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Heart issue without diagnosis
Hi all, I am 54 years old and I have a critical health condition that I need some help and advice. I had multiple visits, 5 times total, in the last couple weeks to the emergency room with very severe chest pain and a level of troponin reaching each...
read morelatest replyDolphinWrite, February 15, 2019 2:25am EST
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Open Heart Surgery Post Op
Hi, I had open heart surgery in May (2018) to fix a hole in my heart that I did not know I had. Prior to surgery, I was not able to walk more than ten steps without stopping to rest. Now, I am physically feeling so much better. But,
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Post Surgical depression
I would like to find out how people deal with post surgical depression. I am 42yrs old, was diagnosed in 2004 with a bicuspid aortic valve and a pfo. Had my first valve replacement the same year followed by a percardectomy 2 yrs later. I did experience...
read morelatest replyBL1970, January 19, 2019 11:53am EST
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Newly diagnosed
Greetings. I’m 42 years old and recently diagnosed with hole in my heart and mitral valve regurgitation. Valve Leakage is at 51% and I’m exhausted just laying here. I’m scheduled for a catheterization next week. I wish...
read morelatest replyAmbassadorDN, November 28, 2018 5:20pm EST
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Death anxiety - Singel ventricle heart.
How do you start the post off this topic? I'm not sure. I'm Milo. I'm 24 and I live in Sweden. I was born with a singel ventrical heart, VSD. While growing up I have never seen myself as the sick-kid. Or viewed myself other than completely...
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A little inspiration...
There is a facebook page called Heart to Heart dedicated to heart patient survivors. Recently the post below appeared and I found it highly inspirational! Hope you do too! Here it is... Hello everyone... that's me, on the bass guitar in the white...
read morelatest replyAmbassadorDN, October 8, 2018 8:55pm EST
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Nobody seems to understand, not even the doctors!
I was born with CHD, Aortic prolapse & regurdutaion. Back in 1967 they called it a heart mummer. As a child when my heart would race, and I would get dizzy and stay exhausted, I was told I was hyperventalating. As an adult, my mother...
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Cardiac structural impairment
i have finally been diagnosed with what they Doc’s a Brigham and woman catagorize as irreversible “permanent cardiac structural impairment” resulting in afib and aflutter finding very difficult to control. All other aspects such...
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Heart Health Survey
Are you an adult who has been diagnosed with heart disease or a heart condition? If so, we need your assistance to complete a survey that will help us to understand health behaviors of those with cardiovascular health issues. We hope that
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Adult congenital heart
My Husband was diagnosed with a widow maker in February. He had a heart cath. He has a 60-70% blockage in his main artery. They did not stent it. Does anyone else have this problem? Thank you.
read morelatest replyDolphinWrite, February 15, 2019 2:34am EST
