Roberta, Wow! Sounds like you are lucky to be with us. I work for a large cardiology office (16 Drs)so I work with ICD patients all the time but no personal experience. Just be faithful in returning for the ICD checks they schedule for you, that is important and good luck. Diane ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn