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My truly special Dad
It has been 10 months since his diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disesase. Today I get to say he has been my dad for 30 years. I love him with all of my heart. He is truly special to me. I love having him there for me. He knows how to make me laugh when things...
read morelatest replyyarn007, October 22, 2018 11:04pm EST
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Caregiver Support
After discussing with my local AHA contact I've decided to share my story here on the support network to help others who are going through similar situations! In July of 2015 my active and athletic husband, at age 33, had to undergo open heart...
read morelatest replyJamesPL, October 20, 2018 3:18pm EST
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My husbands upcoming surgery.
My husband is scheduled for surgery on the 24th of this month for pancreatic cancer. They will be doing it laporscopicly. They will first put a camera in and make sure there is no cancer anywhere else. If there is no more cancer, they...
read morelatest replymrsddriver57, October 13, 2018 8:14am EST
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Stubborn or depressed
My husband is retired and I work full-time in a very stressful job. When I met him he had lost 100 pounds, after the death of his first wife, and smoked an occasional cigar. Over the last 9 years, he has gained 40+ pounds due to a poor diet and little...
read morelatest replyFight, October 10, 2018 2:13am EST
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1 year recovery of LVA 100% clogged stent placed for hubby of 46 yrs of age
I’m so overwhelmed and stressed I need help from anyone that has dealt with any of these. So after 10mo my husband apparently hit a selfish episode where he had no concideration and supposedly had a mid life crisis met a younger woman and of course...
read morelatest replyAHAASAKatie, September 28, 2018 10:05am EST
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64 YO husband with congestive heart failure on Impella heart pump, next step, LVAD then transplant
My husband was very energetic go getter business man in excllent health with excellent family genes, when a virus attacked his heart muscle resulting in CHF with LBBB. His veins and arteries are clear. His cholesterol was always
read morelatest replyGoREDGAIL, September 24, 2018 3:47pm EST
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Husbands Heart Attack
My husband, 72 years old, had a heart attack on August 10. He was in the hospital for almost three weeks. In addition to the heart attack, he's in heart failure, has 29% lung capacity from years of smoking, and now kidney failure since...
read morelatest replyAHAASAKatie, September 24, 2018 8:35am EST
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Celebrating my dad's 9 month recovery
It has been 9 months since my dad was diagnosed with Coronary Artery Disease. He is doing fantastic. Can't even tell he has it.I count my belssing every day that I have with him. I am so lucky to have him around. To clebrate I am cooking dinner for...
read morelatest replytvkcollins3, September 17, 2018 5:45pm EST
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Omega 3 & heart question
Hello! First of all, I´m new here so I want to start by thanking all of you who are helping others with their heart related problems in this forum. The reason I am writing here is because I am recovering from a heart problem, and one of...
read morelatest replyJamesPL, September 4, 2018 7:52pm EST
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Newbie
Two weeks ago I thought my husband was just getting a stress test. He calls and all of a sudden it’s a possible stent situation. Last week we were told a stent wouldn’t work... we meet with a surgeon this week. Triple bypass. Because of what...
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