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Better effort

Well, a better end to the week with activity every day & a full day with the grandkids on Thursday. Even got a 1:1 re medication with the pharmacist when I...

Well, a better end to the week with activity every day & a full day with the gra...

•7 years ago

Hearts all over the place any advice!!! Please

My heart rate drops to between 35-45 bpm and this is when my heart stops and also get ectopic beats and it sounds like my heart shook back into rhythm. My...

My heart rate drops to between 35-45 bpm and this is when my heart stops and als...

•7 years ago

Am I silly to worry?

Hi. My husband had a mild heart attack in April 2015. He did not need any stent and is on medication. He works full time as a parish priest which is a...

Hi. My husband had a mild heart attack in April 2015. He did not need any stent ...

•7 years ago

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Thanks

Just finnished work, only 6 hrs feels like 12 hrs though ! Thanks for help will go Tuesday see about pension and tax. Another appointent arrived, was thinking...

Just finnished work, only 6 hrs feels like 12 hrs though ! Thanks for help will ...

•7 years ago

5 1/2 weeks post CABG and still PVCs etc..

My most annoying post CABG issue is problems with ectopic beats/PVCs etc.. I get them everyday and not little ones you hardly notice, they are frequent and...

My most annoying post CABG issue is problems with ectopic beats/PVCs etc.. I get...

•7 years ago

Bisoprolol

Can anyone let me know the best time to take my 5mg of Bisoprolol please ? I take it in a morning with breakfast but feel a little sickly and as I also sleep...

Can anyone let me know the best time to take my 5mg of Bisoprolol please ? I tak...

•7 years ago

Holiday or not!!

Hi I'm Tracey and have recently been diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and also need two stents fitted. I am due to fly to Turkey in a couple of weeks but now...

Hi I'm Tracey and have recently been diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and also need...

•7 years ago

afib to heart failure

new to this site as I was originally diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation - 18 months in and diagnosis is now heart failure. The shock and fear followed by...

new to this site as I was originally diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation - 18 mon...

•7 years ago

Internal Defibrillator

Hi I have a weak heart, may need an ID. Does anyone know from experience if thing will strengthen my heart or is it just for decoration. I assume i will...

Hi I have a weak heart, may need an ID. Does anyone know from experience if thi...

•7 years ago

Heart faliure work or not ?

James1967f Hi in heart faliure, ICD fitted. EF low, SOB . Getting exhausted ,am pushing myself to go to work still, only 24 hours . Consultant + gp last...

James1967f Hi in heart faliure, ICD fitted. EF low, SOB . Getting exhausted ,am...

•7 years ago

Heart rate and extra beats

Any advice please. Had an ultra sound that came back nothing structurely wrong so then had a 24hr ecg done and come back with rare rate dropping with extra...

Any advice please. Had an ultra sound that came back nothing structurely wrong s...

•7 years ago

Been a bit tied up with more issues!

So the post CABG recovery is still proving to be a bit of a slog. I spent some time dealing with acute pains in my left shoulder, neck, arm.. that settled and...

So the post CABG recovery is still proving to be a bit of a slog. I spent some t...

•7 years ago

Happy Wednesday

Afternoon all from a very warm and sunny Spain. Different kind of exercise here, this morning was hosing and sweeping down the ratio and pool area before it...

Afternoon all from a very warm and sunny Spain. Different kind of exercise here...

Heart Star•7 years ago

Daft scar question

I had my surgery on 2nd June and apart from a small issue with one of the drainage stitches it hasn't been a real problem. Yes the area around it does get very...

I had my surgery on 2nd June and apart from a small issue with one of the draina...

•7 years ago

ICD Carelink downloads

Hi, I have an ICD carelink home monitor. The last download date on it says mid June, previously it said last December, yet I haven't heard anything from the...

Hi, I have an ICD carelink home monitor. The last download date on it says mid...

•7 years ago

Bathing

My husband is 25 days post CABG, however since returning home has been strip washing daily for fear of getting in the bath (we don't have a shower). We...

My husband is 25 days post CABG, however since returning home has been strip was...

•7 years ago

Keep on keeping on

Yesterday, made it into town &. back on foot. Not bad, cos return is uphill. Today is a day indoors, so aim to bop to side 5 of the 60s cd & to repeat cardiac...

Yesterday, made it into town &. back on foot. Not bad, cos return is uphill. Tod...

•7 years ago

Check Ups

Hi, two years on from heart attack and 4xCABG. How often should my GP carry out BP/Blood tests, annually?

Hi, two years on from heart attack and 4xCABG. How often should my GP carry out ...

•7 years ago

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•7 years ago

Insurance advice

A 74 year old - had 4x CABG in 1999, cardiac arrest in 2013, now equipped with a couple of stents and an IC , is about to go to Rome and Florence. Any advice...

A 74 year old - had 4x CABG in 1999, cardiac arrest in 2013, now equipped with a...

•7 years ago

New to this...

Good afternoon all Writing this is my lunch break and I'm sure many of you read this forum during your lunch break.... I'm due to have an angiogram within a...

Good afternoon all Writing this is my lunch break and I'm sure many of you read...

•7 years ago

Coronary artery bypass

Hi everybody, I am new to the forum. In brief I had a heart attack in 2010 then went on to have stents inserted to main arteries, that actually helped to stop...

Hi everybody, I am new to the forum. In brief I had a heart attack in 2010 then ...

•7 years ago

Life Insurance post OHS?

Hi all.....newbie here. Back story....Fit and healthy, then contracted endocarditis which resulted in two new heart valves and repair to a third, all in a 4...

Hi all.....newbie here. Back story....Fit and healthy, then contracted endocardi...

•7 years ago

Heart failure or bradycardia?

Just wondering if these two diseases can go undetected when all tests have come back clear- 24 hour ecg monitoring test, few normal ecgs, echocardiogram. Could...

Just wondering if these two diseases can go undetected when all tests have come ...

•7 years ago

Hmmm...more work needed...

After 2 weeks increased activity & an attempt at a healthier diet (got to up the vegetarian iron content before next blood test or face an endoscopy !!...

After 2 weeks increased activity & an attempt at a healthier diet (got to up the...

•7 years ago

Pain advice please

As some of you know, my recovery was going really well, so much so after 6 weeks I was discharged. I then started driving but only very short distances. I seem...

As some of you know, my recovery was going really well, so much so after 6 weeks...

•7 years ago

Heart Failure - good Result at Annual Visit to Cardio

Last week I had my annual checkup with my cardiologist. This involved having an echo and then seeing the consultant. I was happily surprised to be told...

Last week I had my annual checkup with my cardiologist. This involved having a...

•7 years ago

Puff pant...

Made it up the hill again. Always an achievement in itself !. Was laden with Summer fruits, it's been a phenomenal year for these. Had the biggest Scottish...

Made it up the hill again. Always an achievement in itself !. Was laden with Sum...

•7 years ago

GP's - more harm than help

Well, it's 5am and after waking up an hour ago the first thing in my head is my continual lack of GP care and I can't get back to sleep. Had an appointment...

Well, it's 5am and after waking up an hour ago the first thing in my head is my ...

•7 years ago

I'm new here........

I am reaching out to the community as it feels that I have no where else to turn. I had a heart attack in April 2013, ad had angioplasty and a stent. I was...

I am reaching out to the community as it feels that I have no where else to turn...

•7 years ago

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