@jklstone welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect!
Wow...you must have been surprised you needed an ICD after being diagnosed 14 years ago!
And what a way to find out you have HCM... a cardiac arrest! How tremendously scary that must have been!
Were you doing okay and this suddenly came about, or have you been feeling like you knew something was wrong?
Have you had a chance to read the many posts here from members who also have ICDs living inside their chests?
@walkinggirl is walking around with her "buddy" and doing very well. She has experience with this.
You mention you just got yours, are you still healing? Have you been able to process this big, new event in your life?