Heart Attack
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New here :)
Hello everyone, I'm new to this, I had a friend suggest I join a support group who would understand all the things I am going through since my heart attack and having open heart surgery. It has been over a year, but I still am recovering and I feel like...
read morelatest replyJeffB, August 21, 2018 12:59pm EST
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Back at work after a HA
First day at work after my HA on 08 July. Need to get used to working 8 to 10 hours a day again...
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When things go bump in the night: on coping with panic
This post is about what I do when I jolt awake at night thinking there’s something wrong. So, I was trying to sleep last night. Probably lightly. Just as with the night before, I bolt up thinking I felt some pressure in my chest. Arguably disturbing...
read morelatest replyJeffB, August 20, 2018 7:28am EST
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The lack of information provided by docs and hospitals
HI kids keep beating ! I have the luck and curse of having once had REAL docs they were gods and acted it in the best way you were their flock. Today its medical bussiness people who ask you how you are paying before asking how you feel. I had...
read morelatest replyBlake42, August 21, 2018 12:58am EST
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Interested in Supporting Others?
If you enjoy the Support Network, reading patient and caregiver stories, and responding to others we are interested in talking to you! There are several leadership opportunities on the site and they all start with helping to build up and encourage...
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Please Submit your Cholesterol Questions
September is National Cholesterol Education Month and in preparation, we are lining up a few specialists to answer your cholesterol and familial hypercholesterolemia questions. However, we need you to submit them through the Your Questions...
read morelatest replyMatt39, August 12, 2018 9:00pm EST
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8.28 miles of grattitude
I am training for a 50 mile hike through the Hoh Rainforest and a planned ending at Hurricane Ridge in early September. I am treating this like my running days post heart attack. Be grateful for every mile and don't measure myself against others or...
read morelatest replyRaizAli, August 16, 2018 2:34pm EST
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Open heart surgery for women
I'm a 50 year old woman recovering from a quadruple bypass surgery.. it's been 7 weeks since my surgery and my left breast up to my shoulder is in constant pain. I know several men who've had this surgery and my pain is unique, probably because...
read morelatest replyspgthd, August 19, 2018 11:54am EST
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Fitness tracker to prevent me from going over 110 bpm? (cardiac rehab)
Hello, I had a heart attack and now want to exercise, but need to keep myself, for now, below 110 bpm. i got a Polar H10 chest strap, and the Polar Beat app shows my heart rate -- but it's not practical to look at my phone all the time while...
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Post heart attack pain
I had a heart attack in the beginning of May. 3 months later I'm still feeling pains. Sometimes I panic and it all seems to worsen. I had 90% of my main artery blocked and had a stent put in. The fear is real and I've seemed to become more paranoid...
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