sicd

[winnie333]

hi would be grateful to hear about anyones experience of how long recovery takes after having sicd fitted. 6 days after now and still not feeling great would be grateful to hear how others felt thank you

[Wodney1966]

Hi I've got a s icd fitted and felt almost fine straight away apart fm being sore where they had fitted it

[winnie333 in reply to Wodney1966]

thanks for quick reply. yes I very sore and feel washed out at mo hopefully improve soon hope you getting on ok with yours

[Wodney1966 in reply to winnie333]

I'm back at work full time feeling gd at mo 😀😀😀😀

[sturon]

Hi Winnie.

My partner had an S-ICD implanted in January following a sudden cardiac arrest. We are now 4 months on and slowly he has started to improve. The wounds heal in a couple of weeks and it does take time for the implant area to settle. I would say after about 3 months he was feeling more confident and started to return to 'normal'. Everyone is different and I guess it depends on so may factors, including how you feel mentally as well as physically. We found talking together to our GP helped. It's important you have someone to talk to either a family member or friend. Also if your local service runs a support group try to go to the first meeting you can and meet up with others who have an ICD or S-ICD implant.

Good luck and drop us a message if you need to ask anything.

Regards Ron.

[winnie333 in reply to sturon]

thanks for taking time to reply, yes pain from wounds improving just feel very tired and washed out wasn't sure if that was normal .so pleased your partner recovering well thanks again winnie

[sturon]

Winnie.

I think feeling tired comes as part of the surgery. I am sure given a few weeks you will be back to your normal activities. You didn't say why you had an S-ICD implanted and the tiredness may be something to talk to your GP about.