Holding My Heartbeat in My Hands

Issue #5 of “What’s Her Problem?”: Living a life in which your health is dependent on technology is both miraculous and terrifying.

How I felt after my first implanted cardiac device was removed after 8 years, and I was able to keep it.

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This week’s question: If you have an ICD, a pacemaker, or a defibrillator, how do you feel about being at least partially dependent on a piece of technology? If you don’t have one, how do you imagine it would feel to you? And would you want to keep it after it was replaced with a new one?

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