What would you do?

Our ICD expert friend, Doug has put together a few tips on what to do if you have an implantable device and it activates its patient alert features, Ed You’re sitting enjoying your day when suddenly your implanted device vibrates or beeps. This goes on for 10-30 seconds, then it stops. What should you do? … Read more

Tattoo or NOTattoo

woman in gray tank top and black and white pants sitting on white floor tiles

It wasn’t until my first ‘re-birthday’ that I (or rather a bunch of my friends) decided that we should get matching tattoos as a sign of solidarity, friendship, strength and for me, survival. So off we all went the day after my first ‘re-birthday’ and got matching permanent ink stamps on various parts of our … Read more

Time is a great healer

I’ve seen many posts in our Facebook group from survivors questioning recovery time. So, as a survivor almost 5 years post-arrest I thought I would share some of my own experiences and thoughts around this. As per many others, on discharge from the hospital, I wasn’t given any information about my ‘condition’ (I was diagnosed … Read more