When I got diagnosed with Dilated Cardiomyopathy, I was told I should
wear a life vest. No, not the big bright orange things you wear on a boat.
It is an external defibrillator. It has not gone off as off yet, thank
God. I have had to wear it for over 3 months now. I am unsure as to
how much longer I need to wear this. I know the Dr. needs to do another
echo to see how my heart is responding to the medicines. After she
looks at the results she will then decided if I need to continue wearing
this or if I need an AICD or if I need nothing. I am hoping for the
latter. Actually, I kinda want the AICD just so that I can have the
reassurance that if I wear to go into Cardiac Arrest I will be ok
because it will shock my heart back into rhythm. But for now I am
wearing the life vest. It is kind of uncomfortable. Imagine wearing a
bra 24/7. That is what I have to do. I have been wearing it so long
now that I have bruises/welts from wear all the leads are. It is also a
little irritating from where the fabric digs into my skin but I guess
it is a small price to pay for reassurance. As much as I dislike
wearing it, I am glad that I am. Whenever I take it off for a shower I
worry if something is gonna happen while I am in there and not wearing
it. Im so paranoid. But oh well.
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| Gotta assemble it after I wash the white part |
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| All assembled now and ready to wear |
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| This part I wear outside of my clothes |
Just wanted to give a little information on what I deal with daily =) Have a blessed day everyone!
