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Variant angina cluster

I’ve discovered that as I have variant angina and micro vascular angina that it can come come in clusters. It does seem to be like that but just seeing if...

I’ve discovered that as I have variant angina and micro vascular angina that it ...

Fluffybee

•4 years ago

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A bit of advice pls

Hi I'm a lady of 53 yrs I had 2 stents fitted when I was 48 and told I have angina , I also have lung disease and crohn's disease to . I lost my mum 2yrs ago...

Hi I'm a lady of 53 yrs I had 2 stents fitted when I was 48 and told I have angi...

Ana1967

•4 years ago

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Health Anxiety

I had a heart attack in August 2017. Totally out of the blue with atypical (I’m told) symptoms. Small plaque rupture in a small blood vessel - main pipes clear...

I had a heart attack in August 2017. Totally out of the blue with atypical (I’m ...

Jo1961

•4 years ago

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Angina that improves with exercise!

First Timer here! Background info: Heart Attack in 2001. Rotablation and 2 stents 2018. I had mild and manageable angina before and after each event. This...

First Timer here! Background info: Heart Attack in 2001. Rotablation and 2 stent...

dazzer1

•4 years ago

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Echo tomorrow

Have first echo tomorrow after AVR last May. Nervous as last echo put me in hospital for 7 weeks and ended with the AVR op and Crtd pacemaker being fitted....

Have first echo tomorrow after AVR last May. Nervous as last echo put me in hosp...

Chico675

•4 years ago

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Coming off ticagrelor

Wrote to the heart nurses on here in reference to the effects of coming off ticagrelor some time ago I have not heard anything back any ideas All

Wrote to the heart nurses on here in reference to the effects of coming off tica...

Harrison4

•4 years ago

5 Replies

Is there anything to cure this tiredness

Hi all. Do any of you take anything to help you with tiredness? Ever since my mum had a heart attack and heart failure she’s constantly tired. Just wondered...

Hi all. Do any of you take anything to help you with tiredness? Ever since my mu...

pennyc02

•4 years ago

13 Replies

Angiography and breathless

Hi , I dont know where i have to post this question. I hv long health history but i dont want to waste your time to read my long question. One month ago...

Hi , I dont know where i have to post this question. I hv long health history bu...

QasimRaza

•4 years ago

23 Replies

Ranitidine

Hi all. Pharmacy say Ranitidine has been discontinued due to possible carcinogen risks. Can I go cold turkey or should I reduce dose gradually? I have been...

Hi all. Pharmacy say Ranitidine has been discontinued due to possible carcinogen...

Kazzie68

•4 years ago

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What is drug for

I am taking monomill 60 mg at lunchtime. I used to take it in the morning at about 8 am but time was changed by heart nurse. What isdrug used for

I am taking monomill 60 mg at lunchtime. I used to take it in the morning at abo...

malcolmwilliams

•4 years ago

2 Replies

AF Chemical Cardioversion Flecainide

I am new here recently diagnosed with AF. Just wondered if anyone has had a chemical cardioversion? Has been recommended to me as something cardiologist says...

I am new here recently diagnosed with AF. Just wondered if anyone has had a che...

Daisy2908

•4 years ago

11 Replies

Meds problem update

Hi all, I thought I'd offer an update to my earlier post. All advice has been appreciated. To recap, 2 weeks after a stent insertion I stopped my beta...

Hi all, I thought I'd offer an update to my earlier post. All advice has been ap...

Hidden

•4 years ago

1 Reply

Need information about AF

Hi all, as you all know my husband is through his aortic valve replacement and on the ward. Last night he had a temperature and his WBC was alittle high, so he...

Hi all, as you all know my husband is through his aortic valve replacement and o...

Jewel7

•4 years ago

16 Replies

Post hospital visit

Hi, thanks for those that helped me through the last week. Trip to hospital for 5 days investigations. ECGs and Bloods fine. February 2019 when I had 2...

Hi, thanks for those that helped me through the last week. Trip to hospital for...

Smerblue

•4 years ago

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ICD insertion site pain.

I had an ICD fitted 18th March. All though the insertionwound looks clean and healed it still hurts inside. I can also feel a lump, almost like a fatty lump,...

I had an ICD fitted 18th March. All though the insertionwound looks clean and he...

ToffeeT

•4 years ago

18 Replies

Raised cholesterol

Hi all after some advice as a bit confused !?! On my previous posts u can see my history HA then stented and so on So in March after around the first six...

Hi all after some advice as a bit confused !?! On my previous posts u can see my...

alfiebloom

•4 years ago

1 Reply

Leg Pain

Hi, Ive been taking Losartan 50mg for 6 months & 25 mg Atenolol for raised BP. My legs are really painful & weak , which has been getting worse, now it's hard...

Hi, Ive been taking Losartan 50mg for 6 months & 25 mg Atenolol for raised BP. M...

Guineapigs

•4 years ago

4 Replies

CovID and Diabetes

First I do realise that neither of these mentions heart disease directly. However, diabetes is one of the major risk factors with heart disease. Many here are...

First I do realise that neither of these mentions heart disease directly. Howeve...

MichaelJH

Heart Star•4 years ago

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Channel blockers

What does everyone feel about using two channel blockers I'm already taking one and been prescribed another it worrieds me that there has not been enough...

What does everyone feel about using two channel blockers I'm already taking one ...

Hidden

•4 years ago

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Alternative to Ranitidine

Been on heart medications for 9 years and no trouble. But Ranitidine was withdrawn last November, put on Omeprazole but find I still get indigestion, changed...

Been on heart medications for 9 years and no trouble. But Ranitidine was withdra...

Howdenhall

•4 years ago

4 Replies

Getting back up again, sometimes it’s an effort

So last week I had 4 more Stents fitted, giving me a total of 15. 6 years ago I had a quad CABG, been living with heart issues for 20yrs. I’d finally got...

So last week I had 4 more Stents fitted, giving me a total of 15. 6 years ago I ...

Keep-it-ticking

•4 years ago

26 Replies

Collapse

See you gp ASAP. Back pain ability to not being able to mow the lawn, change the bedding or putting on clothing maybe year 4 of Hypotension or Atrial. If it is...

See you gp ASAP. Back pain ability to not being able to mow the lawn, change the...

Hidden

•4 years ago

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Raised cholesterol

Hi all after some advice as a bit confused !?! On my previous posts u can see my history HA then stented and so on So in March after around the first six...

Hi all after some advice as a bit confused !?! On my previous posts u can see my...

alfiebloom

•4 years ago

11 Replies

Fluid retention

Good evening all. My partner had been diagnosed with HF and medications working well. He has just started suffering fluid retention in his legs and ankles. He...

Good evening all. My partner had been diagnosed with HF and medications working ...

Gtigirl

•4 years ago

10 Replies

Amlodipine increase

Hi Recently had my amlodipine increased and my lower legs/ankles feel really tight, has anyone else had the same problem as me or just a coincidence?

Hi Recently had my amlodipine increased and my lower legs/ankles feel really tig...

Fluffybee

•4 years ago

28 Replies

Wpw and pregnancy

Hi guys hope everyone is ok.. does anybody know if it’s safe to give birth full term with WPW .. can’t seem to find info on it anywhere. Hope someone can...

Hi guys hope everyone is ok.. does anybody know if it’s safe to give birth full...

AmyAmy1

•4 years ago

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Next stop Bisoprolol - anxious

And if this doesn’t work I don’t have an alternative as this is the safest beta-blocker for Asthma and Tildiam I didn’t agree with at all the last few days, Bp...

And if this doesn’t work I don’t have an alternative as this is the safest beta-...

Gracey888

•4 years ago

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Isosorbide Mononitrate

I take 10 mg Isosorbide Mononitrate twice a day as well as other heart meds. I take one at breakfast time and the other at dinnertime. Someone mentioned to me...

I take 10 mg Isosorbide Mononitrate twice a day as well as other heart meds. I t...

hearty1

•4 years ago

30 Replies

Fundraising for the British Heart Foundation

Hello (please feel free to delete if you feel this is not the appropriate platform to use for this). If you happen to know anyone (friends, family...

Hello (please feel free to delete if you feel this is not the appropriate platfo...

Coralie5141

•4 years ago

1 Reply

Heart newbie

Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with Bronchiectasis and a hiatus hernia, with associated GERD last year, getting used to living with these conditions when I had a...

Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with Bronchiectasis and a hiatus hernia, with assoc...

Squeaky57

•4 years ago

18 Replies

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All posts for May 2020

Variant angina cluster

A bit of advice pls

Health Anxiety

Angina that improves with exercise!

Echo tomorrow

Coming off ticagrelor

Is there anything to cure this tiredness

Angiography and breathless

Ranitidine

What is drug for

AF Chemical Cardioversion Flecainide

Meds problem update

Need information about AF

Post hospital visit

ICD insertion site pain.

Raised cholesterol

Leg Pain

CovID and Diabetes

Channel blockers

Alternative to Ranitidine

Getting back up again, sometimes it’s an effort

Collapse

Raised cholesterol

Fluid retention

Amlodipine increase

Wpw and pregnancy

Next stop Bisoprolol - anxious

Isosorbide Mononitrate

Fundraising for the British Heart Foundation

Heart newbie

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