April 15th Meeting

Wow we had so many people at this meeting we almost didn't fit in the two conference rooms...thank you everyone for coming we hope you found Rebecca Fallons from Medtronic a wounderful and helpful speaker. It was great to see Rich there it has been awhile since you have been able to come...we were missing a few of our regulars...Mike and Isreal...they are ok just unable to make the meeting. I am excited to announce a "program" (for lack of better term) that Lou from Medtronic gave us the idea that when one of our members has an appropriate shock we will give them a pin that we had made for you that says My ICD Saved My Life...not that we want any one to receive a shock but if you do at least you will be alive to tell us about it at our next meeting...Don't forget if you need us to give us a call we hope to see at our next meeting..May 11th...Mary Grace, Bill, and Sue

Our Biggest Turn Out....

We had our biggest turn out yet this past meeting. Lou from Medtronic was here to take us through the history of ICD's it is pretty amazing how the technology has improved. To start the first ICD's were sewn like a patch onto the heart...YIKES!!! Lou had many samples there for us to touch and weigh...we welcomed a few new members also we hope our group will contiue to grow...see you April 13 th same time... same place...St Jude will be here and Dr P is scheduled to join us

Our Next Meeting....

Our next meeting is this coming Tuesday March 9th at 6:00 this is one that we are on our own Dr P won't be there so its up to us to keep the meeting going I hope that Rick Uter will be here with us...

Next Meeting

Our next meeting is this coming Tuesday February 9th we hope to see everyone there. Dr P is scheduled to be with us and also our friend Chad ... I think Chad will be going over the review of the leads remember to bring any questions you may have. this meeting don't let me forget to get a list of people that are willing to bring snacks to the every other meetings...sue and I can take care of the water and coffee....Hope to see you there Rich!! hope you are feeling better send us an update so I can let everyone know how you are doing...Mary Grace

Great Meeting

We need to send out a BIG thank you to our guests Dr. Katara and Tara for giving us all such great information. Dr. Katara gave us a huge amount of information about sleep apnea and BiPap machines or "the sleeping pill" as Hector described his bipap. Dr. Katara has agreed to come back any time and talk to us about anything neurological...so get your brains working and come up with some good ideas. Thanks Tara for all the great information about the medications we all take...she did a great job for being a nervous....sorry Kevin that you didn't get to talk but we look forward to your kick off of MONTHLY meeting in January...the complete list of dates will be coming SOON!! and congratulations to Tommy for being alive today because he received a shock last week!!! Glad your here Tommy : ) Happy New Year Pocono Shockers! Mary Grace, Billy, Sue and Paulie

December 30th Meeting

We are looking forward to our next meeting December 30th...not October 28th like the mailing said, sorry about that!! This meeting St Jude will be here with us along with Dr Sedani who is going to talk about sleep apnea, and we will have a pharmacist from the hospital here to talk about your medications. Dr P may not be able to join us for this meeting hopefully he will be with us in February...we will let everyone know if any of the meetings need to be cancelled due to bad weather...hope to see everyone December 30th...

October 28th Meeting

Thanks everyone for coming to the meeting it was great! Our group keeps growing it was nice to meet new people. We want to thank Dr Sheka for always being there to fill in when Dr P is unable to make it...sorry Mike that the shock alarm isn't there yet...Chris did a good job explaining the new vibratory alarm for when low battery. I passed along your lists of medications to the pharmacy so that when we meet again in December the pharmacist will have lots of info for you all. Our next meeting is scheduled for December 30th as always if you have any questions or concerns you can always contact us on the website or give us a call at 570-422-8393-thanks and hope to see you in December-Billy, Mary Grace, Sue and Paul