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Today was a GOOD DAY
- By DDB29 · Posted April 16, 2009
- 2 replies
- Today was a good day for me. I had about 1400 calories.. drank a bunch of water.. the only thing i need to do now is work out ...
ICD Re-Implant Tomarrow !
- By sandync36 · Posted April 16, 2009
- 3 replies
- Hey Everyone !! Well I am finally healed from my infection and device removal. It took 6 weeks for my chest to close . Now tomarrow is the day they will re-implant my ICD . This time it will be going ...
Prosperity: April
- By martzj · Posted April 7, 2009
- 6 replies
- Prosperity: April A woman’s heart holds oceans of loving ways, little sparkling stars that are the children we give birth to, the children we could not give life to, the children of others whose tiny ...
CURES BY ACCIDENT
- By hammerdan1 · Posted April 7, 2009
- 2 replies
- If I told this to my Cardioligist he would schrug it off and say see u in 6 months. We all know how our hearts beat by electrical impulses. I read an article on AOL about a cell phone with in 6 inches ...
Look Up, Look Down, Look In
- By martzj · Posted March 22, 2009
- 5 replies
- The university library was full of coughing, sneezing college kids draped across leather couches or working at laptops in carols so I decided to give the public library a try for the first time since ...
Hiney up & World's best pie
- By martzj · Posted March 22, 2009
- 9 replies
- Spring Equinox Day....Oh the Joy Morning: I just had to pass on a quick story about my first day of Spring, starting with the Honda dealership.Their waiting room has a whole new 'lady friendly' decor ...
Ablation
- By catherinethegreat · Posted March 15, 2009
- 12 replies
- Has anyone had one and how have the results been. I am trying to find a good doctor. Does anyone have an opinion about Johns Hopkins or Cleveland Clinic? Many thanks ...
WHERE HAS THIS DOCTOR BEEN FOR THE LAST 6 YEARS?
- By eviefor3 · Posted March 11, 2009
- 28 replies
- wow oh wow oh wow.........i finally found a doctor that i think i can live with.......it took almost a month of frustration to finally get an appointment with her, but if today is any indication, it was ...
No Limits
- By martzj · Posted March 10, 2009
- 10 replies
- I've been searching for this video for years....only saw it briefly long ago and was haunted by the deep power and beauty of this love........It really is this primal for all of us. We all just want to ...
LQT Syndrom
- By JodiLynn · Posted March 8, 2009
- 5 replies
- No Insurance, single mom, working min. wage. I think I may have LQT Syndrom. My daughter also may have this. I am passing out regulary. I did as a child from age 5 to 11. At age 24 it began again. These ...
Hello, Pretty Power!
- By martzj · Posted March 7, 2009
- 11 replies
- Reading EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert. On the 'Love' part of her journey now.....in Bali, Indonesian Islands. She traveled there to spend time with a Balinese medicine man (soul healer) who invited ...
Asking for prayers....please....
- By sandync36 · Posted February 26, 2009
- 12 replies
- Well I was released yesterday from the hospital all looked good that the infection was just a local superficial infection and was healing . I came home and went to bed with a light gauze over my incision ...
Cardiac Patients: Obtain record copies now
- By martzj · Posted February 24, 2009
- 12 replies
- Stop trusting US medical staff to take charge of your record transfers between. The odds of this happening with zero errors are not in your favor. HIPPA means that all US citizens are entitled (whether ...
Living with allergies to just about everything
- By pollyann · Posted February 12, 2009
- 14 replies
- I have had allergies since I was 7 years old, which created bronchitis/COPD, I found out what I was allergic to: trees, grasses, mold, mildew, cat, dog, cockroach, wheat. milk, pollens. And new bed bug ...
Am I Crazy?
- By AMA · Posted February 3, 2009
- 8 replies
- I do not even feel worthy to post on this site. All of you are so amazing. Through all your struggle and loss you continue to move forward. Your stories inspire me. But today is a hard day for me and ...
Our 13 year old girl passed away from a cardiac event
- By tdhssp · Posted January 1, 2009
- 12 replies
- Our little girl passed away in December 2006 from a cardiac event at the age of 13 years. Samantha had a rare chromosome disorder and a bicuspid aortic valve, however, no other similarly diagnosed persons ...
Starting Over, Jan 2009. The Named Heart
- By martzj · Posted January 1, 2009
- 43 replies
- Starting Over, Jan 2009. The Named Heart. “There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” Albert Einstein Give your heart ...
New group in Inspire: The National Body Challenge
- By Brian · Posted December 4, 2008
- 25 replies
- I am pleased to announce that today we added a new group to Inspire: The National Body Challenge. nationalbodychallenge We created this group in partnership with Discovery Health. The group focuses on ...
My Story...
- By Brianne · Posted November 30, 2008
- 13 replies
- I did not know I had long qt before my cardiac arrest. I actually went to the hospital for severe abdominal pain one morning and the doctors determined I had an appendicitis. They started surgery and ...
Stress Test Music
- By GirlfromNapa · Posted November 28, 2008
- 6 replies
- Howdy everyone! I just wanted to let everyone know that I did well on my frist stress test s/p multiple SCA. I went 11 minutes and was able to get my heart rate up to 170 bpm (we had up'd the ICD setting ...
