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nanamo's journal

today marks 10 years

nanamo
  • By nanamo · Posted October 22, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • i had emergent bypass surgery with a 95 % blockage to my left main cornaryy artery at the age of 32 10 years later i am still here ticking and kicking live life love life god bless surviving heart disease ...

10 years of life

nanamo
  • By nanamo · Posted October 19, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • today is 10 years of having a massive heart attack at the age of 32 family history and smoking were my factors women need to edcuate themselves in warning signs and symptons of heart attack for women ...

oct 20 th marks 10 years since heart attack

nanamo
  • By nanamo · Posted October 19, 2009
  • 9 replies
  • today marks 10 year anniversary of my heart attack......... a massive one that alot do not survive but i did and here 10 years later to tell my story and LIVE i was 32 young and health so i thought the ...

social security disablity is so frustrating

nanamo
  • By nanamo · Posted October 18, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • i have been on ssd for 9 years now and every three years i have to do a review of my health to see if i am still eligable its starting to get stupid to me if you ask what part of the doc saying NO SHE ...

10 years and why we need to be a health advocate

nanamo
  • By nanamo · Posted October 15, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • 10 years ago today oct 15.....i had a thallium stress test a test which they could of saved me from having a massive heart attack on oct 20th 1999 and open heart surgery on ict 22nd 1999 but instead they ...

love the fall weather

nanamo
  • By nanamo · Posted September 29, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • but hate how my body aches every year today its 50 crisp cool morning here in ga mountains and yeah i hurt my chest bothers me buts its a ache from being sawed and pulled apart...anyone else hurt in the ...

well today i go

nanamo
  • By nanamo · Posted September 21, 2009
  • 11 replies
  • for my fly shot ughhhhhhhhhhhh i hat eneedles you really think i would be used to needles by now but nope stil hate them hubby is going with me and getting his flu shot toooooo god bless surviving heart ...

wow almost 10 years

nanamo
  • By nanamo · Posted September 4, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • oct 20 will make 10 years of my heart attack and oct 22 10 years bypass surgery sept 24 will mark 10 years that i started complaining to my doc about my symptoms.....wow its hard to belive how dates become ...

today i go for my 6 month checkup

nanamo
  • By nanamo · Posted July 22, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • for my heart and my check on my icd she will let me now how many times i came close to it firing and all i havent been feeling well but have alot on my plate right now i try to puch aside and i do i just ...

hate being sick

nanamo
  • By nanamo · Posted May 29, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • ev1 knows if they are sick they cant come around me but its so hard to say no to seeing my granddaughter she came over last weekend and boom i get sick from here and so did hubby and my daughter ...

the 25th marks one year

nanamo
  • By nanamo · Posted April 24, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • that i got my icd which i call trigger now wow that year went by fast............... just seem like yesterday that i was preparing for surgery........... happy birthday trigger ...

to my heart sisters

nanamo
  • By nanamo · Posted March 15, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • i keep reading about all the trouble with health care the worries about life, death and money let me just say///// we have a disease that no one understands not even the medicla field we have to edcuate ...

new med

nanamo
  • By nanamo · Posted February 19, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • well the new med for me is called lovaza i seen it had omega-3 and fish oil and somthing else so i called to see if i could just pick up at walmart ove rthe counter tehy said no the third part of this ...

hell new here

nanamo
  • By nanamo · Posted February 16, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • in 199 i had massive heart attack and bypass surgery and in april of 2008 i had an icd put in to help prevent sudden cardiac death,,,,,, bypass surgery i knew nothing about till after i woke up after ...

started a website for women living ga

nanamo
  • By nanamo · Posted February 14, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • not sure if this allowed but i started one so we can help each other closer to home please feel free to join and add i pray we can connect and help each other and more help edcuate in our community the ...

living with heart disease as a family

nanamo
  • By nanamo · Posted January 22, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • i survived almost 10 years now living with heart disease living with chf . in april 2008 i had and icd inplanted to help prevent sudden cardiac death they say all this and in feb i will be 42 so much ...

today i sit here and wonder

nanamo
  • By nanamo · Posted January 7, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • i read all the articles and i still see women getting the shaft when it comes to health care i dont understand............. so many women die from this diseae and yet i see stories of breast cancer on ...

so excited

nanamo
  • By nanamo · Posted December 27, 2008
  • 3 replies
  • today i wa shopping at kb toys looking at their sale well i go to the barbies and what do i find a limited edtion go red for women barbie in a red dress has amercian heart assco on it and all i bought ...

about me

nanamo
  • By nanamo · Posted December 5, 2008
  • 1 reply
  • i had a massive heart attack and bypass surgery in 1999 at the age of 32 only thing against me was family history and smoking i have survive dteh last nine years by living each day to the fullest the ...

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