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Experiences with medical treatments
Discuss your experiences with medical treatments.
can you have an allery to your ICD?
- By mrsaa · New reply 12:24 pm
- 7 replies
- Hi not posted for a while as been trying to get life back to normal . It's 1 year since the VF and the ICD fitted and need some advice. Never felt 100% since the ICD was implanted, constant colds and ...
Am I Being Paranoid
- By lonewolf7 · New reply June 30, 2009
- 13 replies
- Earlier this week, I felt some chest discomfort in the afternoon while I was resting. I was alone and no one was able (or willing) to come over just to make sure I was alright. After having a heart attack ...
Mixed Feelings
- By Lynnedz56 · New reply June 24, 2009
- 6 replies
- My cardiologist has recommended me for a study he is part of. It is not being done by a drug company as my doctor told me he does take part in those. It is being done in conjunction with the Heart Association ...
Missing Aneurysm
- By DonaMarie · New reply June 12, 2009
- 6 replies
- I'm totally confused. Last November I was hospitalized for chest pains. They did an angiogram and found nothing had changed, but after the procedure I had horrible heart spasms. The doctor ordered a CT ...
Plavix Rash
- By jaguar63122 · New reply June 11, 2009
- 7 replies
- Hello all...Has anyone had a rash since taking plavix? I brok out in a complete body rash (head to toe) after taking Plavix for 1 week. I then got a shot of steroids and it went away. My cardiologist ...
Cleveland Clinic Advice
- By NewAllie · New reply June 8, 2009
- 12 replies
- Hi Everyone, Thanks to your input and advice, I'm convinced that going to the Cleveland Clinic is the next right thing to do. Can any of you who have been there offer any advice about going there? Any ...
Nightly leg bone/muscle pain
- By Beader34 · New reply June 6, 2009
- 9 replies
- This last Monday nite I started experiencing bone/muscle pain in my right lower leg, right above the ankle when I went to bed. During the day it is fine, but the minute my leg sees the bed, it starts ...
what does ICD going off feel like?
- By mrsaa · New reply June 6, 2009
- 8 replies
- dear all sorry to be a total "flake" but.... 1 year on from out of hospital VF and ICD fited and woke with a real jolt today. 6 am this sudden thump in the middle of my chest woke me up. then 2 more ...
angio-seal
- By WomenHeart · New reply June 6, 2009
- 15 replies
- **Originally posted by user WomenHeart 06/01/2005 : 13:23:37 ** I had a routine cardiac cath 7/16/04. Everything checked out fine. I was given materials to read ahead of time and signed the consent and ...
Post Surgery Recovery for Older Frail Women
- By kk_stl · New reply May 29, 2009
- 16 replies
- Hi heart sisters, I sent an earlier post about my mom surviving her isolated aortic valve replacement surgery last Wednesday. I had spent much time and effort in an attempt to achieve information so that ...
Chest Pain 9 Months After Heart Surgery
- By Willa2008 · New reply May 29, 2009
- 10 replies
- I am new to this group and would like to ask if anyone has experienced intense chest pain for as long as 9 months or more after open heart surgery. I am 75 years old and had valve repair surgery in July ...
Update on my mom's aortic valve replacement
- By kk_stl · New reply May 22, 2009
- 4 replies
- I've missed reading posts the last few weeks. My mom's surgery was a success today. She had a mini sternotomy to replace her aortic valve due to stenosis. Apparently, the stenosis caused part of the heart ...
pregnant with dilated cardiomyopathy
- By jellybell · New reply May 19, 2009
- 16 replies
- I have recently found out that i'm pregnant and was told by my doctor to stop taking some of my medication and im worried of what effects this may have on me and the baby. I have stopped taking my ace ...
angio-seal complication
- By pstew · New reply May 16, 2009
- 4 replies
- 7-19-08 I had an exploratory angiogram done on May 20, 2008 at St. Luke hospital in the Houston Medical Center. I returned to work 2 days later and had pain in my thigh and calf. They would get very stiff ...
New Diagnosis Change in Rx.
- By heartache301 · New reply May 11, 2009
- 18 replies
- Ok I just got back from the Cleveland clinic and here is what I learned: My absent left main artery is a normal variant and DOES NOT require open heart surgery like the doctors I saw here in town thought ...
Any Experience With This?
- By katie_colorado · New reply May 10, 2009
- 4 replies
- I am a 54 year young woman and I have a plethora of respiratory problems that just weren't stabilizing. I was told that if I lost weight I would probably improve. Well I had a Nissen procedure for my ...
bad allergy to iv contrast dye
- By cda · New reply May 6, 2009
- 6 replies
- skin damage ...
Upper Mini Sternotomy vs Mini Thoracatomy
- By kk_stl · New reply April 27, 2009
- 4 replies
- I've tried to research Medical Journals on the above minimal access surgeries for isolated aortic valve replacement. We've been to 3 local surgeons at different hospitals each with a different recommendation ...
sleep apnea
- By heartache301 · New reply April 23, 2009
- 15 replies
- I have been recently diagnosed with sleep apnea after having a sleep study and I have been prescribed a CPAP machine. Problem is that my insurance has a $500 DME deductable of which none of my thousands ...
Stress Echocardiogram???
- By heartache301 · New reply April 21, 2009
- 8 replies
- I am going to the Cleveland clinic and got my appointment scheduled today. I was told the doctor reviewing my records wants me to have a Stress Echocardiogram, something I haven't heard of but the nurse ...
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