Improved after ICD Implant

Improved after ICD Implant

Due to heart rate being increased (to 60-88 + beats per minute), and with about the same blood pressure as before implant, I have noticed the following improvements in my body since implant of an ICD on 28 Oct 2011:
---toes are now not so cold (blood circulating better);
---peripheral neuropathy in toes /feet has decreased, less tingling feeling;
---urinate more frequently and void larger volume, decreasing fluid retention (total blood volume is passing through kidneys more times per day);
---urine less concentrated (lighter in color);
---lightheadedness gone;
---more color to skin;
---no more bad shortness of breath;
---more steady on feet;
---sleep longer hours before wakening;
---complications from weak heart decreased, and feel better.

So, thus far the improvements have been greater than expected. In fact, it is amazing to go from about dying one day (heart stopping) to doing better than I've been in years. Now I just hope it lasts a while.

The heart clinic people at the local hospital said there is no way to tell how long I would have survived with the third degree heart block.   It all depends on if the heart restarts after stopping, and life could cease in one day or a month or more.  

Information posted to possibly help and inform others.

Adrian R. Lawler, Ph.D.,  (C)  2011 --