Emotional and psychological issues

Anxiety? Depression? Fear? Discuss how your diagnosis has made you feel.

"As the Sweat Rolls" - My Soap Opera

regalradish
  • By regalradish · Yesterday at 10:34 am
  • 14 replies
  • Ahhhhhhhh..... That word flash has taken on a whole new meaning... and I don't mean flashing on the roof or the occasional street flasher. No, we are talking about the all out war against HOT FLASHES ...

Having Rotator Cuff Surgery After Heart Attack

girlscoutpam
  • By girlscoutpam · September 4, 2008
  • 11 replies
  • I'm scared...this is the first time I will be having any sort of surgery after my heart attack 4 1/2 years ago. Up to this point, my heart was the only thing I worried about. Now, I have a torn rotator ...

Bra-ology 101--Funny!

Ecksunbeam
  • By Ecksunbeam · September 3, 2008
  • 1 reply
  • http://www.oprah.com/ads/playtex/playtex _main.html ...

Sisters

Ecksunbeam
  • By Ecksunbeam · August 31, 2008
  • 7 replies
  • > > To All of Us !!! > > A young wife sat on a sofa on a hot humid day, > drinking iced tea and visiting with her Mother. As > they talked about life, about marriage, about the > responsibilities of life ...

My Rant

dawn
  • By dawn · August 30, 2008
  • 8 replies
  • Hi everyone, this is going to be my rant i guess. I am having a very crappy day. And night for that matter. I have been having angina all day, it just won't stop. I know you are all going to say go to ...

Gustav

kwinner
  • By kwinner · August 30, 2008
  • 2 replies
  • Hey Ladies, I know some of you live in the path of this impending hurricane, and I just wanted you to know we'll be praying for you until this is over, and for those of you that are affected by it after ...

I Can't go to sleep

shortcake
  • By shortcake · August 28, 2008
  • 8 replies
  • It is 11:30 and I am, was lying in bed trying to go to sleep after an exhausting day with kids.My body is so tired, my head is tired, but my heart is thumping and skipping and I am short of breath. I ...

Me again

shortcake
  • By shortcake · August 27, 2008
  • 3 replies
  • I had an episode yesterday of angina. It was my first. I called my cardio doc and the only thing he wanted to do was an EKG. My dad had an EKG done(NEG) and 2 days later had a heartattack. I decided not ...

I'm Home.. Thanks Kristen For The Post and Prayers

AnnieB
  • By AnnieB · August 27, 2008
  • 10 replies
  • Dear Heart Sisters: First I want to thank Kristen for the post asking for prayers for me. That touched my heart more than you will ever know. Then to read all of your beautiful replies has helped me tremendously ...

Frustrating

mamasmurf
  • By mamasmurf · August 26, 2008
  • 9 replies
  • Just in case anyone is wondering about my job situation I haven't heard anything new. I was offered the first job that is the Nursing Supervisor but only 32 hours a pay and weird hours and I can't reach ...

National Chronic Illness Week - Sept 8-14th How to help

arizona1
  • By arizona1 · August 25, 2008
  • 5 replies
  • ****This was on a website for CFS/Fibro, but it can be used for those with heart disease as well. Kennarina wrote some things on a post that reminded me of this, so I thought I would include it here ...

Our sister Annie needs prayers

kwinner
  • By kwinner · August 25, 2008
  • 17 replies
  • Morning all. I had an email this morning from our heart sister Annie. She was waiting for her sister to come and calling 911. She has been having terrible chest pain, back pain, nausea for a while, and ...

HEART MATH Brain or Heart

arizona1
  • By arizona1 · August 24, 2008
  • 10 replies
  • -From HeartMath.......... -It has long been thought the brain was the most powerful, masterful organ in the body. But it was discovered the heart has a much higher frequency ,indicating much more going ...

I HAVE TO CALL MYSELF ON MY ----------!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

APPLEOFEYE
  • By APPLEOFEYE · August 24, 2008
  • 16 replies
  • I am new here - it has been a month and a day since my stent was put in. I am 32 and thought I was doing everything right except for the smoking. But since heart disease really doesn't run in my family ...

OKAY, Here I go again

DoryO
  • By DoryO · August 23, 2008
  • 16 replies
  • Hi ladies, I know I'm new to this website and alot of you have been talking to each other for a while but if I could get your input on this I'd really appreciate it. Yesterday I went to my cardiologist ...

FEELING STRESSED????

arizona1
  • By arizona1 · August 23, 2008
  • 5 replies
  • Instant Gratitudification A 10-second Practice More Powerful than Meditation? Some former meditators at the HeartMath Institute in Boulder Creek, California, have been studying a 10-second practice that ...

New wrinkle

mamasmurf
  • By mamasmurf · August 22, 2008
  • 17 replies
  • I'm getting a little (ok alot) tired of life being so dramatic. I went to talk to the Director yesterday at my hospital that just laid me off and also ran into another director there that I have had contact ...

THE JOY OF THANKS

arizona1
  • By arizona1 · August 21, 2008
  • 1 reply
  • Issue: Winter 2002 The Joy of Thanks Robert A.. Emmons Shifting into Gratitude Not Only Feels Great, New Research Shows That It Is Powerfully Healing People who knew the extraordinarily prolific and influential ...

Gratitude Study---- Tell us what you are thankful for

arizona1
  • By arizona1 · August 21, 2008
  • 19 replies
  • Gratitude can be a powerfully transformative practice. Psychologists Robert Emmons of U.C. Davis and Michael McCullough of the University of Miami have found that practicing gratitude can actually improve ...

What Will Pepole Think? Who Cares?

Ecksunbeam
  • By Ecksunbeam · August 21, 2008
  • 1 reply
  • What Will People Think? Who Cares? No one can know the right path for you but you. Take it from my grandmother... By Amanda Larson Excerpted from "Healing From a Grandmother's Heart." Used with permission ...

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