How heart disease has changed my life

How has heart disease changed your life? Share your story with other community members and offer advice and support here.

Sinus treatments and heart disease

TooYoung
  • By TooYoung · 8:16 pm
  • 0 replies
  • Do any of you sisters suffer with allergies and sinus problems? How do you deal with them now that we can no longer take decongestants? My sinuses have become so backed up that my balance is all messed ...

Heart Sister Nellie Gets Her Story Published on Go Red 4 Women

Ecksunbeam
  • By Ecksunbeam · 3:51 pm
  • 0 replies
  • http://www.community.goredtv.org/search/ default.asp?item=2248670&rttpagenum=1 ...

Finally!!!!

dawn
  • By dawn · 1:49 am
  • 5 replies
  • Ladies, I said I would let you know, I got my back pay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I am very happy right now. We are going shopping tomorrow. I still can't sleep so I guess back pay did'nt help that at ...

Informal Poll: Age of first heart event, etc.

martzj
  • By martzj · August 22, 2008
  • 54 replies
  • Ladies, It could be helpful for us to get a rough handle on the age we were first diagnosed with heart issues of any kind. Just a simple reply would be fine if you have a moment. 1. What age were you ...

Well, I'm off

mamasmurf
  • By mamasmurf · August 21, 2008
  • 7 replies
  • to the unemployment office and have an interview this afternoon. I'm still going through with the unemployment deal because I won't be getting full time hours so I've been told to sign up. It didn't seem ...

Today's Teabag Wisdom - Keep Up

sandylevin
  • By sandylevin · August 20, 2008
  • 1 reply
  • Keep Up. Two little words with a whole lot of meaning. You’ve heard people say them all your life. Your parents would say “Keep up with your homework.” Teachers would say “Keep up with the class.” Your ...

Sort of off topic, sort of not.....

Dgrant
  • By Dgrant · August 20, 2008
  • 6 replies
  • This past weekend I went on a day trip with 3 of my friends. We went to a very scenic area near where I live and basically did a photo shoot -- each of us had a camera and between us probably took about ...

Hello to "Silent" Group Members

arizona1
  • By arizona1 · August 17, 2008
  • 104 replies
  • Peg ( heart 39) brought it to my attention that she has been a silent participant at our heart site. She reads the posts , but hasn't participated until now. I thought it would be nice if our "silent ...

My crazy day -- and a sigh of relief....

Dgrant
  • By Dgrant · August 14, 2008
  • 8 replies
  • I continue to go to cardiac rehab, and it's nearly 8 months since my CABG surgery. I love going there because it keeps me focused on maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Not to mention that once a month they ...

Heart Disease Tied To Cognitive Problems in Midlife...

gracie62
  • By gracie62 · August 7, 2008
  • 17 replies
  • I know a lot of us on here experience "brain fog" bypass or not. Interesting article posted on Reuters News Service today. We are not stupid, we are not dumb, we have not lost it -it's not our fault ...

Now Cirrhosis of the liver

Jesus1
  • By Jesus1 · August 1, 2008
  • 4 replies
  • Well it has been since April that my mother had her heartattack. A few weeks after she became weaker, and started getting disoriented and stopped eating. We didnt know what it was, so to make a long story ...

Flat boobs

dawn
  • By dawn · July 30, 2008
  • 7 replies
  • Ladies, I am ticked off again. I recived a bunch of e-mails today about the number one killer of women. Guess what it was? Breast Cancer. Not that cancer of any kind is not a very serious condition by ...

Living life to the fullest a year plus after heart surgery

allytiger
  • By allytiger · July 28, 2008
  • 8 replies
  • I wanted to provide some of you with a ray of hope after heart surgery. In March 2007, I faced my life's most challenging and life altering experience- open heart surgery. I was born with congenital heart ...

another set back

nannaof3
  • By nannaof3 · July 21, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • hi everyone, I had a stent but in last feb. I have been having some trouble with my legs, I went to see my family dr. who did a ekg on me which came up abnormal, she said I needed to go see my cardiologist ...

CHF

lacywho
  • By lacywho · July 21, 2008
  • 7 replies
  • I have CHF, although I don't have the ankle swelling, I swell around my chest area. I have a lot of trouble breathing. I finally stopped smoking, which I thought would stop the breathing problem, it hasn't ...

I dont know who I am Or where to go,talk to anymore

heartsurvivor
  • By heartsurvivor · July 16, 2008
  • 34 replies
  • hello ladies, gents. I was reading some of the discussions and hope maybe there was a prayer or a answer for me. I had open heart surgury back in march of 08 and since then, my life has become a living ...

Wa--Whoooooo

dawn
  • By dawn · July 16, 2008
  • 13 replies
  • Ladies, I am so happy!!!! I got approved today for SS disability. I have been waiting over 3 years. I have not recieved any payment yet but I know it is coming. It has been a long hard road. Maybe some ...

Better quality of sleep?

rosepetals68
  • By rosepetals68 · July 8, 2008
  • 7 replies
  • Does anyone have suggestions of how to get a better night sleep short of sleeping pills? Prior to my bypass I slept on my stomach. I cannot do this anymore because my chest hurts as does my upper back ...

Mother/Daughter Differences

tlmagraw2
  • By tlmagraw2 · July 4, 2008
  • 12 replies
  • Some of you may have read my family saga with heart disease in another post, if so I apologize for you reading the shortened version again. Basically my father's side of the family have massive MI's and ...

Little behind here (about work)

mamasmurf
  • By mamasmurf · July 3, 2008
  • 2 replies
  • but here I go. I started back to work last Wed. as many of you know. I've only done 3 shifts and only 8 hour shifts at that. They are normally 12 hours. So far so good, but they have been fairly slow ...

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