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Interesting and challinging life on the King's Highway
- By Great-gram · New reply October 15, 2009
- 2 replies
- Hi all! Life gets more and more interesting. Sunday I was speaking on being at one with the Lord through music. I played a song for our small group - a song from a tape my husband got at an auction. It ...
28years old 66 shocks in 2 days
- By lester · New reply October 15, 2009
- 6 replies
- Hi Everyone I'm just going to start from the begining. On March 7 I was out for dinner ,I stood up and fainted. Taken to our little hospital and they sent me home. I kept having episodes so they finally ...
Fort Worth ISD
- By jjulie230 · New reply October 14, 2009
- 1 reply
- Today I received a google alert that one of the couches at the FTW ISD saved a 16 year old boy with the use of an AED. This is great news to know these devices do work! Below is the link to follow: http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http ...
Home again
- By mery · New reply October 14, 2009
- 11 replies
- Surgery went well,if you discount my almost full blown panic attack during the prep. Someone had asked before what type of surgery, it was replacement. My battery was dying. Had a good life though, 5 ...
Just Given Prescription For Toprol
- By sillymom2 · New reply October 13, 2009
- 11 replies
- Hello All, I'm 34 and have had palpitations off and on for about 7 yrs. Finally after a holter monitor finally caught something, I was told that I'm tachycardic (over 120 BPM) 5% of the day. One doc (acutally ...
Another year gone by
- By junimead · New reply October 12, 2009
- 4 replies
- So I didn't write in on my anniversary this year, not because it wasn't on my mind, but because I have too much going on some days to write. Another year's gone by, a few more stays in the hospital and ...
Stress can cause AFib episodes
- By wyldeflower333 · New reply October 11, 2009
- 5 replies
- It's been a month since I had Breast reduction surgery, and I'm doing well from that--no complications. My AFib didn't flare up. Last year after my hysterectomy I landed in the hospital from AFib. Yesterday ...
rapid heart beat
- By oldfogie · New reply October 8, 2009
- 11 replies
- What causes your heart to feel like it is going to jump out of your chest? With these episodes, I have dizziness, weakness, pain, and total exhaustion. I also have left side pain numbness and left arm ...
V tach and V fib with cardiac sarcoidosis?
- By mamayama · New reply September 28, 2009
- 11 replies
- Just checking to see if there's anyone out there experiencing arrythmias vtach and v fib due to scarring from the sarcoidosis? Really need to connect as iam very scared, hoping our lord will give me strength ...
Why
- By heir333 · New reply September 28, 2009
- 9 replies
- How can my three beautiful children have such a horrible disease. How can I live with the fact that I passed this deadly gene to them. I do not understand ...
Traveling the King's Highway - Quite a bumpy road - with a lot of stress
- By Great-gram · Posted September 27, 2009
- 0 replies
- Hi to all my friends, We had some "interesting" episodes with our grandaughter and her friends yesterday and today - won't get into details, but it was quite hectic. This morning I grabbed my heart medications ...
Traveling on the King's Highway - Heart didn't like me today.
- By Great-gram · New reply September 26, 2009
- 7 replies
- Hi! I was really pushing today because the auctioneer was coming to the house to assess things. Seems like the best bet is to just get rid of it all. He was really nice and said if we call ahead, he will ...
Traveling on the King's Highway - trip to the PCP
- By Great-gram · New reply September 25, 2009
- 6 replies
- Hi! Because of yesterday's symptoms, I took 100 mg of metoprolol (lopresser)(Toprol) this morning. That was my usual dose before I went in the hospital. My B/P was still low enough that I didn't take ...
Traveling on the Kings Highway - heart having it's say
- By Great-gram · New reply September 22, 2009
- 5 replies
- Hi All! Not much time to post, but try to read articles periodically. You are all so great. Our 18 year old grand-daughter is here, kind of off and on. I'm seeing some growth in her. She is at a friends ...
Living with LQTS Type 2
- By tbm · Posted September 22, 2009
- 0 replies
- Since being diagnosed over 9 months ago and becoming depressed about my new found condition, I've since then learned to accept my situation, and not let it turn my world upside down. My situation might ...
pvcs and the flu
- By Abbiee · Posted September 22, 2009
- 0 replies
- Hi Can having a bout of the flu or a heavy cold make pvcs worse. My doctor tells me i should have the flu and the swine flu jab when its available.But my cardiologist didnt commit himself either way ...
The Loss of My Only Daughter, Tierney Nicole Eggert
- By Mom2Tierney · New reply September 21, 2009
- 28 replies
- I wish I had been aware of the C.A.R.E. group while my beautiful daughter, Tierney, was still alive. Unfortunately, I lost her to Cardiac Arrhythmia/Congenital Heart Disease on March 21, 2009. For a 19-year-old ...
Rough feeling this week
- By careh · New reply September 21, 2009
- 8 replies
- This has been a bad week for me with symptoms. I have been living on nitro pretty much since Monday. It started Monday when I tried to cut my radio show. I got dizzy and out of breath and then had this ...
Contemplating Life Today
- By frogcollector · New reply September 20, 2009
- 11 replies
- I have had a whirlwind of a summer. Subjects like cancer, concussion, suicide intervention, and now a child with shingles. What more could one ask for? Well I have a friend from twenty years ago. She ...
How to treat colds/flu with LQT
- By beaglegirl · New reply September 18, 2009
- 7 replies
- I am struggling with a 6 page list of no-no drugs for LQT patients. My daughter has LQTIII. This weekend she had to be treated in the ER for the flu and labored breathing because she cannot have her inhalers ...
