Machaon

My sympathies go out to your dad and his family and friends. I've been living with heart failure for over 20 years and it is a nasty disease that NEVER lets me forget that I suffer from it, especially at night when mine gets worse.

I can't conceive that turning off the defibrillator would have anything to do with the improvement in his symptoms, but I guess that anything is possible.

In my case, when my heart is beating poorly, I feel lousy, and when my heart is beating fairly decent, I feel much better. Perhaps, for some reason, your dad's heart started beating better. There are many things that can irritate a failed heart and make it function worse. If the things that irritate one's heart are avoided, then one can expect improvement in one's symptoms and health.

Over the past few years, I would assume, your dad's heart kept getting progressively worse. If something can be done to reverse the trend, then it might be possible to see an improvement.

My failed heart and my health have improved dramatically over the past few years primarily due to a small, frequent eating, low calorie quality diet. When you have heart failure, the body handles calories poorly. If more calories are eaten than the heart and metabolism can handle, it worsens heart failure and health.

I've documented my struggle with Heart Failure in the thread: The four essential steps, that I've taken, that help me live with Heart Failure at the following link: http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=641933

I don't know if anything in that thread could be of any help to your dad, but perhaps there is something there that can be of help.

I hope that your dad continues to improve and continues to feel better. The doctors are not always right.

Take care...........

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