I guess I might as well say hi.

• by mtaylor
• 2012-05-16 10:05:30
• ICDs
• 1751 views
• 6 comments

I'm a 20 year old guy from Canada. I'm pretty into whatever I wanted to be into, weather it be skiing, scuba, rock climbing, biking, golf, pretty much anything that gets me outside.

In September of last year, I was in a bike race, crossed the finish line, and collapsed. (I finished second, by the way) It was about as good as timing gets, as there were 2 doctors and a nurse standing watching the finish line, who apparently knew how to do CPR. It took 20 minutes of solid CPR before an ambulance showed up and then another 15 or so minutes before the ambulance guys had me on my way. I then spent a month or so in a medically induced coma, then another couple months in rehab.

Fairly early on in the process, I had an ICD implanted. Since then, I have had an EP study/ablation, an augmented CT, a bunch more X-rays/other imaging I don't remember, and nearly every test they could do, and they still don't know what happened.

So here I am now. I'm back on the bike, and working again. I thought this might be a good group to join, everyone here seems pretty supportive and friendly.