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Arrhythmias
- By redhead4u777 · Posted October 8, 2009
- 12 replies
- In my mind I was planning out my day, mindlessly performing my pre-work morning rituals. Make my lunch-check. Iron my shirt-check. Wake up on the kitchen floor. What? Did I just faint again? On the way ...
First time to reflect
- By RobbieT · Posted October 3, 2009
- 8 replies
- I have had a crazy last few weeks.....months.....years. My wife collapsed and died suddenly 5th October 2000 while warming up to play basketball at age 38. The coroner put this down to "sudden unexplained ...
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 ...
Just Given Prescription For Toprol
- By sillymom2 · Posted September 25, 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 ...
Traveling on the King's Highway - trip to the PCP
- By Great-gram · Posted September 23, 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 King's Highway - Heart didn't like me today.
- By Great-gram · Posted September 22, 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 ...
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 ...
Traveling on the Kings Highway - heart having it's say
- By Great-gram · Posted September 21, 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 ...
Home again
- By mery · Posted September 19, 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 ...
Contemplating Life Today
- By frogcollector · Posted September 18, 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 ...
Rough feeling this week
- By careh · Posted September 17, 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 ...
ICD
- By sliderjmt · Posted September 17, 2009
- 10 replies
- Hi, I had a ICD put in in July of this year..Well that still did not resolve my problem of VT..So then I had to have a procedure called Ablation done.Well after the first one I was still having 600 episodes ...
Made it!
- By mery · Posted September 16, 2009
- 10 replies
- Well I've survived the last week or so with my beeping on the fringe of my consciousness. Surgery tomorrow morning. Am wishy washy about that, I know it's needed, and for goodness sake I need my lil friend ...
How to treat colds/flu with LQT
- By beaglegirl · Posted September 14, 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 ...
Coping strategies whilst experiencing pvcs
- By Abbiee · Posted September 10, 2009
- 12 replies
- I wondered what coping strategies other people use whilst experiencing severe bouts of PVCS, its got so bad for me that i have really bad panic attacks which makes the whole thing worse. The pvcs are ...
rapid heart beat
- By oldfogie · Posted September 7, 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 ...
The Loss of My Only Daughter, Tierney Nicole Eggert
- By Mom2Tierney · Posted September 5, 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 ...
Well I am 50 now
- By careh · Posted September 4, 2009
- 8 replies
- Well my dear friends...I turned 50 today! I have been enjoying a wonderful birthday thank's to my husband, family, and good friends and my co0workers. I really feel blessed! Carolyn ...
chest , back, neck, shoulder pains and tingling arms
- By wyldeflower333 · Posted August 30, 2009
- 3 replies
- Since I've changed cardiologists, and am now seeing an EP who doesn't blow me off as being too young, my whole outlook on my treatment has changed. My EP says because I'm very symptomatic and still young ...
