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Mechanical Heart
My husband in stage 3 heart failure, he is at his limit to any new medications, there is nothing more the cardiologist can do for him but tweak his current medications. He also referred my husband to Santa Clara Kaiser, for a meeting on a possible mechanical...
read morelatest replyclnal90, October 12, 2019 3:03am EST
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What to Expect the first weeks after the stroke
My 83-year old mother suffered a hemorrhagic stroke 9 days ago, two days after a heart procedure, while still in the hospital. We were told it was a mild stroke and she never lost much strength in her limbs, but had facial droop, slurring, and inability...
read morelatest replylulu1160402042, September 28, 2019 6:29am EST
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Daughter at 22 has AVNRT & SVT
HI- i just joined your site today- looking for some support for my daughter and realized I could use some too. I'm still in shock that this has happened to her at such a young age. She had ablation done but her av node is too close together...
read morelatest replyjerzeycate, October 15, 2019 9:05am EST
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Guilt and depression
My mom had two strokes June 3 and June 4. She spent 4 days in the hospital where she didn't wake up much the first 3 days. She lives with my brother and his 3 kids in Wisconsin and I live in Chicago Illinois. I have spent the last 3 months driving...
read morelatest replyHERBWOMAN66, October 2, 2019 3:25am EST
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becoming a primary caregiver
Hi all, I'm in my late 20s and in the middle of grad school. My dad's heart failure has worsened a lot in the last month, and I have become his primary caregiver. To do this, I have taken some unpaid family leave from school (graduate...
read morelatest replyvspttz, August 29, 2019 11:41pm EST
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Feeling Overwhelmed
Hello All. I am new to this site. I am very grateful to a friend of mine that found this site for me. I know everyone is going through their own path in life and evryone is different. My husband had a heart attack and triple by-pass in June....
read morelatest replytinamarie15, August 22, 2019 7:42pm EST
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Mirror dextrocardia
My grandson is due Oct 6th. He has mirror dextrocardia with severe aortic valve stenosis and decreased LV function. The staff at UC Davis has been wonderful working with me and my daughter and trying to help us understand everything. But I need all the...
read morelatest replyMoonchyld, October 19, 2019 2:46am EST
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2 with heart conditions doing fantastic
As some of you have read my post know that I have 2 family members with different heart conditions. We just got back from the family reunion.My dad and bother are doing fantastic. In the picture is my brother Chris on the left with his youngest on his...
read morelatest replyDolphinWrite, August 7, 2019 12:32am EST
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Overwhelmed
Can someone please give me some advice on how to deal with my husband. It is very overwhelming. He's had 7 strokes and quite a few seizures and it is very difficult for me to understand what he says and he can becoming very fustrated and that affects...
read morelatest replyMer2019, August 12, 2019 5:11pm EST
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Husband Multiple strokes
My husband just had his 4th stroke in 4 months while in the hospital with his 3rd. They have done all normal tests and the show no reason for any stroke let alone 4. He recovered from 1st and 2nd, now his speech is very bad and has tube fur...
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