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Journals
No more plavix
- By homh · Posted October 9, 2009
- 3 replies
- Today I called my Cardiology Nurse Practitioner concerning my prescription for plavix. I was on my last refill and asked about having my prescription renewed. She talked to my cardiac doctor and said ...
6 aand a half months after CABG again
- By feelinsquirrely · Posted October 5, 2009
- 0 replies
- Bless u all for replying to me, it's nice to know I'm not the only one and I am NOT going crazy. Haha. After I read the attachment about Statins I got on the phone and called my dr. She said stop taking ...
6 and half months after cabg
- By feelinsquirrely · Posted October 4, 2009
- 7 replies
- I haven't put anything in my journal for a long time. I have been fighting a battle with severe depression after the surgery. My GP took me off Zoloft and but me on something else a couple of weeks ago ...
rib problem/pain
- By rtmret · Posted September 29, 2009
- 13 replies
- When my surgeon released me, I told him about the severe pain in my right upper chest area when I coughed, and he, in a causual/matter of fact manner, said it was a rib problem which was very normal and ...
love the fall weather
- By nanamo · Posted September 29, 2009
- 6 replies
- but hate how my body aches every year today its 50 crisp cool morning here in ga mountains and yeah i hurt my chest bothers me buts its a ache from being sawed and pulled apart...anyone else hurt in the ...
BETTER????
- By TAMYD · Posted September 26, 2009
- 3 replies
- Ladies, I know yall have all missed me terribly. I have been sick and depressed, so decided not to bother anyone. I have been turned down again for my disability. Oh well!! I continue to apeal. Now the ...
Going back to work/school
- By BarbA · Posted September 25, 2009
- 8 replies
- Hi everyone, after disability denying me, I have to go back to work to help pays the bills so I am looking for a part time job, and have made a huge decision of going back to school to become a medical ...
The Truth About Heart Disease -
- By gracie62 · Posted September 22, 2009
- 17 replies
- For those of you who know me, you will get this. For those of you who don't, forgive my ramblings. I have gone through a lot of ups and downs since my bypass and heart attack. I feel older and wiser and ...
Three month doctor visit
- By pmob20 · Posted September 21, 2009
- 3 replies
- Went to the doc on Friday and all my blood work was great. I'm on a Halter monitor to check to A Fibs and if non show I may go off of Coumadin...and then onto Plavix again. Cardio Rehab is helping me ...
well today i go
- By nanamo · Posted September 21, 2009
- 11 replies
- for my fly shot ughhhhhhhhhhhh i hat eneedles you really think i would be used to needles by now but nope stil hate them hubby is going with me and getting his flu shot toooooo god bless surviving heart ...
Lopressor/Toprol XL/Hair loss
- By survive · Posted September 17, 2009
- 7 replies
- Hello everyone, Has anyone stopped this drug due to hair loss? Did it change your bp to be higher and/or did u notice a signifant change? My blood pressure is always on the low side 190/60, I have never ...
Surgery + 3 Months Today
- By manderskat · Posted September 15, 2009
- 9 replies
- I haven't posted lately due to how busy I've been. Life has definitely picked up the pace since I returned to work last month. Today is three months since my surgery, and a lot has happened. In many ways ...
Surgery + 62 days
- By homh · Posted September 14, 2009
- 3 replies
- It was on 14 July that I had my bypass operation, it seems a lot has happened since then. I feel well, no major problems. My scar and chest area is still a little tender but other than that I feel normal ...
1 Tablet less
- By yazz · Posted September 13, 2009
- 3 replies
- Hello to you all out there....I hope you had a good weekend.....The outcome from my kick ass consultant visit....Was 1 less tablet and a ECG also vampires food - blood...I have another appointment at ...
any sanity coming?
- By MrsBrown · Posted September 13, 2009
- 4 replies
- OK My husband is about 2 months post-op 5 bypassed coronary arteries. PCP's office FINALLY found my husbands release form (they lost it in his chart, I've never been able to get hubby's results over the ...
Back to surgury again...
- By Carl58 · Posted September 10, 2009
- 7 replies
- Just thought I would update my journal. Had double bypass April 27. Thought everything was going fine until one of the wires started to irritate me. I had one removed earlier. Now the next wire is doing ...
Good News!!!
- By maureengraz · Posted September 10, 2009
- 4 replies
- Just wanted to share with you all that my husband Vince received a good check up at the heart failure clinic yesterday. His EF improved to 25%, his energy levels are up, and is back riding his road bike ...
Palpitations
- By survive · Posted September 7, 2009
- 4 replies
- Hello everyone, It will be 3 months in a couple of weeks I had my 4 bypass surgery, what a journey this has been... no doubt I feel much better than before but I am getting palpitations at night that ...
dont give up
- By tracig61 · Posted September 6, 2009
- 1 reply
- every day i wake up and wonder how much longer before things are back to normal.it has only been five months since my quad bypass and i have the wound vac 24-7 then i realize im not alone.so to all who ...
Consultant visit tomorrow
- By yazz · Posted September 6, 2009
- 3 replies
- Well i am going to see my consultant tomorrow....Armed with a list. By all accounts the tablets beta and calcium blockers are making me ill....I am not allowed any more water tablets as they are effecting ...
