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Angelmed guardian
- By lisa5272 · New reply 7:58 pm
- 9 replies
- As a heart attack survivor I have been fortunate to participate in a FDA clinical trial and receive the Angelmed guardian device. Attached is the video link. You can go to their website if you are interested ...
Bottoms of Feet Hurt - especially the Heel
- By Peggy59 · New reply 7:55 pm
- 38 replies
- I've had a new development in the last couple of months in that the bottom of my feet hurt, especially the left heel. I brought it up with my apt with my rheumatologist in October and he said I may need ...
Heart Healthy Menu
- By lashawnsheart · New reply 7:06 pm
- 21 replies
- I am having a difficult fun time (weird I know )finding Heart Healthy meals. I was so in love with beacon but I had to say no more. It was hard because everything taste good with bacon and butter. Anyway ...
SO excited to share what I have found!
- By pwrsrg77 · New reply 5:53 pm
- 41 replies
- I have received TONS of wonderful support from this amazing community of people just like myself. All that struggle with debilitating symptoms, wrong diagnosis, less than quality doctors etc... I wish ...
The Man Cold (Don't miss this one : )
- By martzj · New reply 4:32 pm
- 7 replies
- This is just too hilarious to stay buried deep in another post. Thanks to Lidia from United Kingdom for the belly laugh link! I'm going to use it in a Power Point presentation on the care level women ...
That Swine Flu shot
- By scholastic · New reply 1:45 pm
- 5 replies
- I was given the Swine flu shot about 8 days ago through a hospital my daughter works at. They gave me a card with the bottle # on it in case of side effects. Well 2 days after the shot I began to have ...
Amazing!
- By maureengraz · New reply 10:57 am
- 17 replies
- Vince spent three hours raking leaves and mowing the lawn today without any shortness of breath. All that with an EF of 25%!!!!!! Simply amazing ...
Living with my son's cardiomyopathy
- By Winglover · New reply 8:27 am
- 21 replies
- Why all of a sudden are all the medical dramas on TV having everyone have heart failure that requires an immediate transplant? Being a nurse I have gravitated to them for years. Now I can't stand to put ...
Pernicious Anemia
- By Alloriea · Posted yesterday at 8:09 pm
- 0 replies
- Hi all, I know it's been a while, I just haven't had the time or the energy to write, with working full time, seeing the psychologist, all the dr's and specialists etc. I'm lucky to stay awake long enough ...
sad again day...
- By grandmotherbird · New reply yesterday at 5:53 pm
- 4 replies
- I had a treat last evening. Friends I was once in Ministry with came over to visit all together for a mini-reunion. It's been 30 years since we saw our Brother Stephan. We laughed and were silly all evening ...
REFLECTIONS OF A LIFE....
- By CJA · New reply yesterday at 1:56 pm
- 8 replies
- The noise from the kitchen spills out around the room like children playing on the playground. There's the scent of roasting turkey , fresh baked rolls, pecan pies and a touch of cinnamon floating through ...
Acceptance
- By formy3 · New reply yesterday at 12:02 am
- 8 replies
- Well at last im accepting the fact that I have throat cancer at the time it is still hard to beleive that it is there inside my body invading and doing as it pleases , at first I was angry ,I didnt understand ...
Finally home
- By Nina372 · New reply November 18, 2009
- 6 replies
- I am finally home after being in the hospital for a week. Last Friday I was sick all day and kept having black-outs. Around midnight I asked my mom to take me to the er because something felt very wrong ...
Good days and Bad...
- By frankie42 · New reply November 18, 2009
- 3 replies
- First i want to thank everyone for the replys i get on the site your wonderful loving people,helpful to.Ive had 9 good days , until today i went to heart path it was good,then went home to do so laundry,thats ...
Arrhythmias
- By redhead4u777 · New reply November 18, 2009
- 11 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 ...
looking for a diagnosis
- By jocilyn · New reply November 17, 2009
- 1 reply
- hi,I am a 56 yr. old with chronic uncontrolled bp and cholesterol.I have been hospitalized 8times in last 10 months and tested for the causes.I have been on too many medications to count,none of them ...
JUST CAME BACK FROM THE HOSPITAL....
- By sonia40 · New reply November 16, 2009
- 12 replies
- Hello all well its been a preety rough weekend...went in on friday morning for a laproscopy, hysteroscopy, cystoscopy and a curette....well the doctor came in to see me in recovery and briefly mentioned ...
able to smile..
- By frankie42 · New reply November 16, 2009
- 6 replies
- its been 5 weeks now since bypass and im filling better more like myself ,well almost depression has lifted alot and im sleeping better,maybe it heart rehab,but i think that alot of it has to do by the ...
I am too sad today
- By grandmotherbird · New reply November 16, 2009
- 10 replies
- My dear friends' mom committed suicide day before yesterday. She was 71 and was Bipolar II. I struggle with that concept and thank God for my family and birds cuz....they keep me from following through ...
Funny talk on forced positivity from culture
- By martzj · New reply November 16, 2009
- 8 replies
- (Click the yellow Watch button to start the 38 minute BookTV video of Barbara talking about her experiences with cancer chemo just made her crankier than ever...) Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion ...
