that I passed out before the shock. I remember one shock

> > > happened when I was taking out the trash. I had enough warning

to sit

> > > down on the kitchen floor and the next thing I remember was

laying on

> > > the floor half in a daze, wondering if I was dead or alive. Another

> > > happened while I was walking and also had enough warning to sit

> > > before I passed out. While sitting on the curb after I regained

> > > consciousness a guy in a Corvette stopped and asked if I needed

help.

> > > It was nice of him to give me a ride even though it was only a

couple

> > > blocks to my home.

> > > The shock that I received last summer was during the night and I was

> > > asleep. I woke up after it happened and realized that something had

> > > just occured but was not certain what it was until my next

> > > interrogation.

> > > I think somebody already explained what ATP means. I usually feel

> > > them and hope they do not escalate into a shock.

> > >

> >

> >

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