Young survivors

Discuss your diagnosis, symptoms and treatments with other young women.

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Lipoprotein (a) & Niaspan

serevill
  • By serevill · New reply May 3, 2013
  • 5 replies
  • Anyone have normal cholesterol but elevated Lp (a) and have a heart attack or stroke ...

Staph after open heart

lpierce
  • By lpierce · New reply April 24, 2013
  • 5 replies
  • I am only 50 yrs old and had open heart day after turning 50. 2 weeks later got a staph infection and had to be cut open again. The surgeon left a wire too long that caused the infection. He removed bottom ...

CHF people please help!!

TaraCardenas
  • By TaraCardenas · New reply April 17, 2013
  • 31 replies
  • Hi everyone. I just joined this group tonight. I'm not even sure if anyone will read this. I'm just desperate and I need some comforting words. I'm 31 years old and was diagnosed with CHF last year while ...

BOSTON MARATHON

Bailey29
  • By Bailey29 · New reply April 17, 2013
  • 4 replies
  • My daughter is a marathon runner, she's ran in marathons in NYC, Washington, DC, New Jersey, Orlando, Florida, and Philadelphia. So this horrible, horrible tragedy really hit home with me and I'm sure ...

Anyone have or had a subaortic membrane?

LauraV
  • By LauraV · Posted April 14, 2013
  • 0 replies
  • My 10 year old daughter has a subaortic membrane. She already had 2 open-heart surgeries to remove it and it is already growing back again. I would live to find others who have had or their child has ...

HIGH Carvedilol dosage..is it dangerous?" "Anyone else on 100mg !!!"

YOUNGBLOOD
  • By YOUNGBLOOD · New reply April 6, 2013
  • 2 replies
  • THE DOCTORS HAD ME ON 100MG OF CARVEDILOL FOR ALMOST 6YEARS BUT RECENTLY THIS YEAR THE CARVEDILOL STARTED TO LOWER MY BLOOD PRESSURE TO LOW SO I BECAME CONCERN. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE NEXT WEEK MY BLOOD ...

six months on from heart attack and still finding it hard

pinklaf
  • By pinklaf · New reply March 28, 2013
  • 6 replies
  • Feeling little bit fed up again today, I've been discharged from my cardiologist which In away, suppose it's brilliant postive news, but I feel so nervous,anxious and frightened and so scared of being ...

dilated cardiomyopathy

aksh_1
  • By aksh_1 · New reply March 7, 2013
  • 7 replies
  • My brother had dilated cardiomyopathy. He is just 11 year old. we come to know he had cardiomyopathy when its advance stage reached.now his heart beat rate is 100 to 140 and it is fluctuating. he is experiencing ...

Prinzmetal and heart attack

Whiskylime
  • By Whiskylime · New reply February 28, 2013
  • 12 replies
  • I am 42, married, 2 kids one with disabilities Autism and Epilepsy. I had a heart attack on 15th Feb, rushed into Cath lab had an angiogram and diagnosed with Prinzmetal, triponon release and heart attack ...

ICD and exercise

sydneyanna
  • By sydneyanna · New reply February 26, 2013
  • 11 replies
  • I recently had an ICD implanted due to 2 x cardiac arrests this past December (2012). I have been given varying advice regarding exercise and my ICD. I am usually quite active. I enjoy playing sports ...

Calling All FACEBOOK Users

cajngrl
  • By cajngrl · New reply February 18, 2013
  • 116 replies
  • I would love to connect with more Facebook users who are heart sisters on here. Please let me know if we can be "friends" on Facebook too ...

Celebrating

MoJoGoJo
  • By MoJoGoJo · New reply January 31, 2013
  • 15 replies
  • Hello my Heart Sisters! I am celebrating my one year, post MI and stent placement anniversary today. I have received the OK to stop Plavix. I'm a little nervous about it but I'm trying to stay optimistic ...

after heart attack & chest pain?

ang_1979
  • By ang_1979 · New reply December 19, 2012
  • 3 replies
  • I had a heart attack 2 yrs ago, I still get left arm pain and chest pain? I have I have blood work done twice a month and just had my yearly blood work done and everything came back normal..... any one ...

small request heart surgeon / votes needed

Nerys
  • By Nerys · Posted December 16, 2012
  • 0 replies
  • votes needed , if you have time please vote via facebook www.therealawards.com/nominees/1910 myself I do not have facebook but was send this request and passing it along on some forums ...

Help needed

Jujumomma
  • By Jujumomma · New reply December 8, 2012
  • 14 replies
  • I haven't yet had a heart attack, but am having several problems and feel like the drs just are not listening. For the last year now I've been dealing with a fast, irregular heart beat. After many tests ...

CHF @ 25

pvtfridays
  • By pvtfridays · New reply November 17, 2012
  • 14 replies
  • I was recently diagnosed (again) with CHF. The first time I had my daughter at age 20 and got thr surprise taht 20 lbs of fluid was hanging out around my heart. After 6 mo to a year I got better. My EF ...

Young Adult Heart Foundation

martzj
  • By martzj · Posted November 14, 2012
  • 0 replies
  • I just came across this group that actively meets! Check out their mission statement. "...About .Young Adult Heart Foundation http://youngadultheart.org/ Mission We are a group of young adult heart survivors ...

momlitteone@yahoo.com

Pooda
  • By Pooda · New reply November 6, 2012
  • 4 replies
  • Is there any one who has lived years with stents and have gotten off the medicine. Or some of the medicine ...

Can you still eat some things you use to

Pooda
  • By Pooda · New reply November 5, 2012
  • 5 replies
  • I had a mild heart attack and had a stent put in can I still eat some of the old tiff every once on a while and how long first it take to feel better ...

Pulmonary Embolism

Dupreymac
  • By Dupreymac · New reply October 30, 2012
  • 7 replies
  • Anyone experience a pulmonary embolism after MI? Mine was 7 weeks ago (MI) and I'm on aspirin, Plavix, Lipitor. Pain is a bit like the MI but more localized under my rib cage ...

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