Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)
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September is PAD Awareness Month and PS - I walked my first 5K this weekend:)
I never knew I'd be excited to have a month named after my disease, but I am! And I plan to shout it from the mountain tops. All over social media there are campaigns aimed at PAD Awareness - one of my favorite is called #DocksInSocks for healthcare...
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Bypass Surgery
Having CABG on 9/7. Have HF, 7 stents, diabetes and overweight, former smoker. I am terrified, How do I get through this
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My situation
I am 26 years old male. I just had double bypass surgery 3 weeks ago. I had been having what i know now to be as angina for 2 months before i went to er. After being transported to another hospitol ibhad a heart cath and they found 3 blockages. So hear...
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We Need Your Help!
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Question about PAD and Blood Thinner?
I have just had six stents placed for PAD and have been put on a blood thinner. It is causing marked purpora on my forearms. What is the shortest time I have to be on this thinner in order for my stents NOT to clot out?
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An app to help you manage your blood pressure
About LeCardio is a comprehensive cardio health solution. It is based on results of clinical research conducted by many renown medical institutions around the world. These results consistently demonstrate that hypertension coaching is an astounding,...
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Sharing Your Questions Answered !
Good morning! We wanted to let you know that so many wonderful questions have been submitted for Your Questions Answered that we are sharing some of them in each of the conversation forums for other members to discuss. There are so many similarities...
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Its Shark Week!
Does your heart beat like a Shark? Shark Week is here and we all know what that means…..SHARKS! Let’s see how a human heart compares to a shark heart. A shark’s heart is an S-shaped tube that contains two chambers. Instead of blood pumping to the lungs,...
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Living Slow
What I mean by living slow.It's an easy concept but yet isn't.To a number of people trying to live slow is something they would have a hard time learning as a lot of it depends on personality type. As for me it was easy. I've been accused for years of...
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Periferal artery disease
I have recently had surgery for periferal artery disease and had six stents implanted in myniliac arteries. On PLAVIX and concerned about purpora (purple splotches on foearms (many and often), Would very much appreciate responses or e-mails...
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