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Experiences with medical treatments
Discuss your experiences with medical treatments.
Altace ok for Prinzmetal's????
- By ruekat · Posted October 16, 2009
- 0 replies
- Hi again. Just re-posting a partial post from my last thread. So frustrating dealing with a few ailments. I have Prinzmetal's and we all know that drs can't agree on anything. One wanted me just on Altace ...
wanting this to all go away
- By heartmother · New reply October 16, 2009
- 8 replies
- A few weeks ago I saw the cardiologist"s nurse. I asked her if I could go off plavix. She told me she would talk with the doctor. After a week I did not hear from her and I called the office. They told ...
ICD problem or not??
- By sunshine3D · New reply October 15, 2009
- 6 replies
- I have been doing VERY well the last week or so (ICD was implanted Aug. '08) and decided to use my Holiday yesterday to do extensive cleaning at home. Last night I noticed a little pain/soreness near ...
Nightly leg bone/muscle pain
- By Beader34 · New reply October 13, 2009
- 21 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 ...
speech/balance
- By MaryJo52 · New reply October 12, 2009
- 5 replies
- Small Vessel Disease the diagnosis... no chest pain just balance issues . Diagnosed when my words slurred . Anyone with the same symptoms ...
Sleep Study Results
- By Lynnedz56 · New reply October 10, 2009
- 6 replies
- I got the results of my sleep study. I have a little bit of apnea when I sleep on my back. But nothing that needs any treatment. The biggest thing he discovered...I snore!! Well, my family could have ...
same shoes???????
- By weasel · New reply October 7, 2009
- 4 replies
- Searching for someone in my same shoes.....had open heart and now I have continous lower leg edema. How long is this going to last and has anyone ever tried the supplemeny Venastat, a horsechestnut extract ...
lower leg swelling after aortic valve replacement
- By weasel · New reply October 5, 2009
- 4 replies
- Hi, I had AVR on 8/25 and was toldI might have some lower leg edema post op. It's been weeks later and I still have the swelling and haven't been able to get down to my preoperative weight. I'm rapidly ...
Need Advice for treating Prinzmetals
- By amy5233 · New reply October 4, 2009
- 20 replies
- Hello, My main question is this: Is it possible to feel great if I find the right medicine combination for Prinzmetals angina? I was diagnosed with Prinzmetals angina a year ago. I had a great cardiologist ...
Discouraged and Disappointed
- By joyce114 · New reply October 2, 2009
- 15 replies
- My hat goes off to all of you who have the tenacity to fight to find answers to your heart problems. As for me, I am throwing in the towel. Doctors continue to tell patients to "report new symptoms ...
Ongoing chest pains
- By an_39 · New reply October 1, 2009
- 11 replies
- Hello Everybody, I am new to this discussion forum but I've read quite a few topics and found it a wonderful source of information and support for heart disease sufferers. I haven't been diagnosed with ...
Canine CHF
- By kk_stl · New reply September 30, 2009
- 20 replies
- Hi Ladies! My dear 13 year old mini schnauzer, Duchess, went into acute heart failure last week. She developed a heart murmur last year so we were keeping a watchful eye to make sure she didn't develop ...
WOW! This is interesting . . .
- By Ecksunbeam · New reply September 29, 2009
- 12 replies
- I wonder if this also works on chest pain. Might be worth the experiment-- Thursday, September 17th, 2009 Trouble During Heart Attack? Common Pain Relieving Cream May Help Heart Attack Victims Many of ...
After CPAP testing, how many DID NOT need to use it?
- By goingstrong · New reply September 26, 2009
- 3 replies
- Since it seems many of us use CPAP, I was just wondering how many of us might have been tested and found to be negative for sleep apnea? So here's our unofficial poll. I use it thankfully every night ...
Pain and Swelling following Angiogram
- By Barcelona7 · New reply September 21, 2009
- 2 replies
- Hi there. I had an angiogram three days ago and am finding that pain and swelling, as well as bruising increases each day. My bruising isn't bad, but I do have pain and swelling below the cath site, more ...
Health Care Reform
- By scampbell · New reply September 17, 2009
- 23 replies
- I am Director of Public Policy for WomenHeart and am very interested in hearing from women regarding their needs for health care reform and how improvements in the health care system would affect your ...
Anyone have any experience with LDL apheresis
- By ellen128 · Posted September 9, 2009
- 0 replies
- Hi, everyone - I am waiting to see what my specialist says next week when I see him regarding my recent statin intolerance - can't take statins or zetia. I am thinking he may have me try Red Yeast Rice ...
When will endo-ACAB pain go away?
- By jmichelleboone · New reply September 5, 2009
- 5 replies
- I had an endo-ACAB (robotically assisted bypass) in June and still have significant pain in my breast -- in fact, it seems to be getting worse! Has anyone else had this procedure? For how long is it normal ...
scar tissue
- By Binkie · New reply September 1, 2009
- 5 replies
- Has anyone devedloped scar tissue from having a stent implanted, I had one stent implanted when I had a heart attack, 16 months later I had another stent due to scar tissue. Is this common ...
Transradial Intervention Is Necessary in the Modern Era
- By martzj · New reply August 27, 2009
- 1 reply
- September 24 this conference will be opening the transradial topic to the US cardiac industry. Dr. Jennifer Tremmel is a featured speaker. Transradial is on the way here ladies! Just try not to be any ...
