Heart Failure
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The Oasis
This is an oasis where we gather to transform our fear, anger, despair and pain into great understanding, compassion and loving-kindness. Here we can find power to ask for help and the grace to thank those who provide. Please, sit with me under...
read morelatest replyAHAASAKatie, March 5, 2019 7:33am EST
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3 heart attacks in 3 weeks
hi I am a 66 year old woman who last August had two heart attacks and three weeks later I had a third. I had many side things that happened but after I was very sick for a while. I have had so much to deal with and I am all alone. ...
read morelatest replyDolphinWrite, March 8, 2019 12:25am EST
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At Risk for Gangrene?
Is there a risk of developing gangrene in lower legs/feet because of endema and poor blood flow? I wear compression socks and elevate my legs when I can.
read morelatest replyDolphinWrite, March 8, 2019 12:26am EST
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CHF and sleep
i have chf and have a terrible time sleeping i sleep in a chair upright so i can breathe and only get 3-4 hous a night how do you sleep, position, etc i am going to ge a recliner for more comfort
read morelatest replyOneOmega, March 1, 2019 9:54am EST
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Passing out
Hi all, been away for awhile. Hoping again for some insight from you. I have CHF with Pulmonary Hypertension , diagnosed last summer. Recently have had episodes of passing out,while just sitting still . Anyone else have this or know
read morelatest replyTime121, March 6, 2019 2:17pm EST
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Saying Hello...
First of all, thanks to everybody here for all the support and encouraging words that I've read here for the last 2 years. Heart failure is scary and overwhelming (especially at first). The support of those in the same boat who have been through...
read morelatest replysorento, March 5, 2019 5:02pm EST
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ON OXYGEN??
Hi, I am wondering if any of you have been put on oxygen? When I commented to my pulmonary doc (for my sleep apnea/Cpap machine) that I had shortness of breath, he told me to walk for 6 minutes with an oxometer on my finger. They stopped...
read morelatest replyOneOmega, February 28, 2019 10:36am EST
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Hospice recertification
Hello. I am a care diver for my elderly mother who has CHF and COPD. She has been on hospice for four months due to a referral from her palliative care doctor. Today the informed is that they will not be recertifying her. Has anyone else encountered this...
read morelatest replyAHAASAKatie, February 25, 2019 8:55am EST
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Plant Based Nutrition and Heart Disease
Hi Everyone. I have/had stage 3-4 Heart Failure.. Almost a year now, I had a procedure that put 4 stents into my Right Coronary artery. My doctor put me on a plant based diet (i never thought I could do it before) and I feel alot better now.. My...
read morelatest replyJim1962, March 4, 2019 8:36pm EST
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Broken Heart Syndrome
I just got on this site and hope to get support for this new diagnosis. I left work with chest pain after a stressful event. I can't believe that I had heart failure. I am off work for another two weeks and not sure how I will go back.
read morelatest replyJustnae, February 22, 2019 9:59am EST
