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I bleed black and gold

franklinmilford
  • By franklinmilford · New reply yesterday at 8:24 am
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • Need I say more? This town has been partying for 2 days now on the fact that dem ponies are gonna loose! I will be partying right along with my favorite folks,dem crazy coonass!!! I have learned enough ...

WHO DAT????!?!?!?!?!?!?!

franklinmilford
  • By franklinmilford · Posted February 7, 2010
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • We all know!!!Saints!!!!! Well, the heart monitor has not gone off in 5 days and I was starting to wonder if it worked.With 2 minutes on the clock,I found out!!Beeping like Payton's parking meter!I called ...

Genetic testing

lovefelts
  • By lovefelts · New reply February 6, 2010
  • Discussion in Genetic testing · 1 reply
  • This is a question for anyone that has already had the genetic testing done. Is there anyone that has been tested to have type 2 that had a near fatal arrhythmias during sleep? I am getting ready to send ...

Pacemaker Battery Change

careh
  • By careh · New reply February 5, 2010
  • Discussion in Help desk · 1 reply
  • Does anyone know what is involved with a battery change for a pacemaker? My 84 year old Mom is going in to have her battery replaced on February 22nd and she and I are both concerned. Also, is it normal ...

Just got my results. Its LQTS 2.

TinaD123
  • By TinaD123 · New reply February 4, 2010
  • Discussion in Genetic testing · 4 replies
  • LQTS 2. Now all three of my children will have to undergo genetic testing. They already have had Prolonged QTS on EKG. Should they be on beta blocker before having the genetic test. Doctor says wait till ...

5 LBS!!!!

franklinmilford
  • By franklinmilford · New reply February 3, 2010
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • Gained that is. :( Since being hooked up to this thing, I have been using it as an excuse not to exercise, and I have gotten into the mind set of "might as well do what I want if I'm gonna die.Want to ...

PJRT-Permanent Junctional Reciprocating Tachycardia

tmarzano
  • By tmarzano · New reply February 2, 2010
  • Journal · 24 replies
  • My daughter developed an heart arrythmia called PJRT, Permanent Junctional Reciprocating Tachycardia at 2 months of age. Her condition is uncommon and I'm looking for any other patients with the same ...

Exercise Induced Vtach Denver

kohara
  • By kohara · New reply February 2, 2010
  • Discussion in Help desk · 14 replies
  • Hi! I'm new to the group and new to a diagnosis of exercise induced ventricular arrythmia. In the past seven weeks I've gone thru three stress tests (one nuclear) which I failed and one non-successful ...

NEWBIE: Left Ventricle PVC's

MoniD1979
  • By MoniD1979 · New reply January 31, 2010
  • Discussion in Tales of the heart memorials and tributes · 22 replies
  • Hi everyone, My name is Monica and I just found this community while researching information on verapamil, a drug I was recently placed on. I have been fighting with pvc's for about 8 months. I have been ...

lqt 6 answeres

paients
  • By paients · New reply January 31, 2010
  • Discussion in Genetic testing · 3 replies
  • my 13 year old daughter and 3 year daughter have lqt 6 . does anyone have any info the drs seem to be short on answers my 13 year old has fainting and high heart rate and low heart rate alot of chest ...

New here! New Frequent PVC and NSVT suffer

Candigurl
  • By Candigurl · Posted January 31, 2010
  • Discussion in Help desk · 0 replies
  • Hello everyone, First let me start by saying that I am so glad that I found this site! I have been feeling all alone every since my new diagnosis a week ago. Let me give some history about myself: I am ...

Totally Exhausted

MelissaShuford
  • By MelissaShuford · New reply January 29, 2010
  • Journal · 12 replies
  • Its been a crazy week~for some reason I stayed sick with N/V x6days past my heart cath~my f/u appt was Friday with cardiology~my dx is mild pulmonary hypertension and my circumflex artery is not exactly ...

Anyone take tamiflu? What's your experience?

Great-gram
  • By Great-gram · Posted January 27, 2010
  • Discussion in Building awareness · 0 replies
  • Greetings all! I have the flu - thank God it is a relatively mild case, at least thus far. I have some heart problems - some caused by the sarcoidosis - others probably unrelated, at least not directly ...

College financial assistance?

mindbender
  • By mindbender · New reply January 27, 2010
  • Discussion in Building awareness · 1 reply
  • Hi, my daughter is 16yrs. old, a Junior in High School and has Long QT. Is there any financial assistance for college related to someone having Long QT? All through her school years there have been plans ...

Ectopic Heartbeats

shermany
  • By shermany · New reply January 27, 2010
  • Discussion in Building awareness · 22 replies
  • Hi everyone, I am new to this Forum, a good friend of mine gave me this link. I have been suffering with ectopic heartbeats now for over 4 years. I have been to see several Cardio's who all say that they ...

Pulmonary HTN

MelissaShuford
  • By MelissaShuford · New reply January 26, 2010
  • Journal · 14 replies
  • What determines mild from more severe PH is there certain measurements that are standard? How is excercise PH different and how do they rest and treat for that? Lots of new info and course I have lots ...

Emmy is sick.... AGAIN!!

MelissaShuford
  • By MelissaShuford · New reply January 25, 2010
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • We are getting ready to go to the Dr because Em has ran fever 100.0 to 103.0 all nite...probably strep....no protein for a while~ then just before getting sick starts to spill it again. Surely don't want ...

Today's the Day to Reveal plan A~ Cardiology

MelissaShuford
  • By MelissaShuford · New reply January 23, 2010
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • Guess the day has come to start putting the heart puzzle together~~~can't wait to hear it and begin recovery. Monday is plan B with Rheumatology~~~everything with me seems to be going hand in hand~~~then ...

New CPVT diagnosis

Marilyn1963
  • By Marilyn1963 · New reply January 22, 2010
  • Discussion in Tales of the heart memorials and tributes · 6 replies
  • I am 46 and just received my CPVT diagnosis today (dec 16, 2009). My mother tested positive in October 2009. Several of her cousins and their familes have also been testing positive. Our family journey ...

NASH

MelissaShuford
  • By MelissaShuford · New reply January 19, 2010
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • What is NASH its signs and symptoms and treatment???? Thanks for any input God Bless ,Melissa ...

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