Who has a Defibrillator?
My cardiologist is thinking I may need one. How has it affected your life and travel? I will probably be traveling alone. Would that make a difference?
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ol' yeller wrote:
Sorry I didn't make it clearer. I'm asking about folks with an implanted defibrillator, not an AED. Sorry for the confusion.
My brother-in-law lived for many years and through multiple major surgeries (cancer) and never had any issue with the implanted defibrillator/pacemaker. Likely it's what got him through some of those surgeries.
When he was terminal, someone from the manufacturer came and turned off the defibrillator function (with sort of a remote control, somehow) so it wouldn't keep shocking him when his heart was otherwise stopping.
So yes they work and they are very reliable. You are much better off with one, than without one, if you have a condition serious enough to need it. The defibrillator is not the problem---your condition is.
