i have the same conditions that cheney has with his heart. i have a medtronic defibrillator implanted a month before he got his. mine is my 4th and i know what happens. we have not heard from him in a long time.
once i had mine fire 7 times in 90 minutes. i was literally minutes from death. i had no idea what was going on and stayed that day for a couple of weeks.
a man of cheneys age, i am 54 and the big problem happened when i was 44, younger than cheney was hit. if you are not strong enough the shock from this machine will put to the ground.
i am saying this because these problems are too big for him to be silent unless there is a problem. jerry