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Study: "Women have same heart attack symptoms as men, including chest pain"

By Kennarina · New reply 11:01 am
Discussion in My heart disease - diagnosis and symptoms · 14 replies
You may have come across this 'research' report in the past week. All week I've been thinking that this study on heart attack symptoms (done on patients having an elective, scheduled, non-emergency angioplasty ...

no sleep

By frankie42 · New reply 11:00 am
Journal · 3 replies
i was just wondering if anyone has trouble sleeping,i go to bed and toss and turn for hours,no pain just cant sleep,then i guess i just wear myself out and i my sleep two hours,then wake in a cold sweat,i ...

Somebody PLEASE HELP!!! ={

By pwrsrg77 · New reply 10:54 am
Journal · 85 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 ...

can 2 stents put in LAD at the same time

By srimal · New reply 10:50 am
Discussion in Experiences with healthcare professionals · 7 replies
My father got was having a chest pain and he did the Angiography where report says tht LAD had 90 % , other 2 had 80% blockages.. Doctor put 2 stents in the LAD overlapping (without our Consent while ...

Heart disease and wine

By SAgniadis · New reply 10:10 am
Discussion in Advice for other women with heart disease · 14 replies
Hi Ladies, Just a thought for those of you who should be having a glass of wine daily, but don't care for the taste. There is a wine called Voulet that I recently found. It tastes like juice. It only ...

Talking to Those that Have No Clue

By Lynnedz56 · New reply 9:21 am
Journal · 11 replies
A group of us were talking in the breakroom today at the large company I work for. They were talking about all the things done for Breast Cancer last month and I said it was a worthy cause, but were they ...

Help

By RonRay · New reply 9:17 am
Journal · 5 replies
It is painfully obvious that there are way too many people hurting from disease. I just don't believe there was THIS much illness when I was younger... However, it could be that I just didn't notice ...

SCAD research UPDATE

By KAKLeon · New reply 8:34 am
Discussion in My heart disease - diagnosis and symptoms · 2 replies
November 3, 2009 Great news!!! Dr. Hayes would like to review an initial group of records for purposes of developing the research protocol. She’d like about 10 of our files for starters, and has outlined ...

doctor said..

By frankie42 · New reply 8:01 am
Journal · 5 replies
i talk to the doctor this morning about the bad shoulder pains and he said its all normal ,just healing .im so glad i found this site,it helps so much to reach out to others that have been where i am ...

4 weeks since my bypass

By frankie42 · New reply 2:16 am
Journal · 23 replies
it been 4 weeks since my bypass surgery i went yesterday to sign up for rehab ,im alittle scared of doing it ,i guess its just me but i was wondering if anybody eles felt this way im afraid to get my ...

To: Pain From: Me

By Nina372 · New reply 12:37 am
Journal · 9 replies
To: Pain From: Me Well hello pain, you might not want to hear this but you have out-stayed your welcome here in my body. You are the most annoying, agitating, distracting, way to needy, company that I ...

Cholesterol Levels - What should they be post MI?

By GraceAnnStewart · New reply yesterday at 9:45 pm
Discussion in My heart disease - diagnosis and symptoms · 3 replies
Hi Heart Sisters, I know I have read some where that cholesterol levels for post MI people should be lower than what is recommended for the average non-MI person. But I can't find that info and my cardiologist ...

pots/dysautonomia

By Nina372 · New reply yesterday at 8:59 pm
Journal · 5 replies
Does anyone here have experience or knowledge about getting a pace maker for their postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (pots ...

wild ride

By danhartman1959 · Posted yesterday at 7:42 pm
Journal · 0 replies
it has been a hard summer for this guy , if you have an icd youl get this on the 4th july i had a 12 shock storm and the ride started frist a ablation , for afib then turnn off the defib cause ef was ...

asleep 6 days after triple bypass

By sistermarcia · New reply yesterday at 6:28 pm
Discussion in Experiences with medical treatments · 16 replies
my sister had triple bypass 6 days ago and has not woken up. All tests are good. Her eyelids open and close, she moves her hands and legs around, but does not respond to commands. And she does not blink ...

SO excited to share what I have found!

By pwrsrg77 · New reply yesterday at 6:22 pm
Journal · 15 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 ...

heres me

By danhartman1959 · Posted yesterday at 4:59 pm
Discussion in My heart disease - diagnosis and symptoms · 0 replies
im a 50 year old guy with dialated cardiomayopathy this week was implanted with a crtd but the shocl theapy is off ef is up around 35% si dr really thinks thats safe for me time will tell this heart stuff ...

PTA Stent on Sept 29th

By Jamaicanmenuts · New reply yesterday at 4:28 pm
Journal · 13 replies
Here we go again. I will have my second femoral angioplasty/stent performed on Tuesday. Even though I know what to expect for the most part, I am anxious and edgy again. Since the last one was placed ...

CHEST PAIN NOT CARDIAC AFTER OPEN HEART SURGERY

By Penjudy · New reply yesterday at 1:33 pm
Discussion in My heart disease - diagnosis and symptoms · 6 replies
8 weeks after open heart surgery, I am having a constant pulling, painful sensation on the right side of my chest, made much worse by sneezing or coughing. So far physicians tell me just to give it time ...

post heart attack

By scottish · New reply yesterday at 12:59 pm
Discussion in Advice for other women with heart disease · 4 replies
I have had 2 heart attacks this year-one if June and one in July. I am 59 years young but have a family history of heart problems. My dad had 6 before he passed. I am not ready for 4 more of these fun ...

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