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Caregiver for Dad
Hello world, My dad has had heart issues for a while. Recently was in the hospital for a NSTEMI (heart attack). He has had bypass surgery back in 2007 and 2 strokes in 2012. So basically we found out that there isn't much to do for his blockages...
read morelatest replyAHAASAKatie, December 6, 2019 9:05am EST
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Life Changing 3 Weeks
HI. This is all very new to me. Tomorrow will be 3 weeks that my wife had her heart attack. She had a 100% blockage of her LAD artery, also know as the Widow Maker. It was late Saturday afternoon and we were relaxing watching TV and she all of a sudden...
read morelatest replyJamesPL, December 1, 2019 8:49am EST
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How thankful am I?
I have been pondering how thankful I am a great deal this week. The two-year anniversary of the great DVT incident of 2017 came and went in early Nov without my noticing. I was to head down in my own world and responsibilities to notice let alone...
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When does the fear go away?
My healthy athletic husband fainted during a race and was found to be in heart failure due to a genetic condition (lipoprotein-a) resulting in four severely occluded cardiac vessels. He underwent quadruple bypass, and had a rough recovery...
read morelatest replySuerapzen, November 20, 2019 7:00am EST
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Spasms while trying to sleep
My husband had a stroke 9 years ago while in recovery after having an aortic valve replacement, rare but happens right? He's recently had hip replacement surgery and when trying to sleep in bed he's constantly wakened with spasms in
read morelatest replyjerzeycate, November 6, 2019 1:50am EST
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Post CABG depression
Hi all, I just joined this group today. It's been almost 2 years since my husband's Quadruple Bypass. He still complains of brain fog, and is easily irritated. Lately he has been showing signs of depression and exhibiting a lot of isolating...
read morelatest replyAmbassadorC, November 1, 2019 8:13am EST
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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 replySusankB, October 25, 2019 3:49am 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
