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Hi 😊😊

I had emergency surgery for perforated bowel Dec 22. I was in hospital for 8 weeks. There were many complications but I’m still here. I had an ICD fitted, this because I had 2 cardiac arrests 🙈. I’ve had many scans and MRI and they found scaring on my heart ❤️ I’ve had genetics blood test to see if this is hereditary. I suffer from really low blood pressure. This can drop as low as 65/44. Normal for me is 101/54. I am also on blood thinner. I was put on candastatan which helps heart function. I’m not fairing well with it, I’ve had to go back to a lower dose. I need this drug to help my heart as it’s in failure. I’m see my nurse Thursday and I’m very nervous that they will have to try something else. Has anyone else had these problems?

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Hello :-)

I am sorry no one seems to relate to what you are going through and not replied

I have not been through what you are going through but had my own health issues and can relate to feeling nervous in fact I have quite bad anxiety but this is for some a normal reaction

Have you seen the Nurse yet and if you did how did you get on I hope it went better than you thought it would :-) x

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