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Home again
- By mery · New reply October 14, 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 ...
Where to begin?
- By Aaron-Pennsylvania · New reply October 11, 2009
- 12 replies
- I've been meaning to start a journal for months now. I just feel paralyzed sometimes and it's just easier to not even bother. Well, here goes....I guess. Since 9/21/08 I've been living the nightmare many ...
this part sucks
- By NWWriter · New reply October 11, 2009
- 6 replies
- Twenty two years ago I survived a sudden cardiac arrest and even after all that time I haven't become toughened to the grief I feel when someone dies. I'm glad of that, but it doesn't help when I'm in ...
I'm an RN that got hurt and my health went to pot!
- By RobynRae · New reply October 10, 2009
- 11 replies
- This is my first time on this site to recored any info and I hope I do it right! I'm still in the learning stages of the computers and what I can and can't do which is keep my fingers on the right keys ...
Mom's progress at home
- By cheriffic · New reply October 10, 2009
- 1 reply
- My mom has been home since last Tuesday. She still yells in frustration but not as much as she did in the nursing home and hospital. She smiled at me one day & she nodded her head when my dad asked if ...
vicki
- By glenbobbitt · New reply October 8, 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 ...
Our first visit with my mom at home
- By cheriffic · New reply October 8, 2009
- 4 replies
- My 4-year-old & I are spending our 1st night with my parents in their home since my mom's ABI. My girl gave my mom a kiss on the cheek tonight. My dad asked my mom if she loved my daughter & she nodded ...
Why'd I survive?
- By NWWriter · New reply October 6, 2009
- 10 replies
- As I'm approaching my second 21st birthday (SCA 7/16/87) I'm quietly pondering how this 21st differs from my first 21st. It's an especially poignant time, too, right now, because the picture I've got ...
My mom is home now since her ABI on 6-28-09
- By cheriffic · New reply October 5, 2009
- 3 replies
- My mom is a lot happier at home now. She still has anxiety but is more calm and content. Hospice comes in 3-4 times a week to help my dad. We also have several family members who come by to help out ...
love the fall weather
- By nanamo · New reply October 2, 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 ...
well today i go
- By nanamo · New reply September 28, 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 ...
Mom is extremely agitated...afraid the stress will kill her.
- By cheriffic · New reply 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 ...
Not happy with cardiologist
- By flowerdove · New reply September 24, 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 · New reply September 23, 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 ...
Cardiac Sarcoidosis Remission
- By crochet · New reply September 21, 2009
- 9 replies
- It has been 9 months since my husband's heart was stopped by the inflammation of sarcoidosis. He has taken his meds, been through countless tests and his ICD has not fired. This week one of those tests ...
Best Birthday Ever
- By wdiane · New reply September 19, 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 ...
Mom's still fighting and wanting to go home...
- By cheriffic · New reply 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 ...
How to treat colds/flu with LQT
- By beaglegirl · New reply September 18, 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 ...
Made it!
- By mery · New reply 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 ...
