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Hi, new member here, 60yo. Cholesterol 5.1 overall, CT scan showed potential CAD - echo and possible angioplast to be done in due course. I've been told in no...

Thanks you for all the really kind messages we have received, unfortunately, I have to report that my darling husband died this afternoon. I was lucky I was...

Ralph's had the most amazing few days. On Tuesday he had the swallow x-ray and the speech therapist was amazed at the results. Firstly he gave him some sour...

Hello everyone, I’ve just had a comment from one of our customers at work that’s knocked my duck off and made me question myself. I had an heart attack totally...

Well Ralph arrived home at 6.30 Mon night. Our front room looks a bit like a hospital room with a suction machine and a nebuliser machine and all the...

England don't make it easy for themselves! It is stressful for those watching and as they went into extra time I thought Slovakia had it in the bag. Amazing...

Please pray for Curry and chips as I have just been told he only has a few days left to live. This is posted by his heartbroken wife

Ok , so let's be honest. These last few days of glorious heat, I've had barbecues, ice-cream, more ice-cream and cold ,cold beers or cold glasses of white...

HiI'm after ...an impartial opinion I guess. My partner had a heart attack 3 months ago, and 2 stents fitted. He's been told by cardio rehab that he's...

hi, Thank you for reading this post. I had mild chest discomfort less than six months ago. This has escalated to an Angiogram 2 days ago highlighting four...

Ralph hasn't had his swallow x-ray, they only do 3 a week on a Tuesday, and it's in order of need and Ralph's is just to see what can happen in the future. He...

Hi everyone. I'm new here. My boyfriend has recently been under the cardiologist for tests following mild angina symptoms and is now booked in for heart bypass...

I’m so inspired by the stories people have shared, and photos! This is my first post so apologies if not all relevant. Being a fit 58 year old male...

I posted about my pacemaker box change this Friday 5th. I'm on my second course of antibiotics and now steroids and inhaler. Doctor says op will still go ahead...

I'm a retired policeman and now retired linguistics professor. I thought I was super fit, walking 14,000 steps a day on average when, just last week, I found...

hi, I had a heart attack Sat and stent fitted- still in shock, totally unexpected. Can anyone tell me if they kept experiencing ‘angina attacks’ after...

Five months tomorrow since OHS for valve repair. Generally all good, back at work full time, walking 5 miles per day. However, my left shoulder began being...

I am a big advocate of a Keto diet. It's 11 month since my bypass operation for blocked arteries.I have lost a total of 6 stones, I am off all BP meds...

Anyone else noticed that every single advert break during the coverage of the Euros has a McDonald's advert? It's very difficult to try to eat and be healthy...

Just an update about my Mitral Valve repair surgery I had on 21st June .Surgery went well but the Bronchitis chest infection I had been fighting for 3 weeks...

got my bypass surgery tomorrow quite nervous🙏🏼🤞

hello As background, My condition is untreatable and surgery won’t help (labelled recurrent chest pain syndrome with confirmed myocardial bridge of the LAD...

The icd I had put in over 3 years ago gave me a shock in September 2023 .I stopped driving and returned my licence to dvla .I reapplied after 6 months but have...

Hi me again ,Has anyone appealed pip and been awarded it .I've been off work 5 months now had occupational health involved who have said not fit for work for...

I'm booked in for a coronary angiogram on Tuesday and, as usual with me, worrying my socks off about it! I think I'd like to watch what's going on, I hate...

I have noticed that since being put on statins (4 months now and moved from Atorvastatin to Simvastatin) that I have developed acne. I'm 64 and the original...

prior to contracting Covid in April 23 I was very fit and regularly ran up mountains and 2/3 hour runs was my usual at least once a week plus some kind of...

I am a 57 year old woman, and had an Nstemi 10 weeks ago, and one stent fitted. I am on 2.5 bisoprolol, tricagrelor, 10 of ramipril, 80 statins and also...

still experiencing nightly pains and real fatigue, have been signed off work for a further 2weeks. Also feel spaced out a lot of the time. cardiologist...

l have been taking my blood pressure and heart rate each day since returning home after a heart attack and angioplasty 4 weeks ago. My blood pressure is...