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Journals
Fixing Things I Didn't Break -
- By gracie62 · Posted October 9, 2009
- 10 replies
- Here I go again, on a ramble -needing to vent a little. It started with a picture that fell off the wall. A special picture - one that my father (who died of a heart attack in 2000 and whose death saved ...
Being pulled in 3 derections
- By starre · Posted October 9, 2009
- 4 replies
- I have 3 kids a 13 yr old that i need to be involed in because she is a teenager that is starting to like boys and hormones ranging is try to keep her active in dancing and school activities but i find ...
Arrhythmias
- By redhead4u777 · Posted October 8, 2009
- 12 replies
- In my mind I was planning out my day, mindlessly performing my pre-work morning rituals. Make my lunch-check. Iron my shirt-check. Wake up on the kitchen floor. What? Did I just faint again? On the way ...
I'm an RN that got hurt and my health went to pot!
- By RobynRae · Posted October 7, 2009
- 11 replies
- This is my first time on this site to recored any info and I hope I do it right! I'm still in the learning stages of the computers and what I can and can't do which is keep my fingers on the right keys ...
I am back at work....
- By AZMommy · Posted October 7, 2009
- 2 replies
- Of course, my brain is completely fried but my boss called to see how I was doing and I now am on 'Tanya hours'-They're pretty much up to me and whatever I feel like handling. I think that my heart meds ...
Oh boy another bad day
- By MotorcycleBobbi · Posted October 6, 2009
- 0 replies
- I hope Fla does something for me. I'm such a mess today. Got the dogs done at groomers. fixed super and did the bedding. Now I hurt so bad. Hope the meds work good tonigh ...
new test
- By starre · Posted October 6, 2009
- 3 replies
- i had a Cine esophagram done yesterday found out why i'am having that feeling in my chest like food is stuck the doctor said that my esophog is like a funnel and food dosent have a big enough tunnel to ...
My Doctor got his degree from Office Max?
- By scholastic · Posted October 6, 2009
- 3 replies
- I just had to vent this experience, so here goes. A brief history: I have bovine aortic valve, CHF, Pulmonary hypertension, CAD, COPD, angina, but the most painful of all is the on-going kidney stones ...
Gratitude
- By Patricia79 · Posted October 5, 2009
- 7 replies
- I am so grateful to all the wonderful replies I received...Everyone had such words of encouragement. I feel as if a load has been lifted from my body...I have always prided myself on trying to be positive ...
6 aand a half months after CABG again
- By feelinsquirrely · Posted October 5, 2009
- 0 replies
- Bless u all for replying to me, it's nice to know I'm not the only one and I am NOT going crazy. Haha. After I read the attachment about Statins I got on the phone and called my dr. She said stop taking ...
A beginning
- By Patricia79 · Posted October 4, 2009
- 3 replies
- I joined this site tonight looking for support...I look forward to maybe finding some support and understanding...and hopefully finding my way back to me ...
Weight Gain due to metabolism
- By ProfA · Posted October 4, 2009
- 2 replies
- For the past three years I have been actively complaining about weight gain due to medication, but all my physician can suggest is that my metabolism is slowing down due to age! This is not what I wanted ...
6 and half months after cabg
- By feelinsquirrely · Posted October 4, 2009
- 7 replies
- I haven't put anything in my journal for a long time. I have been fighting a battle with severe depression after the surgery. My GP took me off Zoloft and but me on something else a couple of weeks ago ...
Are these feeling normal
- By Michelle34116 · Posted October 3, 2009
- 7 replies
- Does it take awhile to adjust to the medication? Are all the highs and LOWS normal? I am on day 4 of my new life. Thank you all Michelle ...
Love and joy -- after diagnosis -- My story
- By joy2day · Posted October 3, 2009
- 18 replies
- Today, I'm going to a bridal shower -- my bridal shower. 2 weeks from today, I am getting married to John. When I met John, I was concerned about how he would feel about dating someone with heart problems ...
Me
- By yogachick1 · Posted October 3, 2009
- 10 replies
- Hello all, I'm Janet. Live in Seattle WA, and am 29 years old. I lost someone close a few years ago just as i was starting a new career. I have found support in many forms, even with its not easy. My ...
Idiopathic Cardiomyopathy
- By Michelle34116 · Posted September 30, 2009
- 16 replies
- Does anyone have any advice for me. I was given the news Monday I have an EF OF 15% PUT ON COREG 3.125 MG TWICE A DAY, LASIX 40 MG TWICE A DAY, ENALAPRIL MALEATE 2.5 TWICE A DAY. I AM SCARED CONFUSED ...
IDIOPATHIC CARIDOMYOPATHY
- By Michelle34116 · Posted September 29, 2009
- 2 replies
- I got the news yesterday at a lttle before 4pm. I am working with 1/3 of my heart. I was put on Lasix 40mg twice a day enalapril maleate 2.5 mg twice a day and coreg 3.125 mg twice a day. I am scared ...
love the fall weather
- By nanamo · Posted September 29, 2009
- 6 replies
- but hate how my body aches every year today its 50 crisp cool morning here in ga mountains and yeah i hurt my chest bothers me buts its a ache from being sawed and pulled apart...anyone else hurt in the ...
tired of being sick
- By jimpoe1968 · Posted September 28, 2009
- 0 replies
- Hi everyone it's been awile well my blood pressure is up and down again can't seem to get it right cardio doc.wants to see me maybe try some thing new.question.does it matter what arm you take your pressure ...
