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The Beauty of a Woman

martzj
  • By martzj · New reply 8:49 pm
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, The figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen from her eyes, Because that is the doorway to her ...

Back to work.

Alloriea
  • By Alloriea · New reply 8:42 pm
  • Journal · 14 replies
  • I don't know if it's the meds, or the conditions I'm currently dealing with, but I'm seriously reconsidering my return to work, I've never been more tired, even at the four hours a day they had me come ...

Let's talk about work!

BklynViolet
  • By BklynViolet · New reply 6:15 pm
  • Discussion in How heart disease has changed my life · 46 replies
  • My question is, do most of us work full time? I've gravitated toward challenging jobs and was always really smug about my ability to handle more stress than ANYONE. Ahhh, how the mighty have fallen! MI ...

Coenzyme Q10 and Heart Disease

Ecksunbeam
  • By Ecksunbeam · Posted 3:56 pm
  • Discussion in Experiences with alternative treatments · 0 replies
  • Coenzyme Q10 and Heart Disease CoQ10 is known to be highly concentrated in heart muscle cells due to the high energy requirements of this cell type. For the past 14 years, the great bulk of clinical work ...

Family Support

Ceil
  • By Ceil · New reply 3:48 pm
  • Discussion in Emotional and psychological issues · 7 replies
  • I had a heart attack two weeks ago. I'm only 51. Before this I was in great shape, do not smoke and do not have diabetes. I have two daughters with Cystic Fibrosis. The youngest is very ill. My husband ...

You don't LOOK sick!

heart39
  • By heart39 · New reply 3:44 pm
  • Journal · 39 replies
  • I'm sure many of us have heard this. I guess if heart disease showed on our faces, we wouldn't need cardiologists! It's difficult to just ignore offensive comments from people that are sure your illness ...

Poetindistress - we're thinking of you for CC visit!

kwinner
  • By kwinner · New reply 1:16 pm
  • Discussion in Younger women with heart disease · 10 replies
  • A - I know you're off tomorrow for another round at Cleveland Clinic, and I just wanted to say we all love you and we're rooting for you! I wish we could be there to support you, my sweet girl, you've ...

Acute Mi's and muscle damage

Jody
  • By Jody · New reply 12:06 pm
  • Discussion in Younger women with heart disease · 16 replies
  • Just looking for feedback on women ages 40-60 who suffered an acute mi and were told they sustained no permanent heart damage ...

Crohn's disease

kwinner
  • By kwinner · New reply 10:06 am
  • Discussion in Emotional and psychological issues · 14 replies
  • First, my apologies to anyone who takes offense at me being way off topic. My sisters are always a wealth of information on so many subjects, I thought I'd take a chance. Some of you know my hubby was ...

Prinzmetal Angina and Multiple Sclerosis

lkay
  • By lkay · New reply 8:47 am
  • Discussion in My heart disease - diagnosis and symptoms · 16 replies
  • Can you all hear me in Ohio yelling "ahaaa!!!" ? Those of you who know me know I can't let this rest until I get an answer. Look what I just found a bit ago - read the full article at http://www.jabfm.org/cgi/content/full/17 ...

SECOND ANNIVERSARY- JULY 27

ckgoduto
  • By ckgoduto · New reply 12:45 am
  • Journal · 23 replies
  • I am coming up to my second year anniversary of being diagnosed with profound cardiomyopathy. When you are first diagnosed you wonder how you will make it through and how much longer you will live. Doctors ...

Cleveland Clinic.

Alloriea
  • By Alloriea · New reply yesterday at 11:05 pm
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • I've had a busy day, at my appt this morning my Cardiologist said I need to go to the Cleveland Clinic. I don't know what to think. I've seen two surgeons who both say to wait and see, that at this point ...

Ginkgo Biloba and Short Term Memory Loss

Ecksunbeam
  • By Ecksunbeam · New reply yesterday at 10:10 pm
  • Discussion in Experiences with alternative treatments · 1 reply
  • Ginkgo ( Ginkgo biloba ) is one of the oldest living tree species and its leaves are among the most extensively studied botanicals in use today. Unlike many other medicinal herbs, ginkgo leaves are not ...

please explain- weird heart beat

hi77
  • By hi77 · New reply yesterday at 6:43 pm
  • Discussion in My heart disease - diagnosis and symptoms · 7 replies
  • I wear earplugs to bed, so at times I can hear my own heartbeat extremely clearly. Sometimes I have to take them out, because listening to my heart makes me nervous and worried. Well, last night I had ...

keeping in touch with my sisters

heartsurvivor
  • By heartsurvivor · New reply yesterday at 3:44 pm
  • Discussion in Emotional and psychological issues · 16 replies
  • hello my sisters, its been a while. I did not want to get in touch with you untill I had some new news. Well they say when it rains it pours and I am definetly one to feel this to be so true. My little ...

When did I get so dumb?

beckym
  • By beckym · New reply yesterday at 6:58 am
  • Discussion in Emotional and psychological issues · 8 replies
  • I feel I have done everything I have been told to do since this all started in March. I try not to dwell on the fact I now know I have a heart problem, but, I can't ignore it either. I have a small business ...

Emesis, spontantous

ncheart
  • By ncheart · New reply August 5, 2008
  • Discussion in My heart disease - diagnosis and symptoms · 18 replies
  • Hi, I really am not comfortable asking this, but I just have to. Has anyone had problems with emesis in correlation to any type of HD issue? Enlighten me please? NC HEART ...

Today's thought

lkay
  • By lkay · New reply August 5, 2008
  • Discussion in Emotional and psychological issues · 6 replies
  • On a drive the other day I noticed this sign in front of a local church ... normally my memory is horrible and I don't remember things like this, but I really liked this message and want to share it with ...

Bypass Bras

pamkl
  • By pamkl · New reply August 5, 2008
  • Discussion in Emotional and psychological issues · 27 replies
  • Well, I put this in the emotional and psychological issues because I get emotionally psycho by the end of the day if I can't rip my bra off the minute I get in the car! Since quad bypass on 3/07, I have ...

Tylenol Cool Caps has Splenda in it

tonyam
  • By tonyam · New reply August 5, 2008
  • Discussion in Advice for other women with heart disease · 5 replies
  • Ladies, Did you know that Tylenol Cool Caplets have sucralose (Splenda) in them? Me either. Regular Tylenol does not contain it. For those who may be unaware, artificial sweeteners are a vasoconstrictor ...

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