Caregiver Heart
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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 16, 2019 10:20am 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
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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....
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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...
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