Already a member? Sign in
Welcome to Inspire!
What - Inspire is a place where you can connect with people who share your health concerns and find information and advice in groups sponsored by organizations you know and trust.
Why - As a member you can use Inspire to let friends and family know how you're doing, contact others who share your health concerns, receive personalized updates and information about participating in surveys and clinical trials, and more.
How - Joining Inspire is completely free and usually takes less than a minute. Join now!
Experiences with healthcare professionals
Discuss your experiences with healthcare professionals. Help others ask the right questions when seeking help.
American Heart Association - Only Cardiovascular?
- By LadyLisa · New reply 6:58 pm
- 1 reply
- I was just on the American Heart Association's website trying to figure out what I could do to help with the organization at a local level. Is it just my interpretation or is their focus only on cardiovascular ...
can 2 stents put in LAD at the same time
- By srimal · New reply 2:15 pm
- 11 replies
- My father got was having a chest pain and he did the Angiography where report says tht LAD had 90 % , other 2 had 80% blockages.. Doctor put 2 stents in the LAD overlapping (without our Consent while ...
Got my blood results have a ???
- By Barb0261 · New reply November 1, 2009
- 8 replies
- My endo did panel of blood tests. My total Chol was 103, A1C was 4.9. He was so happy and said I was doing great. However I noticed on the copy he gave me my HDL is only 29. Any ideas on how to get that ...
Testing
- By bettyboop48 · Posted October 31, 2009
- 0 replies
- I had to go for an mri for my stroke and i was reading the diaginos they had on my paper that i had to give the tech. any ways this is what it said, slurred speech, disturbed speeh,writing,swollowing ...
Doctors visits
- By Robinlynn · New reply October 30, 2009
- 11 replies
- I was wondering how often everyone sees their cardiologist??? I am only suppose to see mine once a year and see a nurse every couple months. I thought I would see him more often. Robinlynn ...
Sharp Chest Pain
- By dcp23 · New reply October 12, 2009
- 4 replies
- I'm 41 and have a quick, sharp pain in the center of my chest. I can see it in my eyes, like the pulse of my heart, when it happens. It happens for a second. I usually feel crappy afterwards, but I go ...
second opinion?
- By treehugger68 · New reply October 9, 2009
- 6 replies
- Hi everyone, im new here, and have a question. For the past couple of weeks, I have had very cold hands and feet, and my fingers have been white from the middle of the knuckle to the tips. I had a hysterectomy ...
Confused and very upset
- By sherry54467 · New reply October 2, 2009
- 3 replies
- Ok Here goes I am not much for posting, would rather read others experiences and try to learn but___ Some background on me I am a 63 yr old, relatively intelligent, (although I do smoke) (I know I know ...
Does anyone know of a Cardiologist that is also Nutritionist/Naturopath
- By lheart · New reply September 21, 2009
- 23 replies
- I am looking for a Doctor with both ends of the spectrum. Cardiologist and Nutritionist and or Naturopath. I have been using them separately and they don't talk which makes things a little difficult ...
10 Signs to Dismiss Your Doctor
- By Ecksunbeam · Posted September 16, 2009
- 0 replies
- http://www.aolhealth.com/health/10-signs -to-dismiss-your-doctor ...
Bill Moyers Journal: Money Driven Medicine
- By martzj · New reply September 3, 2009
- 9 replies
- Click on the 'watch video' link for this superbly edited documentary in depth look at what is really going on behind the US health care doors. The film MONEY-DRIVEN MEDICINE reveals how a profit-hungry ...
30 Pearls of Wisdom that Your Doctor Knows
- By Kennarina · New reply August 23, 2009
- 6 replies
- Hello Heart Sisters, I have spent many years working alongside doctors and med students, where I have picked up by osmosis many common phrases and 'guidelines' that they tend to use and share when working ...
Anyone with Primary Pulmonary Hypertension???
- By MsSilks · New reply August 22, 2009
- 4 replies
- About 15 years ago in August of 1994, I started having some scary things happen to me. I noticed that my feet started swelling, and I'm not talking just a little bit here, I'm talking about swelling to ...
Tachycardia and edema
- By deb777 · Posted July 26, 2009
- 0 replies
- Hi, My ankles and calves have been swollen every day and my heart rate has been between 125-135 at rest. This has been going on for a few weeks. A couple of days ago, I went to see my GP to check on a ...
Frustrated don't know what to do...
- By leyton38 · New reply July 21, 2009
- 18 replies
- I like to say i am happy to have found this website. Makes me feel so not alone. I am 38 yrs old. Back in Feb I started experiencing a tightness in my left arm as if someone had a torniquet around my ...
Conversation with my client
- By Dgrant · New reply July 17, 2009
- 5 replies
- I have a GI specialist as a client, and he wrote a beautiful letter of recommendation for this year's Mayo symposium (not sure if I'm selected yet, but the fingers are still crossed!! -- so excuse the ...
Stress Test - Assessment
- By lonewolf7 · New reply July 16, 2009
- 10 replies
- You all must be tired of all my questions but I do want to know as much as possible about having a heart attack and angina and what better place than among women who have experienced it. Last week I had ...
Gallbladder mimics chest pains
- By rlcats · New reply July 7, 2009
- 8 replies
- Greetings to all~ I haven't posted anything for awhile, been feeling okay, but again, recently had a couple of episodes of severe chest pain again. Same story, went to ER, all the usual stuff. Over the ...
I FINALLY saw a new doc!!!!!!
- By sunshine3D · Posted June 30, 2009
- 0 replies
- I posted a message about not having a doctor to check on my ICD and follow my cardiomyopathy. As of yesterday, I now have a electrophysiologist in The Woodlands, TX (just a part of Houston). She is really ...
Cardiologist convicted for performing unnecessary interventional procedures
- By Kennarina · New reply June 29, 2009
- 5 replies
- Hope none of you have had this Louisiana criminal as your doc... http://www.theheart.org/article/982403.d o XOXOXO http://www.myheartsisters.org ...
