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Fear and courage

By lyrasong · New reply 11:49 am
Journal · 1 reply
Oh boy. I never thought I would be posting here. I'm 45 years old and I thought I was in pretty good health. Sure, I had some high blood pressure, been on atenolol for that for quite a few years but it's ...

Where are you on the "Hierarchy of Heart Disease"?

By Kennarina · New reply 11:31 am
Discussion in Emotional and psychological issues · 18 replies
During my first evening at our "Heart to Heart" support group, the man sitting next to me leaned over and asked: "What are you in for?" I told him that I'd had a heart attack two weeks earlier, and that ...

Larry King features Breakthrough

By 2young4this · New reply 11:09 am
Discussion in Emotional and psychological issues · 3 replies
I was flipping through the channels last night and landed on Larry King on CNN interviewing Tony Robbins and the couple from his first episode of Breakthrough (NBC Tuesday 8pm). It was incredible. The ...

Rheumatoid Arthritis and Heart Disease

By pegjoy · Posted 10:57 am
Journal · 0 replies
I've had RA for about 20 years, and heart problems for less than 10 years. I must take so many meds, and some help one thing and hurt another. Was recently taken off of methotrexate after my lung capacity ...

grandma still driving??

By eviefor3 · New reply 10:35 am
Journal · 26 replies
back on track. hopefully this will bring a smile to a few faces today. Grandma is eighty-eight years old and still drives her own car. She writes: Dear Grand-daughter, The other day I went up to our local ...

Mayo would not do pulmonary ablation

By Leaj · New reply 10:34 am
Journal · 1 reply
3 days of testing with 2 IV's that I had to be stuck 5 times to get them in. Tube down my throat with a lot of nasty throat deading medicine. A very lot of blood taken. Dye injected twice and 4 Dr's later ...

Need Prayers......

By gracie62 · New reply 10:32 am
Discussion in Emotional and psychological issues · 17 replies
So I have been on a rollercoaster lately, to say the least. Life has been so chaotic recently I thought for sure that God had to be pulling my leg with all he has thrown at me. My husband has had some ...

Study: Calcium supplements associated with increased risk of heart attack

By Kennarina · Posted 10:19 am
Discussion in Advice for other women with heart disease · 0 replies
Hello Heart Sisters, A New Zealand study published in the British Medical Journal this week warns middle-aged women not to take calcium supplements for bone health WITHOUT taking Vitamin D alongside ...

Women heart attack survivors may be as traumatized as victims of violence

By Kennarina · New reply 9:31 am
Discussion in Advice for other women with heart disease · 15 replies
A study reported in the 'Canadian Journal of Cardiology' last month reinforced what all heart attack survivors already know but their doctors may not: a heart attack can leave people as psychologically ...

coreg

By shamal · New reply 9:08 am
Discussion in My heart disease - diagnosis and symptoms · 5 replies
Can anyone share with me if they have had ejection fraction go up on Coreg and Cozaar treatment? Thanks Shamal ...

SCAD Questionaire

By Spectrum · New reply 8:51 am
Discussion in Advice for other women with heart disease · 3 replies
Since SCAD (Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection) is so rare, lets do our own little semi-scientific study on it and answer some questions about our experiences. This will also give future ladies a ...

The middle-of-the-nights

By MaryLG · New reply 8:46 am
Journal · 13 replies
They're baaaacccckkkk.. Just like Jack Nicholson! It seems 4:00am or so is my new number, but tonight it's 3:25. I woke with CP (does the change make me now unstable, Prinz (the doc said no) or just something ...

Pleural Effusion

By mbncb · New reply 8:05 am
Discussion in My heart disease - diagnosis and symptoms · 2 replies
So I spent a whole 5 minutes at rehab today. The nurses decided that I needed to see my doc. I've been complaining of pain under my rib cage and nausea/vomiting for over a week. Doc said that my last ...

Pursuing Passion

By studioe109 · Posted 7:45 am
Journal · 0 replies
The house chores are woefully behind, the pantry shelves are chronically empty, the exterior house paint is peeling and the yard is full of weeds, so how could I possibly find the energy and inspiration ...

Nutritional Supplements Good Article

By brebre · New reply 6:57 am
Discussion in Experiences with alternative treatments · 6 replies
http://www.wellnessreview.com/reports/ca rdiomyopathy Bre ...

Pregnancy following heart attack High cholesterol

By Clarke226 · Posted 6:18 am
Discussion in Younger women with heart disease · 0 replies
Hi is there anyone out there with high cholesterol who has gone on to have a pregnancy? I am 38 and had an MI (mild) in Feb this year, no stents but meds. I need to take statins and there are risks in ...

BACK HOME!!!! YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By eviefor3 · New reply 6:00 am
Journal · 28 replies
thank you everyone for the warm wishes and prayers. silly me thought that i would go to e.r. and they would suck out a little of the excess fluid and send me home. so the news as it stands this evening ...

"well you look good"

By Nina372 · New reply yesterday at 10:51 pm
Journal · 46 replies
The video explains it all. lol I have created a facebook group for this very reason. Here is a link for it if you have facebook. Its for those of us with chronic illnesses that you cannot see so people ...

Tired of my racing heart

By Kinsale · Posted yesterday at 10:07 pm
Discussion in Younger women with heart disease · 0 replies
Ever since this last heart cath and the problems that I had with it I have been having problems with my heart racing and my pulse being high. I see my cardiologist on Monday so I plan on bringing it up ...

I have a pace maker question

By ahnachi · New reply yesterday at 9:41 pm
Discussion in Advice for other women with heart disease · 4 replies
I design jewelry which involves metal smithing and using a piece of equipment similar to a dremmel. When I use it the motor is close to my pacemaker. I was wondering if anyone new of some kind of vest ...

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