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Told to isolate for 12 weeks

Hi everyone. Just received a text from NHS saying that I need to isolate for 12 weeks due to my condition? and that I will receive a letter through the post....

Hi everyone. Just received a text from NHS saying that I need to isolate for 12 ...

•4 years ago

Smoke or not?

I smoked since I was 15 ... I then gave it up cold turkey 3 weeks ago after finding out results of my ct angiogram.... I miss it massively but it was my choice...

I smoked since I was 15 ... I then gave it up cold turkey 3 weeks ago after find...

•4 years ago

Chest pain with a leaking heart valve

Hi, I have put on a posts now about my severely leaking mitral heart valve and AF. Due to the current pandemic,I like many other people am having to wait for...

Hi, I have put on a posts now about my severely leaking mitral heart valve and A...

•4 years ago

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Mercedes F1 Manufacturing Breathing Aid

They are ramping up to 1,000 per day: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/52189430

They are ramping up to 1,000 per day: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/52189...

Heart Star•4 years ago

New Treatment For People Not Distancing

They are being sent here:

They are being sent here:

Heart Star•4 years ago

Heart Failure and Coronavirus

Am i over reacting? I have just told my boss that I am not gong to be coming to work over the next few weeks. I work in care, we have started to take people...

Am i over reacting? I have just told my boss that I am not gong to be coming to ...

•4 years ago

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Can I give blood if I have Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) ?

Hi everyone - new to this, apologies if its been answered before. I have apical Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), no murmurs etc and don't take medication....

Hi everyone - new to this, apologies if its been answered before. I have apical ...

•4 years ago

Advance directives/ living wills

We have not done the medical bit of lasting power of attorney. In these strange times when many of us feel helpless to support others, thinking about how you...

We have not done the medical bit of lasting power of attorney. In these strange ...

•4 years ago

10 pm BBC news last night. ICU

Did anyone see the piece on University Hospital London last night? I found it the most moving piece in a very long time. If you didn’t see it it’s on YouTube...

Did anyone see the piece on University Hospital London last night? I found it th...

•4 years ago

Joke for Men Only (a bit smutty)

Trump has a heart attack and dies. He goes to Hell where the Devil is waiting for him. "I don't know what to do," says the Devil. "You're on my list but I...

Trump has a heart attack and dies. He goes to Hell where the Devil is waiting fo...

•4 years ago

Mini Stroke?

Hi Strange thing happened Friday. Nearly 1 year post Stemi heart attack and stent, 7 months post GI bleed, had strange moment. Wife was talking about her...

Hi Strange thing happened Friday. Nearly 1 year post Stemi heart attack and sten...

•4 years ago

Fantastic local support group

Just to balance things a bit. We have a wonderful local volunteer group, ready to help with almost anything needed. No little dictators visible! Not yet! We...

Just to balance things a bit. We have a wonderful local volunteer group, ready t...

Heart Star•4 years ago

Weak voice

My husband had a quadruple heart bypass 8 weeks ago. He is making a steady recovery and can now walk up and down gentle hills for 45 minutes each day. However...

My husband had a quadruple heart bypass 8 weeks ago. He is making a steady recov...

•4 years ago

Dying alone

11 months ago I had an heart attack and was taken to the ICU while on holiday in Spain, I was already in the hospital having been taken ill a few days earlier,...

11 months ago I had an heart attack and was taken to the ICU while on holiday in...

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•4 years ago

HA, stents & pericarditis

Hi - I am new to the forum, I had a HA 5 weeks ago out of the blue (42, fit, moderately healthy lifestyle, non smoker and no family history). I had 4 stents...

Hi - I am new to the forum, I had a HA 5 weeks ago out of the blue (42, fit, mod...

•4 years ago

Boris Johnson gone into intensive care

Just read he as been transferred into ICU hope he makes it. Such a difficult time for him and all his family.

Just read he as been transferred into ICU hope he makes it. Such a difficult tim...

•4 years ago

End of Life Care

I am just listening to an end of life specialist who is talking about this subject. This has been a taboo subject for years only now with this pandemic has it...

I am just listening to an end of life specialist who is talking about this subje...

•4 years ago

Care Home Staff

Who do they work for ?? Am correct in thinking it is a combination of Council and Private Sector ?? It's just when it's on the News that they don't have say...

Who do they work for ?? Am correct in thinking it is a combination of Council a...

•4 years ago

Pneumonia

Reading up on the 1918 Flu epidemic I came across this snippet It was interesting that Pneumonia was call the " Old Mans Friend " because it used to take it...

Reading up on the 1918 Flu epidemic I came across this snippet It was interestin...

•4 years ago

Bar Open Tonight ?

Hello bar open tonight ?

Hello bar open tonight ?

•4 years ago

Polyphenols in chocolate, cholesterols?

I was listening to a You’re Dead To Me podcast about chocolate & was intrigued to understand (?) that some or certain chocolate contains polyphenols which...

I was listening to a You’re Dead To Me podcast about chocolate & was intrigued t...

•4 years ago

Is this Going to Unravel

Just wondering what people are thinking about this lockdown and how we get out of it !! Any ideas ??? Stay Well Stay Safe

Just wondering what people are thinking about this lockdown and how we get out o...

•4 years ago

Prednisone

I was put on Prednisone for gout - brought about by my diuretics. It worked well but now I find that my body has developed a reliance on this drug and when I...

I was put on Prednisone for gout - brought about by my diuretics. It worked well...

•4 years ago

Bisoprolol might worsen COVID-19 infection?

Some media reports and publications have suggested that medicines to treat high blood pressure might worsen COVID-19 infection. I would like to know if there...

Some media reports and publications have suggested that medicines to treat high ...

•4 years ago

Heart Failure and shielding?

Apologies I can’t find this post about Pumping Marvellous and their letter to the government Has anyone got any news on this? Also I have read a post recently...

Apologies I can’t find this post about Pumping Marvellous and their letter to th...

•4 years ago

Stent after stent after stent

I’ve had one stent fitted nearly two weeks ago and I’m trying to get over obstacles one by one and accept my lifestyle changes and I’m doing really good with...

I’ve had one stent fitted nearly two weeks ago and I’m trying to get over obstac...

•4 years ago

Bed goes up, bed goes down!

Having just got Disney+ 'for the kids' just watched The Simpsons episode where Homer has a heart bypass, 'Bed goes up, bed goes down' 😂😂😂! If nothing...

Having just got Disney+ 'for the kids' just watched The Simpsons episode where H...

•4 years ago

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Isolation Walk (from my home)

Took the opportunity to get out for a walk on my birthday yesterday. Social distancing not a problem here (as you can see). Saw no one but my husband who I...

Took the opportunity to get out for a walk on my birthday yesterday. Social dis...

•4 years ago

The Queen's Speech

https://youtu.be/2klmuggOElE

https://youtu.be/2klmuggOElE

Heart Star•4 years ago

Heart Attack

Hi,I'm new here, my husband had open heart surgery in Dec, he was in a coma, we near enough lost him :( a lot was wrong but a lot was corrected, including an...

Hi,I'm new here, my husband had open heart surgery in Dec, he was in a coma, we ...

•4 years ago

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