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can cardiac arrest cause epilepsy?
- By mrsaa · New reply 12:28 pm
- Discussion in My heart disease - diagnosis and symptoms · 1 reply
- Dear all thought I was getting there ...... but major crisis looming 12 months on from ,out of the blue VF, ICD fitted . lots of probs as per usual but , that's our lives eh? Been feelng incresaingly ...
6 weeks post-surgery and still worse than before. Help!
- By lisaheart77 · New reply 12:24 pm
- Discussion in Advice for other women with heart disease · 7 replies
- Ladies, I don't often post but I am at my wits end. I'm 44 and have been pretty fit most of my adult life. After worsening shortness of breath and an increasingly loud heart murmur sent me to a cardiologist ...
can you have an allery to your ICD?
- By mrsaa · New reply 12:24 pm
- Discussion in Experiences with medical treatments · 7 replies
- Hi not posted for a while as been trying to get life back to normal . It's 1 year since the VF and the ICD fitted and need some advice. Never felt 100% since the ICD was implanted, constant colds and ...
Angiogram Dye Injections
- By lonewolf7 · New reply 11:49 am
- Discussion in Emotional and psychological issues · 20 replies
- Recently, on the news, there was a segment about the dye injected into our bodies when we have an angiogram. I had an angiogram done in March 2009 and this report concerned me greatly. This dye appears ...
Applying for Disability
- By ConnieB · New reply 11:41 am
- Journal · 10 replies
- I live in Virginia I will 60 years old in Aug., I had a heart attack 5 years ago, I had a stent placed. Last year I had a difibillator implanted. I was layed off of my job in February, so I am not working ...
ICD check-up
- By bamagal · New reply 11:36 am
- Journal · 5 replies
- 14 days post BiV ICD and my check up was great! Incision is healing nicely with only slight swelling and discomfort. Most noticeable is the LACK of fatigue! I get tired some but nothing like I did, and ...
My cardiologist: "the devil himself?"
- By Kennarina · New reply 11:09 am
- Journal · 4 replies
- Letters to the Editor, Victoria Times Colonist, Wednesday, June 24, 2009 ‘Dress codes in hospital should respect patients’ Dear Editor, 'In May, I had to stay in the Royal Jubilee Hospital cardiology ...
chest pain in cardiac syndrome X due to subendocardial ischaemia?
- By martzj · Posted 11:04 am
- Discussion in Advice for other women with heart disease · 0 replies
- European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on May 24, 2007 European Heart Journal 2007 28(13):1539-1540; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm167 PubMed Citation Articles by Camici, P. G ...
new noninvasive test for the cause of chest pain
- By martzj · Posted 10:57 am
- Discussion in Advice for other women with heart disease · 0 replies
- Jun 25 (HeartCenterOnline) - A new noninvasive test may help physicians diagnose the cause of chest pain in women, according to a new study published in the June 22 issue of Circulation: The Journal of ...
If Disney Ran Your Hospital
- By martzj · New reply 10:44 am
- Discussion in Advice for other women with heart disease · 11 replies
- I found this article on the level 2 hospital where my heart attack was treated in 1996, etc. Looks like they've made some major changes since 2007... based on the book "If Disney Ran Your Hospital: 9 ...
Men Listen, But With Only Half a Brain : )
- By martzj · Posted 10:35 am
- Discussion in Advice for other women with heart disease · 0 replies
- Why Men Don't Listen to Women He really isn't listening to you! But you won't believe the reason why. When men and women speak, the human brain processes the sounds of those voices differently, Britain's ...
Anybody taking Klonopin?
- By Ecksunbeam · New reply 10:14 am
- Discussion in Experiences with prescription medicines · 25 replies
- I went to a new PCP a few days ago. I asked her to double my Xanax from .5 1x daily to .5 2x daily. She went berserko! Accused me of "drug-seeking behavior," and "getting aggressive about Xanax." Aggressive ...
Hands Have been Hurting
- By starre · New reply 9:40 am
- Journal · 1 reply
- Latley hands have been hurting// it's summer i thought they wouldn't hurt as much but forgot about air conditions and going down the frozen section at the grocery store and my finger tips hurt a lot ...
"HYPOKALEMIA OR LOW POTASSIUM"
- By mandyblue · New reply 9:29 am
- Journal · 15 replies
- I want to share this research information in "My Journal". This is a very long collection of articles, that explains in great detail, about Hypokalemia or Low Potassium. It is for anyone who needs help ...
Need some advice..
- By Cathy37 · New reply 8:19 am
- Discussion in Younger women with heart disease · 9 replies
- I've experienced over the past 3 weeks, major dizziness, nausea, and pain in my chest sometimes, and my arm getting numb. I've started to have some swelling in my lower body also. I went to my primary ...
Disturbing Symptoms, insight please!
- By shell1925 · New reply 7:24 am
- Discussion in Younger women with heart disease · 17 replies
- Hello all! I am new to this board and found it by googling "left arm pain 30 year old". Well, anyways I am 30 (soon to be 31) and I have a 2 year old (soon to be 3) son. While I was pregnant with my son ...
Fear I'll Drop Dead
- By lonewolf7 · New reply 5:05 am
- Journal · 13 replies
- I know this topic has been discussed numerous times but I'm writing to see if it might help. Since this morning, I've had discomfort on my left side, near the ribs. It isn't constant. Nitro does very ...
Stress Test - Assessment
- By lonewolf7 · New reply 4:36 am
- Discussion in Experiences with healthcare professionals · 6 replies
- You all must be tired of all my questions but I do want to know as much as possible about having a heart attack and angina and what better place than among women who have experienced it. Last week I had ...
Idiopathic nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy
- By Brianne · New reply 1:46 am
- Journal · 4 replies
- Finally got the results of the genetic testing for my Long QT back... Turns out I do not have any gene abnormalities showing that the Long QT was inherited. (Still don't know why I have it.) I am shocked ...
Social Security
- By Nanabear · New reply yesterday at 9:18 pm
- Discussion in Advice for other women with heart disease · 13 replies
- I was approved for my Social Security Disability My question is how long did it take for any of you to receive your backpay and to start getting the monthly check? Thank You ...
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