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Discussions
transplant success without immunosuppressants
- By martzj · Posted July 2, 2009
- In Advice for other women with heart disease · 0 replies
- Found this from Mass. General Hospital, Boston The Transplant Trick "To deal with the problem, the thymus has a system whereby it destroys all T cells that target “self.” (Problems with this system can ...
Stress Test - Assessment
- By lonewolf7 · Posted July 2, 2009
- 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 ...
6 weeks post-surgery and still worse than before. Help!
- By lisaheart77 · Posted July 2, 2009
- In Advice for other women with heart disease · 6 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 ...
Statin Proble
- By sweetsue · Posted July 1, 2009
- In Experiences with prescription medicines · 1 reply
- NOTE: One of the women in my support group sent me this letter-if anyone has any suggestions please let me know!! Thank You As I mentioned at our dinner (great idea, by the way) I have been losing strength ...
Need some advice..
- By Cathy37 · Posted June 30, 2009
- 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 ...
I FINALLY saw a new doc!!!!!!
- By sunshine3D · Posted June 30, 2009
- In Experiences with healthcare professionals · 0 replies
- I posted a message about not having a doctor to check on my ICD and follow my cardiomyopathy. As of yesterday, I now have a electrophysiologist in The Woodlands, TX (just a part of Houston). She is really ...
Angiogram Dye Injections
- By lonewolf7 · Posted June 30, 2009
- In Emotional and psychological issues · 19 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 ...
Nuclear Stress Test
- By redhotheartdisease · Posted June 29, 2009
- In My heart disease - diagnosis and symptoms · 3 replies
- All I know so far is that my T Wave's are more abnormal than my normal "abnormal" I find out full results Friday , but I still don't really get what that means. I had a stent in my LAD June 2003, and ...
Drugs that should not be taken with Prinzmetal
- By MoonFairy13 · Posted June 29, 2009
- In Experiences with prescription medicines · 1 reply
- Hello all, I have been going through a terrible time with depression so haven't been on lately. I have been doing some research on depression/ prinzmetal/ and drugs. As far as the drugs I have run into ...
Beware: crash diets can harm your heart
- By Kennarina · Posted June 29, 2009
- In Advice for other women with heart disease · 9 replies
- Hello Heart Sisters! Thinking of getting swimsuit-ready through a quickie lemonade fast, cabbage soup diet or Master Cleanse? Cardiologist Isadore Rosenfeld, MD, a professor of clinical medicine at Weill ...
If Disney Ran Your Hospital
- By martzj · Posted June 28, 2009
- In Advice for other women with heart disease · 10 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 ...
Scleroderma
- By Nikki333 · Posted June 28, 2009
- In My heart disease - diagnosis and symptoms · 2 replies
- Does anyone here have scleroderma? I was recently diagnosed with that and Raynaud's syndrome and I am wondering if they are all connected. Nikki 3 ...
Toprol XL /Coreg/ Antenol - what is the difference
- By houston · Posted June 28, 2009
- In Experiences with prescription medicines · 5 replies
- I am trying to find out the differences of these 3 beta blockers. I am having a problem taking them. I have never used Antenol. It does not seem to be one that was offered to me. Also, has anyone ever ...
The Artist's Way - A Journey with Julia Cameron
- By goingstrong · Posted June 27, 2009
- In Emotional and psychological issues · 4 replies
- Julia Cameron - a woman with a heart for the creative spirit! I suggest if you haven't heard of her you go to her website (http://www.theartistsway.com/about/juli a-cameron) from which I now quote: "'The ...
Weird Heart beat..
- By Blessedbottoms · Posted June 27, 2009
- In My heart disease - diagnosis and symptoms · 1 reply
- Has anyone experienced this?? I have been having a different kind of heartbeat today. I have a regular heart rhythm then a single heartbeat that feels slow (delayed).. almost as if it's in slow motion ...
Migraine w aura associated w late-life cerebellar infarct
- By martzj · Posted June 27, 2009
- In Advice for other women with heart disease · 0 replies
- JAMA, June 24, 2009. Vol. 301, No. 24 p. 2563. Migraine with aura in midlife is associated with late-life prevalance of cerebellar infarct-like lesions on MRI scans. (only significant in women) Migraine ...
Cardiologist convicted for performing unnecessary interventional procedures
- By Kennarina · Posted June 27, 2009
- In Experiences with healthcare professionals · 5 replies
- Hope none of you have had this Louisiana criminal as your doc... http://www.theheart.org/article/982403.d o XOXOXO http://www.myheartsisters.org ...
Anybody taking Klonopin?
- By Ecksunbeam · Posted June 27, 2009
- In Experiences with prescription medicines · 24 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 ...
Getting Better!
- By kamrynsmom · Posted June 26, 2009
- In Younger women with heart disease · 8 replies
- Hey all! Just wanted to pass along that I had a 3D echo scheduled last Monday, June 15th and I got a call from my cardiologist on Tuesday, June 23. My ef is now 45-50%! I know it doesn't sound like much ...
Feeling better and looking for suggestions on exercise
- By Linda_RS · Posted June 26, 2009
- In Advice for other women with heart disease · 9 replies
- It is now two months since my "event" and am starting to feel better (most of the day). My doctor's suggest that I walk. I do, but I am looking for other suggestions. I want to work on maintaining the ...
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