Re: Re: i found this intrusting though you might like reading it

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Steve;

The Appilachin Trail is a beautiful

place to see, the elevation is a problem however. Macchu Picchu is

the most beautiful place on earth.. Luckily I was there before I

was sick! Be determined and keep your dreams.

Good luck, guin

AMAmail@... wrote:

> Results and Conclusions: Current research suggests that ICD-specific

fears and symptoms of anxiety (e.g., excessive worry, physiological

arousal) are the most common psychological symptoms experienced by

ICD

recipients, with approximately 13-38% of recipients experiencing

diagnosable levels of anxiety. Depressive symptoms are reported at

rates that are generally consistent with other cardiac populations.

Although the incidence of psychological disorders appears to be

similar to that found in general cardiac populations, specific

ICD-related concerns such as fear of shock, fear of device

malfunction, fear of death, and fear of embarrassment have been

identified. Selected psychological theories such as classical

conditioning, learned helplessness, and a cognitive appraisal model

help to explain the occurrence of psychological symptoms post

implantation.

And also the fact that most doctors will not sit down with the patient

and explain on a personal level how great this unit is, and how much

long term benifit it will provide. How, yes getting zapped is

not

something anyone looks forward to, but is so much more temporary than

living your life with anoxic brain injury, maybe in a wheel chair,

maybe blind, maybe in a coma, because the next time, they dont get

to

you in time, or nobody is home, or everyone is afraid of doing CPR.

How the numbers may show that 30 % of those with it may still die in

the next two years, but over 90% of those who will, got the AICD after

the heart was so damaged it is a miricle that the people live another

two years, and could not have with out it.

How these units advance so each year, that the new ones will only go

off in an actual situation, not from exercise, light arrythmia or

other "normal" heart patient symptom.

How some of us are running out of fingers to count the number of times

thier unit has prevented the family from buying a hole and picking

a

coffin or wondering "would he prefer cremation?"

How we are the lucky few to have these gifts. If everyone had

one, so

few people would ever die from a heart attack.

How, after a long period of having the unit keep him alive, Steve

finaly has been matched up with the correct meds so that the unit has

had no need to fire for almot two years.

How Steve the once dead guy, is practicing to be able to walk the

Applilachin trail in the future, and hopes to take on the Grand Canyon

as well.

"Life is great when it