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Finally home

Nina372
  • 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...

frankie42
  • 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 ...

looking for a diagnosis

jocilyn
  • 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....

sonia40
  • 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..

frankie42
  • 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

grandmotherbird
  • 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

martzj
  • 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 ...

The Way I Cope

lilgrannylaura
  • By lilgrannylaura · New reply November 16, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • I am a lady that always looks to find the good in everyone & every situation. I am very soft spoken, loving, caring, funny, witty & happy. I love to make others laugh. I laugh and giggle a lot. Always ...

HAVING A LARPROSCOPY/CYSTOSCOPY ON FRIDAY...

sonia40
  • By sonia40 · New reply November 15, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • Hello to all the wonderful people who have been following my posts....as you all know i am awaiting surgery for a partial nephrectomy and a gallbladder removal.....but i have also a few gyno problems ...

ICD, LQT, low potassium

edmar
  • By edmar · New reply November 14, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • I'm a SCA survivor, and i'm lucky to be alive again. I fainted, April 23, 2009, the reason i was rushed to the hospital. I was admitted for 12 days, and after a series of tests and investigation, my doctor ...

“Give us this day, our daily Preds”

theGardener
  • By theGardener · New reply November 14, 2009
  • 13 replies
  • Predni-ZONE“Give us this day, our daily Preds” If there is one unequivocal truism that I have learned about Sarcoidosis, it is that the disease is rarely seen in public without its conjoined evil twin ...

Wanting advice

Michelle34116
  • By Michelle34116 · New reply November 13, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • Well i am doing better and feeling better as all of you told me I would THANK YOU. I have lost 42 pounds I had only gained 24 in fluid (I thought) guess I was just one big water ballon. I am up to 12mg ...

Hedgeapples

Kentuckygal
  • By Kentuckygal · New reply November 12, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • I have heard many stories of how hedgeapples have cured or slowed down the growth of cancer. Some of the stories are in our community. I don't know if this works but my father was recently diagnoised ...

5th week after bypass...

frankie42
  • By frankie42 · New reply November 11, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • i have to say that im filling alot better,im in heart rehab classes now ,at first i was scared but im doing so much better now, i fill safe there,the only thing is after class i have pac;s and pvc:s all ...

Dear Journal Having a bad day :(

lashawnsheart
  • By lashawnsheart · New reply November 11, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • I am on my second nitro. Today is my first day since starting Imdur that I have had a spasm. My spasm are normally throughout the day and sometimes in the middle of the night, which are a 9 on the pain ...

Being pulled in 3 derections

starre
  • By starre · New reply November 11, 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 ...

TRUST IN LIFE.....

ROS-LINDER
  • By ROS-LINDER · New reply November 11, 2009
  • 9 replies
  • HELLOW EVERYBODY MY NAME IS ROSLINDER AM FROM NEW YORK CITY IN GARDEN CITY AM LOOKING FOR WHO I CAN TRUS IN MY LIFE ........BYE BYE ...

Sunday was the start

megandjacksnan
  • By megandjacksnan · New reply November 11, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • Sunday was brilliant, I alsmost felt as I used to. I went to the gym and it felt EASY, no breathlessness and NO PAIN. But hey, I know, this is the dangerous time. People with angina, who feel well, tend ...

Bads meds -Vytorin 10/40

sheautopart
  • By sheautopart · New reply November 10, 2009
  • 8 replies
  • does any one out there having trouble with this drug ...

wild ride

danhartman1959
  • By danhartman1959 · New reply November 10, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • it has been a hard summer for this guy , if you have an icd youl get this on the 4th july i had a 12 shock storm and the ride started frist a ablation , for afib then turnn off the defib cause ef was ...

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