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When can I get back to my normal level of exercising?

I'm 66, and I was really healthy. A month ago I ran six days a week - at least 10k a day. I also went to to the gym three or four days a week to do resistance...

I'm 66, and I was really healthy. A month ago I ran six days a week - at least 1...

NineToTheSky

•7 years ago

40 Replies

ICD and driving restrictions

I have had an ICD fitted and I have been told (unofficially) that I won't be able to drive for six months. I have informed the DVLA who are sending me a form...

I have had an ICD fitted and I have been told (unofficially) that I won't be abl...

NineToTheSky

•7 years ago

9 Replies

Valentine's happiness

Hi all... so after a little scare this week!!! I wanted to end the week on a much happier note. Now normally I call 14th February " Singles Awareness...

Hi all... so after a little scare this week!!! I wanted to end the week on a muc...

Heartlady1

•7 years ago

12 Replies

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Change in Angina Presentation

I have suffered with both stable and unstable angina for the past 7 years but over past 6 months or so there has been a change in it`s presentation....

I have suffered with both stable and unstable angina for the past 7 years but ov...

Hidden

•7 years ago

7 Replies

Newbie. Weaning off isosorbide nitrate

Hi, my husband, 54, had a heart attack just over a year ago but had continued and continuous chest pain afterwards. He was referred back to the specialist in...

Hi, my husband, 54, had a heart attack just over a year ago but had continued a...

Flossyfi

•7 years ago

8 Replies

Anniversary

Today is the 8th anniversary of my Heart attack, I retired on my 65th birthday in October 2016 and am enjoying my retirement, and as many have said i dont know...

Today is the 8th anniversary of my Heart attack, I retired on my 65th birthday i...

Geoff51

Heart Star•7 years ago

6 Replies

BradyCardia MISSED Diagnosis?

I am a 47 YO male. No health problems apart from higher than normal cholesterol levels whilst only being moderately overweight. I bought a good digital watch...

I am a 47 YO male. No health problems apart from higher than normal cholesterol ...

hghealth

•7 years ago

18 Replies

Hospital appointments closed !!

Wow this heart stuff is such a roller coaster,how are we supposed to stay calm ? I have been waiting for an angiogramme wire pressure test for 10 weeks so far...

Wow this heart stuff is such a roller coaster,how are we supposed to stay calm ?...

Mrsbeevintage

Heart Star•7 years ago

30 Replies

Blood pressure, Ramerpril

Hiya my friends, My blood pressure has been playing up last couple of weeks. I was meant to go for an eye test today due to the high blood pressure. I thought...

Hiya my friends, My blood pressure has been playing up last couple of weeks. I ...

Sina-6491

•7 years ago

17 Replies

Just need some friendly advice

I am 3 months post op AVR replacement, and feel worse than I went in for the op I can't breath properly, I have just given up, I still have not started my my...

I am 3 months post op AVR replacement, and feel worse than I went in for the op ...

1234Chris

•7 years ago

10 Replies

Wedding Insurance

Hello All Our son is getting married next year. Hurray. I am looking at wedding insurance - just as I was about to pay up comes a box with the usual “...

Hello All Our son is getting married next year. Hurray. I am looking at weddin...

Speakeazi

•7 years ago

4 Replies

TOPPIC

THIS is my first post,i am 72 i had my first heart attack in 1987,I had my second heart Attack seven weeks later having gone back to work in a new job having...

THIS is my first post,i am 72 i had my first heart attack in 1987,I had my secon...

Hidden

•7 years ago

2 Replies

Sometimes life is just unfair... I needing the love tonight

So today i went to docs as have been having some pain after a recent smear. I was in agony at the time.... nurse kept saying she had to keep going. Doctor...

So today i went to docs as have been having some pain after a recent smear. I wa...

Heartlady1

•7 years ago

32 Replies

How can I cope

Hi, I'm 17. My Mother has advanced heart failure and has had it for the last few years. When I google the disease it says that it's often the case that...

Hi, I'm 17. My Mother has advanced heart failure and has had it for the last few...

Hidden

•7 years ago

22 Replies

Advice please

Hi I currently have Pericarditis. This is my 4th week into the illness & rather than feeling better I am in more pain. I do not know anyone else eho has had...

Hi I currently have Pericarditis. This is my 4th week into the illness & rather ...

Mikamoo2

•7 years ago

8 Replies

Refractory Angina

Hi I`m new to this site so here`s my story I had 2 heart attacks and 1 cardiac arrest in 2011 when I was 56 ended up with 3 stents in the LAD (artery that runs...

Hi I`m new to this site so here`s my story I had 2 heart attacks and 1 cardiac a...

Hidden

•7 years ago

3 Replies

Somebody Recommended - Travel Insurance

I had to pop into the GP's this morning. While waiting I overheard part of a conversation where somebody recommended Staysure travel insurance for those with...

I had to pop into the GP's this morning. While waiting I overheard part of a con...

MichaelJH

Heart Star•7 years ago

2 Replies

One Of My Best Friends

Valentines Day will always be tinged with sadness for me. Six years ago one of my best friends of over 40 years collapsed on the 12th February. He was made...

Valentines Day will always be tinged with sadness for me. Six years ago one of m...

MichaelJH

Heart Star•7 years ago

1 Reply

Iron man trials

Hello everyone just been to see cardiologist who’s informed me about iron injection trials for people like myself with HF. So I’ve signed up. My question is...

Hello everyone just been to see cardiologist who’s informed me about iron inject...

Graham1956

•7 years ago

8 Replies

Why do heart attacks surprise so many of us?

Some people have told me I have been lucky and though it didn't seem like it at the time, they were probably right. The first time back in June 1997, my GP...

Some people have told me I have been lucky and though it didn't seem like it at ...

Hidden

•7 years ago

1 Reply

7 day update

Sorry I have not been in touch since my last post relating to seeing my Surgeon on 6th February 2018 Well what a day that was, everything went well in fact it...

Sorry I have not been in touch since my last post relating to seeing my Surgeon ...

Cube58

•7 years ago

6 Replies

Pressure Wire Test

Hi everyone, I saw my Cardiologist last Friday, He is going to do a Pressure Wire Test within the next couple of months. I'm wondering does it hurt much and...

Hi everyone, I saw my Cardiologist last Friday, He is going to do a Pressure Wir...

poppy111

•7 years ago

2 Replies

AVR

5 weeks since op. Was going really well and halved painkillers. Have built up walking on flat to 3 miles. 2 days ago on our walk went up a short steep hill....

5 weeks since op. Was going really well and halved painkillers. Have built up wa...

PhilGarner

•7 years ago

9 Replies

Valentines Hearts ♥️ have even...

Valentines Hearts ♥️ have even more of a special meaning to us. Happy Valentines Day, Heart Warriors ❤️💕💖❤️💕💖❤️💕💖❤️💕💖❤️💕

Valentines Hearts ♥️ have even more of a special meaning to us. Happy Valentines...

KazSumm

•7 years ago

2 Replies

Worsening Leaky Heart Valves.

When I had my last echocardiogram done last year, it showed I’ve got a very slight leaky aortic valve, and mild leaky pulmonary valve and a mild leaky...

When I had my last echocardiogram done last year, it showed I’ve got a very slig...

Liam47

•7 years ago

11 Replies

Living in a pressure cooker

My partner was diagnosed with heart disease in October of last year he has a date for his angiogram at the end of the month. He is 44 and has suffered with...

My partner was diagnosed with heart disease in October of last year he has a dat...

Joebloggs2007

•7 years ago

16 Replies

update after avr

hi every1 hope you are all well its been 12 weeks now since my avr and everything is going well apart from trouble with my blood pressure and warfrin which are...

hi every1 hope you are all well its been 12 weeks now since my avr and everythin...

mewg

•7 years ago

11 Replies

Fractured rib

Saw doctor last week with pain in my left shoulder, given codeine and told I would need physio. I had valve replacement six weeks ago. Unable to tolerate...

Saw doctor last week with pain in my left shoulder, given codeine and told I wou...

Nanny72

•7 years ago

7 Replies

IDC

Well that's all the pre op stuff done at The Jubilee today. Procedure on Friday... Help! 😵

Well that's all the pre op stuff done at The Jubilee today. Procedure on Friday....

alexgilbert

•7 years ago

14 Replies

Patching up a broken heart

I'm not one to deliver false hope, but this new research looks particularly promising. A quick summary: A team of stem cell biologists in the Cambridge Stem...

I'm not one to deliver false hope, but this new research looks particularly prom...

Pikaia

•7 years ago

3 Replies

Posts - British Heart Foundation | HealthUnlocked

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All posts for February 2018

When can I get back to my normal level of exercising?

ICD and driving restrictions

Valentine's happiness

Change in Angina Presentation

Newbie. Weaning off isosorbide nitrate

Anniversary

BradyCardia MISSED Diagnosis?

Hospital appointments closed !!

Blood pressure, Ramerpril

Just need some friendly advice

Wedding Insurance

TOPPIC

Sometimes life is just unfair... I needing the love tonight

How can I cope

Advice please

Refractory Angina

Somebody Recommended - Travel Insurance

One Of My Best Friends

Iron man trials

Why do heart attacks surprise so many of us?

7 day update

Pressure Wire Test

AVR

Valentines Hearts ♥️ have even...

Worsening Leaky Heart Valves.

Living in a pressure cooker

update after avr

Fractured rib

IDC

Patching up a broken heart

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