@hpboss84
First just got notified by Coleen that I was not getting notifications for some time now so had no idea when participants were replying to my posts. If I had seen your question I would have responded.

Your question on what does a shock feel like? Let me first say I was told by Pace Clinic (Mayo Jacksonville) that everyone will have a differed respose to the shock and what they feel like. The shocks are also programmed and are tested to what strength you need and will get.

I have heard individuals respond no big deal, others WOW. I am going to be honest. When you are shocked it can happen when you are conscrious or unconscious. If your heart goes into VTAC and does not get paced back into rypthm (not shocked) you are most likely going to faint and not feel the shock. But NOT always and again everyone different as well a degree of VTAC.

How does it feel? No way to explain in normal terms as just can't be duplicated to something else to give you an example. Some say feels like horse kick you, some say much more minor feelling. So it will be an individual thing. My ICD/Pacemaker is below my chesk muscle. I have had about 8-10 since 2006.

My first ones were shocking (no pun intended) only because it was first time for them. That is what makes it scary. After a few I became almost used to them and really (when conscious) the shock would rectify the tachacardia or rympthm. It actually made me feel safer knowing it was on the job monitoring and taking action.

Initially for me it felt more like someone inside my chest sharply kicking my heart area with a blunt shoe. When I would lose consicouness I would not feel it at all. When I would wake up I know this will sound strange but would wake up refreshed like great nap and was energetic. I would realize only after looking around and where I was that I had gone unconscious and got shocked.

There is many many things that can be done if you do get shocks. Many medications that will help prevent the cause of the need for shocks. If you have a pacemaker also then it can be programmed to help keep heart rympthm better, and even try to pace you out of arrymthma first before shocking. So it can be a changing on going treatment.

I apologize again but just found out I was not getting any noficication from MCC