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Absolutely fed up. We have a holiday booked to Grenada and can’t get insurance from AXA or STAYSURE 🤯 I’ve had a successful ablation end of February been...

My son has been diagnosed with DCM after cardiogenic shock and mild stroke. He had Covid and was ill for a few months which GP and A&E initially put down to...

I am , apparently, to take Warfarin for the rest of my life. I suspect that troublesome side effects are feeling cold all the time and failure of small cuts -...

Hello. I am due to have an echocardiogram tomorrow and wondered what I should expect and if I will get my results on the same day or if I will have to wait for...

On different heart meds Bisoprolol,Entresto,Dapagliflozin,after a few months one of my arms is painful when I raise it and can't manage to get it round to my...

Hi NSTEMI in April. I would like to ask which wrist did you all have your angiogram procedure in. Right or left?

Following my last post about atorvastatin I've tried several times to get it changed after not taking it for 2 weeks & trying a smaller dose & so on . It's...

Since I have no conventional risk factors, the cardiologist suggested checking my LP(a) level. I received a letter this afternoon telling me it is moderately...

I had a quad bypass and aortic valve replacement back in 2013. I have been suffering angina for about 5 years now and it is progressively getting worse....

Hi, I've managed to change to wholemeal bread, but find it really difficult to give up butter on my toast in a morning. Anyone got any recommendations for...

Hi I would say I'm healthy up until a month ago I started getting out of breath and now it's got to a point I can hardly to much with getting breathless it...

Hi all. I am new here and my research led me to this site. I am 54 years old and was diagnosed with heart failure a couple of months ago. My EF at the time...

Didn't get pip again 💔😪.

Hello all, I'm a 59 years young wife, mother & grandmother. At the end of August I was admitted to hospital after booking myself in to A&E due to severe...

Hi I had a sudden heart attack back in March and end up having an emergency Stent fitted because cause the artery on the left was 100 % which has left some...

Will my Time has come at last been 18 months so next Friday the 22nd to the Royal Brompton for my Aorta and Aorta valve replacement, been one hell of a journey...

Temperatures at freezing yesterday when I walked to work , only a ten minute walk but uphill most of the way , for a few minutes I had sudden very sharp chest...

I am an 80 yr old male with HF , AF and an ICD fitted o have terrible sleep deprevation I get 8 hrs rest but on and off through the night my sleep is...

Hello everyone I am on 10mg bisoprolol as my hb still not stable from afib and heart failure but suddenly keep fainting and and had chest pain so had to go to...

Just had my cholesterol results,I eat healthy and keep active at aged 65 but they are getting high and the Doctor wants me to go on statins?Here are the...

Afternoon all, Would really appreciate feedback if you have the time. Does everyone with heart failure have oedema, (water retention) or is it just right...

I’ve been experiencing an increased awareness of my diagnosed ectopic heartbeats (not necessarily more) and am struggling to try to deal with them. I’m...

Hi All. My Husband, age 38 is 6 weeks post CABG. Physically he seems to be recovering well, exercise wise he is exceeding what is advised. It is the Mental...

Ever since my bypass surgery i have had blood tests that show my blood sugar levels to be increased , I even had a text from GP surgery telling me I was pre...

hello everyone, just created a profile as I feel quite lonely with what have happened to me. I am 25 and I had a heart attack at 24 last April due a blood...

Anyone else tried to get a cardiology appointment in London on the NHS in a reasonable time frame? Unless you have a heart attack or go to a and e it’s not...

Hi All, I have been on Edoxaban since about March this year without a problem, but recently cut my knuckle when a pair of scissors broke when I was using them...

My doctor has said I have high cholesterol levels - see attached for recent blood levels. He said it shouldn’t be anything to worry about but then Ive...

Hi everyone I wonder if anyone could help me as I'm freaking out a little. Brief history, I've had a lot of ectopic beats and fast heart rate over the past...

I’m 6 months today since my heart bypass and after feeling super positive and happy I was still here ,I now seem to have spiraled into feeling really down and...