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Journals
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 ...
Mom is extremely agitated...afraid the stress will kill her.
- By cheriffic · Posted September 28, 2009
- 1 reply
- Does anyone have experience with this? My mom grunts and yells a lot. My dad believes that she has mentally regressed and that she is going to die soon because of how worked up she gets. It's wearing ...
vicki
- By glenbobbitt · Posted September 25, 2009
- 9 replies
- my wife of 26 years at age 50 suffered severe abi as a result of sca its been 36 days i am overwhelmed prognosis is bleak i am so lonely ...
Not happy with cardiologist
- By flowerdove · Posted September 23, 2009
- 5 replies
- I'm just upset right now with my cardiologists office! They are so bad returning phone calls, unless its a dire emergency. No matter what I do, they never return my phone calls unless its an emergency ...
How can I help my mom? Any advice???
- By cheriffic · Posted September 22, 2009
- 4 replies
- My dad wants to take my mom home because she has been asking to go home. He needs help from a home health care company. However, they turned him down because they were told by the hospital that my mom's ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mom's still fighting and wanting to go home...
- By cheriffic · Posted September 19, 2009
- 2 replies
- I'm sitting in a dark room in my mom's hospital room while she sleeps. My dad has made the decision to bring her home. She kept saying home yesterday & said that she wanted to go home. Her nurse told ...
Best Birthday Ever
- By wdiane · Posted September 18, 2009
- 4 replies
- As I approach my 61st birthday on Sunday I am filled with gratitude for still having Steve with me. I really want no other present than to be able to be with him and to appreciate the fact that he is ...
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 ...
more than 3 years since my SCA after heart attack
- By markabbey · Posted September 11, 2009
- 1 reply
- Its been 3 and a half years. (May 06) since my arrest after a heart attack. I felt nothing while playing golf. Just a slight tingling in my feet and then went blank. Woke up after being revived by a defib ...
Tired of negative neurologists!
- By cheriffic · Posted September 10, 2009
- 6 replies
- Even though my mom is slowly improving, her neurologist said that she will never get any better & her surgeon turned down her surgery bec. of the neurologist's opinion. It's like my brother said, my mom ...
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 ...
ICD is in and working!!!
- By adad5757 · Posted September 9, 2009
- 7 replies
- Hey everyone, I am happy, healthy and here to report on the surgical implant of my ICD. I am so lucky to have the best cardiologist and support team one could imagine and I want to give them kudos for ...
wow almost 10 years
- By nanamo · Posted September 4, 2009
- 1 reply
- oct 20 will make 10 years of my heart attack and oct 22 10 years bypass surgery sept 24 will mark 10 years that i started complaining to my doc about my symptoms.....wow its hard to belive how dates become ...
ummm...my chest is beeping....
- By mery · Posted August 29, 2009
- 16 replies
- Ok, so I get up this morning and I'm sitting in the bathroom, just sitting, yawning and what not, ya know the regular morning bathroom stuff....and I'm hearing this beeping. So I look all around like ...
Still can't approved for pacemaker/defib
- By cheriffic · Posted August 29, 2009
- 3 replies
- My mom has pneumonia/staph infection & is back in ICU. Her cardiologist was supposed to evaluate her on Sept. 2nd to see if she is a candidate for a pacemaker/defibrillator. My mom was turned down again ...
Conference in Chicago
- By wdiane · Posted August 28, 2009
- 5 replies
- I am really excited to get to attend the conference in Chicago. Who is going to the conference? I look forward to meeting many of you there and being able to share our experiences. I am also looking forward ...
