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Arrhythmias
- By redhead4u777 · New reply 12:20 pm
- Journal · 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 ...
The Man Cold (Don't miss this one : )
- By martzj · New reply 9:32 am
- Journal · 12 replies
- This is just too hilarious to stay buried deep in another post. Thanks to Lidia from United Kingdom for the belly laugh link! I'm going to use it in a Power Point presentation on the care level women ...
SO excited to share what I have found!
- By pwrsrg77 · New reply yesterday at 3:01 pm
- Journal · 43 replies
- I have received TONS of wonderful support from this amazing community of people just like myself. All that struggle with debilitating symptoms, wrong diagnosis, less than quality doctors etc... I wish ...
Bottoms of Feet Hurt - especially the Heel
- By Peggy59 · New reply yesterday at 12:24 pm
- Journal · 41 replies
- I've had a new development in the last couple of months in that the bottom of my feet hurt, especially the left heel. I brought it up with my apt with my rheumatologist in October and he said I may need ...
Living with PPCM
- By RedneckMama · New reply November 20, 2009
- Journal · 1 reply
- PPCM is definitely something that makes you think twice about what matters and what doesn't. It makes you think about how lucky you are just to be able to raise your child and function enough to take ...
Living with my son's cardiomyopathy
- By Winglover · New reply November 20, 2009
- Journal · 22 replies
- Why all of a sudden are all the medical dramas on TV having everyone have heart failure that requires an immediate transplant? Being a nurse I have gravitated to them for years. Now I can't stand to put ...
Amazing!
- By maureengraz · New reply November 20, 2009
- Journal · 17 replies
- Vince spent three hours raking leaves and mowing the lawn today without any shortness of breath. All that with an EF of 25%!!!!!! Simply amazing ...
Doctor Visit Not What Expected!!
- By vcastile · New reply November 19, 2009
- Discussion in My diagnosis · 2 replies
- Hi Everyone! My followup visit to check my EF did not go well to say the least! After having the ICD/Defibrillator implanted in July, I have been feeling great! But..my EF was only 22%, which is less ...
Stent #5 + Angina + Exercise = PAIN
- By BarbaraGale · Posted November 16, 2009
- Discussion in Symptoms · 0 replies
- Two weeks ago I had stent#5 placed. This weekend I stacked wood for four hours. Yesterday (Sunday) I was MISERABLE: chest tightness ALL DAY; my poor heart hurt so much, and I KNOW it was my heart. Someone ...
Somebody PLEASE HELP!!! ={
- By pwrsrg77 · New reply November 13, 2009
- Journal · 83 replies
- Well, I'm now 2 years into a disease that is sucking the life out of me. If I had a nickel for every time I've balled my eyes out & said my famous quote "I can't take this anymore" I'd be a very rich ...
HOW CAN I ASSIST
Health Insurance
- By AnotherBrokenHeart · New reply November 12, 2009
- Discussion in Living with heart disease · 3 replies
- August 31,2009 my cardiologist gave me the worst news of my life. I am in need of a heart transplant. Without this transplant I have 6 months to a year to live. My EF is 20% and I have 3 lesions, one ...
EKG Results
- By laurw2 · Posted November 11, 2009
- Discussion in My diagnosis · 0 replies
- EKG: Downsloping ST segment in 2-3, avf, V4-V6. Exercise ECG: Approximately, 1-1.5 mm inferolateral ST depression over the resting abnormality. No Arrhythmia. Conclusion: (stress test) Excellent exercise ...
"Second Opinion"
- By HeartFailureDiva · New reply November 10, 2009
- Journal · 8 replies
- Well Tomorrow I will Be Going To The University Of Chicago For The Pulmonary Hypertension Program For People Who Have Heart Disease. My Cardiologists & My Pulmonologists What's Me To See This Doctor There ...
About Me
- By jaybee601 · Posted November 8, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- 69 yrs male from India,happily married for 43 yrs,with two sons and a grand son.I am an Engineer turned Executive retired.Had rheumatic fever at 12.At 53 breathing problem,CABG,Aortic+Mitral heart valves ...
How do I even title this?
- By CristiNChris · New reply November 4, 2009
- Journal · 9 replies
- My fiance was diagnosed with Cardiomyo on Thursday and has a 10% Ejection Fraction at best (7-10%). He is 35 and we have a 5 year old son. We are in shock and trying to take it all in. So far I am not ...
How long does Billy have with an ef of 29??
- By sophianbilly · New reply November 3, 2009
- Journal · 10 replies
- his defib/pacemaker was implanted in June 2009 when he was still at UCH after a chronic heart happened on April 2009......He had anoxia to his brain and heart which is why they waited soooo long....He ...
November theme: HOSPITALITY
- By martzj · New reply November 2, 2009
- Journal · 3 replies
- Heart sister Rose voluteered to share her thoughts on this month's theme of hospitality. Rose has been through a tremendous amount this year and yet has been adamant about continuing to do what she loves...hosting ...
today marks 10 years
- By nanamo · New reply October 26, 2009
- Journal · 2 replies
- i had emergent bypass surgery with a 95 % blockage to my left main cornaryy artery at the age of 32 10 years later i am still here ticking and kicking live life love life god bless surviving heart disease ...
ICD
- By sliderjmt · New reply October 26, 2009
- Journal · 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 ...
