Showing posts with label Pacemaker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pacemaker. Show all posts

Sunday, September 7, 2008

More trouble with travel than before

Even though my last post said I was starting to work out again, the last two weeks have not been good.  I have had an large increase in my old fatigue issues, and a new issue, nausea.

Because I have struggled so much in last two business trips I have been wondering how long I can continue to travel like this or even work.  I guess I should still feel lucky, as I am now 4 years into my heart failure diagnosis.

Now a new research study has just been published stating that an ICD shock event foretells a much closer death possibility.  Apparently the article was publiched in the Sept. 4, 2008 version of the New England Journal of Medicine.   A news link is here: http://www.dotmed.com/news/story/6901/

I understand all the caveats that every case is different, but i must admit the way this year has gone for my case it is not a happy piece of news.  

Sorry that this post is not very uplifting.