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My mom had a stroke two years ago at 59. She had difficulty walking and she is not legally blind. After my mother's stroke her doctor informed me that my mom suffers from early onset dementia. My husband and I have been taking care of my mom, we don't...
read morelatest replyKatherineK, January 26, 2021 11:46am EST
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Spouse Caregiver Burnout
My husband of 35 years had a sudden massive stroke 16 months ago. Before that we were very active, traveled several time a year and had a great life. Our lives turned upside down in an instant and I am now his caregiver. For the...
read morelatest replyLbuell, January 9, 2021 3:29pm EST
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Need Balance and Sanity
Hi All, I am new to this forum and I hope I am doing the right thing. My husband is 63 and contracted a virus in his heart in 2015 that resulted in CHF and EF of 17. He also has spine and hip arthritis and is in chronic pain. He suffered a heart attack...
read morelatest replyJamesPL, January 4, 2021 7:24pm EST
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Caregiver for Muscular Dystrophy double bypass
My significant other has MD in his legs, had a double bypass and is home now. I am having trouble dealing with the stress, as I also have heart issues (ascending aorta aneurysm) so am trying to not lift, trying to keep my bp down. Its hard...
read morelatest replyJamesPL, November 30, 2020 8:08pm EST
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Unsure
My name is Kerri, I'm 30 years old. This past March my father had his second stroke at 60 years old right in the middle of battling cancer. It left him very weak and with mental deficits. My mother quit her job to become his primary caregiver....
read morelatest replyAHAASAKatie, November 30, 2020 9:24am EST
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Need some advice
On February 14th of this year, my 45 year old husband suffered a massive stroke. He went through five weeks of intensive therapy to help learn how to walk again and to gain some independence back. When he came home, he received four more months of in
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Who can i talk to?
My husband is having double bypass on Friday morning. I'm scared. What do I do? I want to cry with someone!
read morelatest replyJamesPL, November 28, 2020 9:36am EST
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Stroke and heart survivors caregiver
Hi all, my wife had a stroke 25th august and week later open heart surgery to remove a growth, cause of the stroke. All was going well 2 weeks in after being back home. 8 weeks later she walked out of our family home. She is now back home and with all...
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Update on baby Jaykob
Well it's been a while since I did an update and I can't find the original post. Jaykob was born Oct 2, 2019. He had his first OHS at 6 days old follow by 6 micro strokes which led to seizures. He had multiple Cath Lab trips before having...
read morelatest replyJamesPL, November 22, 2020 8:19am EST
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Free 1:1 online cardiac rehab exercise resource
Hi folks, I’m now the caregiver for my dad that had a HA back in early September. First, I wanted to say thank you. It’s been hard with everything else going on and I’ve really appreciated the support and reassurance I've gotten
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