How heart disease has changed my life

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Loss of faith

liv-e
  • By liv-e · New reply May 19, 2013
  • 32 replies
  • Has anyone else experienced any kind of loss of faith since their heart attack? I just got through responding to another discussion here called "Finding a New Normal." I think it was initiated by MD-Wilkie ...

chest pain after bypass surgery

mpw12368
  • By mpw12368 · New reply May 16, 2013
  • 8 replies
  • I HAD 3x bypass NOW 13 MONTHS AND I AM HAVING MILD TO SEVERE PAIN AROUND THE AREA WHERE THE INCISION WAS MADE . IT FEELS VERY TENDER AT TIMES ESPECIALLY WHEN I EXERT MYSELF OR EVEN DRIVE FOR AWHILE. I ...

Finding a "New Normal" and a "Heart Transformation"

MD-Wilkie
  • By MD-Wilkie · New reply May 10, 2013
  • 4 replies
  • Hi Ladies (and a few Gents :) May is Mental Health Month, so to honor it, I thought I'd throw out a related topic for discussion. Many of us have talked about the importance of finding a "new normal ...

Frustrated with doctors who say they know about this but seem like a quack

Kinsale
  • By Kinsale · New reply May 8, 2013
  • 13 replies
  • I was admitted, reluctantly by a cardiologist in my cardiologist office. Didn't care for him or his attitude. He pretty much told me that according to my EKG and bloodwork that there was nothing wrong ...

Need some advice.

Novalee
  • By Novalee · New reply April 21, 2013
  • 7 replies
  • I'm 25, and I've been dealing with a rare heart disease for 6 years. It came on suddenly when I was 17 and almost cause me to drop out of high school. I managed to graduate and do a little college but ...

broken tooth

luvmyheart
  • By luvmyheart · New reply April 12, 2013
  • 17 replies
  • I broke my tooth and now it hurts something awful! My husbands been laid off two months, my dental insurance is ok except for big things like this. Plus i have von willebrand so i have to go into roslyn ...

5 week anniversary from OHS and having a bad day

Neesha8
  • By Neesha8 · New reply April 7, 2013
  • 4 replies
  • About 5 weeks ago I had OHS to remove a huge myxoma and fix 3 blockages , did not even know I had heart issues let alone a huge tumor in my heart. I had been dealing with other issues for alot of years ...

Happy Easter

julieinoz
  • By julieinoz · New reply April 2, 2013
  • 5 replies
  • Just home from Church and getting ready to go spend the afternoon with our granddaughter, Abby! I wanted to wish all my heart sisters a very Happy Easter. Enjoy the day, enjoy your life and remember what ...

scar/stitches

corka
  • By corka · New reply March 27, 2013
  • 6 replies
  • Hi I'm 3 weeks post OHS, and wanted to ask about my scar. It has healed well and is completely closed, bit have had two scabs 1 at the top of my scar and the other at the bottom last week the bottom scab ...

After ohs, now worried for others

bumblebrie
  • By bumblebrie · New reply March 27, 2013
  • 2 replies
  • Hi all, I'm new to this site, but I've been finding it SO helpful to see that other women have gone through these things. Out of everything I wanted before my ohs, it was to talk to someone who had been ...

post op OHS

corka
  • By corka · New reply March 25, 2013
  • 8 replies
  • Hi my name is Coral, I am 28 years old and am 5 days post op open heart surgery for asd closure and repair. It's 3am right now in Adelaide de, South Australia, and I'm struggling to sleep. I have bad ...

simvastitin

nitejanitor
  • By nitejanitor · New reply March 21, 2013
  • 4 replies
  • I'm wondering why after 4 yrs my levels are high yet again, I wonder if this drug is even working. I work nites so I take it between 3-6 am before going to bed for the day, I wonder if because its during ...

Life change

LD
  • By LD · New reply March 20, 2013
  • 4 replies
  • May 31, 2012............. Was a day I will remember for the rest of my life. Because it changed my life comepletely. I was very active as a grandmother of 10, I did a in home childcare for my grandchildren ...

Women and Heart Attacks

carrieanne
  • By carrieanne · New reply March 15, 2013
  • 55 replies
  • I would like to hear from women in their mid 30's to 50 that have had a heart attack and recieved stents. I am 43 and had a heart attack on Nov.3rd 2012. I recieved 2 stents and as a result of how long ...

Cardiomyopathy and Low Sodium diet

Vtuck
  • By Vtuck · New reply March 6, 2013
  • 1 reply
  • It has been a little over a year and a half, since I had my Biventricular pacemaker/ICD implanted. I am lucky that this has had a positive response on my heart. But recovery, can still be ongoing. I s ...

Ranexa Side Effects & Doc Not Listening

aljenn09
  • By aljenn09 · New reply March 3, 2013
  • 21 replies
  • First let me say, I'm sorry for this being so long .... I have been reading several of the discussions in here about others and their problems, and I am needing help. I am a 53 year old female that until ...

Laughter is the best Medicine

happyozzie
  • By happyozzie · New reply February 28, 2013
  • 5 replies
  • Just thought I would share something that I recently read in our local Heart Support Australia newsletter which had me in stitches. Where I have and have not been.... I have been in many places, but I've ...

prinzmetals angina

rozell
  • By rozell · New reply February 25, 2013
  • 3 replies
  • hi all, i have been diagnosed with this condition 3 years ago,and i never stick to my medications. sometimes i go without meds for months, i know its wrong but i hate going to sate hospitals and sit there ...

Lawmakers are cracking down on handicap abuse

neverstopexploring
  • By neverstopexploring · New reply February 25, 2013
  • 3 replies
  • http://www.king5.com/news/local/State-cr acking-down-on-people-who-misuse-disable d-parking--192619831.html See the comments at the bottom of the article. People who also carry handicap passes are belittling ...

One year anniversary of sudden cardiac arrest

Kedmonds
  • By Kedmonds · New reply February 23, 2013
  • 18 replies
  • Hi heart sisters! I just celebrated my one year anniversary of my sudden cardiac arrest on February 18. My defibrillator (KK) has never gone off, but I think about it quite often. Do any of you have a ...

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