Dave had a check up at the cardiologist office today.

Everything went well even though the doctor discovered one "event" that happened last month. His ICD picked up a reading of acceleration and began to track the heart's activity. Upon investigation, they realized that this happened the day Dave was packing up his car to come home for Thanksgiving break, and probably took the stairs a couple of times instead of waiting for the elevator.

That's ten flights each time.

His heart rate was fine, he didn't even begin to approach tachycardia. The doctor speculated that the heartrate threshold programmed in the ICD was a bit too low for someone Dave's age and activity level, and raised it.

So, he's doing well, the ICD is working properly and Dave doesn't have to go back again until May. Good news all.

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Nothing much new to report here. I've become aware of how much trouble my husband has sleeping since he had his ICD implanted a year ago. He's always slept on his left side, and he's 54 years old. Well his ICD is on the left side of his chest and so he often tosses and turns all night. When he does sleep successfully on his left side, he said that the site of the implant aches the following day.

Not sure there is really a solution to this problem, but anyway, it's too bad. Maybe we'll look into some sort of sleep aid like a special mattress to retrain his body to sleep on the right side.

Oh...did I mention that when he doesn't sleep well...I don't sleep well either??