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Younger women with heart disease

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

How many of you work full time and are raising a family yet?

TooYoung
  • By TooYoung · New reply November 17, 2009
  • 36 replies
  • I am wondering how much of a minority I truly am. How many of you ladies work ull time and do everything I am doing? I am 46, who had quad bypass in April 2008, along with a heart attack and was hospitalized ...

Gallstones causing angina symptoms ??

maternalcaregiver
  • By maternalcaregiver · New reply November 14, 2009
  • 9 replies
  • Just wondering anyone else found gallstones accidently during their angina workup ? Did getting your GB out help the CP/angina symptoms ? Just wondering..I'm on Imdur, Ranexa, Bystolic, Zocor , Carafate ...

Please pray for my friend

aussieheart
  • By aussieheart · New reply November 13, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • My dear friend Diane only 39 yrs old had a mild heart attack yesterday was too stubborn to go to the Dr and had another mild heart attack today and was finally taken off in an ambulance to hospital. There ...

HeartMateII

KemraAnne
  • By KemraAnne · Posted November 12, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Oregon Health & Science University is the first hospital in our state to implant the HeartMateII, a new left ventricular device (LVAD) designed to improve survival and quality of life for those experiencing ...

SCAD after delivery of 3rd baby at age 33

jcirelli
  • By jcirelli · New reply November 11, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • On October 9th my son was born and we were released to come home on October 13th. Things seemed ok besides being tired and then on October 16th I had a heart attack. I was admitted to the hospital and ...

how many of us take coreg cr

nanamo
  • By nanamo · New reply November 8, 2009
  • 20 replies
  • just so ya know teh medciare part d is changing and they are excluding this main heart drug med omg i am so livid right now that drug is $$$$ enough without them now saying they are taking off the drug ...

Was anyone on yaz or yasmin?

spared
  • By spared · New reply October 31, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • The only risk factor I had before my SCAD and by pass surgery was that I was on this birthcontol. I was just curious if this could have caused it. Still searching for answers. Karen ...

i say we all need to

nanamo
  • By nanamo · New reply October 31, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • call write our local aha and ask where are our ornamenst for our tree that represents women with herat disease i l would love to have a red dress ornament to hang on my tree i was looking at ornaments ...

Disturbing Symptoms, insight please!

shell1925
  • By shell1925 · New reply October 28, 2009
  • 37 replies
  • Hello all! I am new to this board and found it by googling "left arm pain 30 year old". Well, anyways I am 30 (soon to be 31) and I have a 2 year old (soon to be 3) son. While I was pregnant with my son ...

ok i cant be the only one

nanamo
  • By nanamo · New reply October 28, 2009
  • 12 replies
  • i am all for breast cancer awareness dont get me wrong but i wnat to see in payless a charm braclet i can buy to help support heart awareness in women i want to see the red dress pin on logos on milk ...

Chest pain during ovulation

emma71
  • By emma71 · New reply October 22, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • I had a spontaneous dissection of my LAD coronary artery 6 mos ago. I am on heart meds as a result because the artery was too small to stent. Things have gone fairly well since then except I get pain ...

spontaneous coronary artery dissection - a research

Odia
  • By Odia · New reply October 21, 2009
  • 51 replies
  • Hi everybody I had a heart attack 8 months ago, as a result of spontaneous coronary artery dissection. The ability to share feelings and professional information with others in this site really helped ...

Can SCAD happen again?

spared
  • By spared · New reply October 20, 2009
  • 20 replies
  • I had a heart attack and Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection on May 13, 2209. Does anybody know if this can happen again in another artery. The doctor says it isn't likely....but I don't know if there ...

Tattoos?

scarlettsmommy
  • By scarlettsmommy · New reply October 13, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • Hi everyone, So I have made a small list of things I am doing for me - things that the consequences no longer bother me - I am not overthinking what people will say - I just don't care! I always said ...

New here-Just found the board

ViviensMom
  • By ViviensMom · New reply October 9, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • Hi all, I am 33 and have peripartum cardiomyopathy. In the past year, I have had an ICD implant that has fired off 15 times, been hospitalized 5 times, suffer from congestive heart failure & sudden cardiac ...

Living with Heart Disease since 2001

seayb94
  • By seayb94 · New reply October 8, 2009
  • 37 replies
  • Good morning Everyone, I'm just wondering if anyone out there smokes,drinks with heart disease..I have been living with this since 2001 and they tell me of course to quit smoking and I have tried and ...

Clinical Trials and Research Studies

laurahc
  • By laurahc · New reply October 1, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • One statistic that always leaps out at me is that women only make up around 27% of the participants in heart-related research. I honestly feel like this is one reason why women die more frequently from ...

Has anyone heard from Poetindistress lately?

Dgrant
  • By Dgrant · New reply September 28, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • I may have missed something because I don't always get here every day, but I haven't seen anything from her recently. You know, everyone should have to log in this web site every day and be accounted ...

is anyone else sick of being sick i am only 24 but i feel ------

Chrissy_l
  • By Chrissy_l · New reply September 22, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • I wish i could put into words how i feel right noe, in a way i feel like i am mourning the life i want and expected to be having at 24, i mean i sure never imagine at 21 i qwould get custody of my autistic ...

Mitral Valve Repair Soon!

Pixie-H
  • By Pixie-H · New reply September 16, 2009
  • 9 replies
  • Hey, I am 28 years old and have always known about my mitral valve prolapse (my dad heard my murmur when I was a baby). I have had echo's ever since I can remember and they have been really consistent ...

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