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Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
  • Journal · 22 recommendations
  • Hello everyone, We're writing to let you know about a great new feature we'll be adding to Inspire in the very near future: guestbooks. This is a feature that many of you have requested, and we're very ...

Inspire members featured

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted October 28, 2009
  • Journal · 9 recommendations
  • Today Massachusetts General Hospital's Proto Magazine published a wonderful profile of nine Inspire members. Each of these stories underscores what we all know to be true -- that Inspire is a special ...

To Acknowledge a Frustrating Weekend When I Just Couldn't Get Much Done

debs1
  • By debs1 · Posted May 18, 2008
  • Discussion in How heart disease has changed my life · 7 recommendations
  • The Beta Blocker Blues I’m all tired out, I feel like hell, I’m feelin’ kinda down, My limbs feel real heavy and my face it wears a frown, I wanna hit the couch now, and take a long, long snooze Yup ...

Study: "Women have same heart attack symptoms as men, including chest pain"

Kennarina
  • By Kennarina · Posted October 30, 2009
  • Discussion in My heart disease - diagnosis and symptoms · 3 recommendations
  • You may have come across this 'research' report in the past week. All week I've been thinking that this study on heart attack symptoms (done on patients having an elective, scheduled, non-emergency angioplasty ...

Talking to Those that Have No Clue

Lynnedz56
  • By Lynnedz56 · Posted November 4, 2009
  • Journal · 2 recommendations
  • A group of us were talking in the breakroom today at the large company I work for. They were talking about all the things done for Breast Cancer last month and I said it was a worthy cause, but were they ...

To: Pain From: Me

Nina372
  • By Nina372 · Posted November 2, 2009
  • Journal · 2 recommendations
  • To: Pain From: Me Well hello pain, you might not want to hear this but you have out-stayed your welcome here in my body. You are the most annoying, agitating, distracting, way to needy, company that I ...

Stop the Gloom & Doom

primetimelady
  • By primetimelady · Posted yesterday at 1:31 pm
  • Discussion in Emotional and psychological issues · 1 recommendation
  • I realize that this may make me the bad guy but I don't care it is the truth. In the beginning, for the most part I found this website helpful. There are a lot of wonderful and supportive women here ...

heres me

danhartman1959
  • By danhartman1959 · Posted November 6, 2009
  • Discussion in My heart disease - diagnosis and symptoms · 1 recommendation
  • im a 50 year old guy with dialated cardiomayopathy this week was implanted with a crtd but the shocl theapy is off ef is up around 35% si dr really thinks thats safe for me time will tell this heart stuff ...

Irregular ECG

laurw2
  • By laurw2 · Posted November 4, 2009
  • Discussion in Emotional and psychological issues · 1 recommendation
  • Has anyone had an irregular ECG, (EKG)? I had one, and was sent immediately to a Cardiologist, and had a stress test, and it was perfect. But, I am still worried, My ECG said I have ST depression and ...

Name change proposal for women's heart disease to IHD

martzj
  • By martzj · Posted November 4, 2009
  • Discussion in Advice for other women with heart disease · 1 recommendation
  • This is from November Heart to Heart e-newsletter. If you haven't done so, take a few moments to subscribe to this free WH resourse. It is loaded with the latest in women's heart news, research links ...

SuperFantastic Spices/ Low sodium

LeahS
  • By LeahS · Posted November 1, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • Well, I have to share with everyone here that I have found the greatest thing since sliced bread. Col. De Ray at Findlay Market in Cincinnati now has an online store. But if you live anywhere close by ...

SCAD research UPDATE

KAKLeon
  • By KAKLeon · Posted October 28, 2009
  • Discussion in My heart disease - diagnosis and symptoms · 1 recommendation
  • November 3, 2009 Great news!!! Dr. Hayes would like to review an initial group of records for purposes of developing the research protocol. She’d like about 10 of our files for starters, and has outlined ...

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