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Support Group Perth and Dundee Area?

Would anyone like to take part in a unofficial support group for those with all sorts of Heart Failure? I live in the Perth / Dundee area. Probably not the...

Would anyone like to take part in a unofficial support group for those with all ...

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•4 years ago

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Puffy ankles after AVR

Hi all, Can I just ask did any of you have puffy ankles after AVR and did the puffiness go even if they were puffy before the surgery. Thank you.

Hi all, Can I just ask did any of you have puffy ankles after AVR and did the pu...

Jewel7

•4 years ago

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Query : Cardiac MRI Scan

Hi All, Just arrived home from my latest appointment with my cardiologist. Who Bless him had booked a sign language interpreter for me.. *I Hate Masks&...

Hi All, Just arrived home from my latest appointment with my cardiologist. Who ...

Brandibell

•4 years ago

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GTN and toothpaste !!!!!

Those of you who use GTN spray, I just needed to share and I’m sure you all know what I’m talking about..... Cleaning your teeth all happy and fresh for the...

Those of you who use GTN spray, I just needed to share and I’m sure you all know...

Fluffybee

•4 years ago

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Government to relax shielding guidance from July

Hi everyone, Earlier this week the government announced that people with serious heart and circulatory diseases who have been shielding from Covid-19, can...

Hi everyone, Earlier this week the government announced that people with seriou...

Helen_BHF

•4 years ago

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Fast heart rate during light exercise after AVR.

Any information on heart rate increasing to 150bpm during light exercise after AVR (Oct 2019) with On-x valve? (Resting HR is 70-76) Currently taking...

Any information on heart rate increasing to 150bpm during light exercise after A...

Ghost84

•4 years ago

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Returning to work -ICD

Hey all. My boyfriend who is 23 had an ICD iserted last September and is almost cleared on going back to work. The issue is that he used to be a welder but has...

Hey all. My boyfriend who is 23 had an ICD iserted last September and is almost ...

Saoirse2410

•4 years ago

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pains after stents

still having arm pain 1 year after after having a stent

lfma

•4 years ago

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Diet Impact on HF Symptoms

Despite what I have learned about what can impact your hearts well being in general - I was wondering if there was any evidence of 'eating the wrong thing' in...

Despite what I have learned about what can impact your hearts well being in gene...

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•4 years ago

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Support for my father, North Yorkshire - anxiety and no rest.

Hi my father came out of hospital two days ago after his stent failed and they inserted a balloon. Is there a support group near Richmond North Yorkshire? I...

Hi my father came out of hospital two days ago after his stent failed and they i...

Muckle1948

•4 years ago

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Heart rhythm help

I have been feeling little twitches around my heart and then felt that my pulse would skip a full beat then followed by the sensation attached is my ECGs...

I have been feeling little twitches around my heart and then felt that my pulse ...

jordan15

•4 years ago

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Heart failure after care

Hi all I wondered what kind of aftercare you received upon leaving hospital . I was in 2.5 weeks. Having severe hf I thought more would be said to be prior to...

Hi all I wondered what kind of aftercare you received upon leaving hospital . I ...

Scoopdogg

•4 years ago

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In the face of adversity

Hi everyone I wanted to share my story with you in the hope it will help you with the pain you are going through now. At the age of 15 I developed Hodgkin...

Hi everyone I wanted to share my story with you in the hope it will help you wit...

Bichon76

•4 years ago

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Pain down arm

I’m sorry to keep asking questions I keep thinking of things I’ve meant to ask. Does anyone get pain down their right arm while having chest pain and heavy...

I’m sorry to keep asking questions I keep thinking of things I’ve meant to ask. ...

Fluffybee

•4 years ago

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Why is my heart beat jumping again?

Hi, haven't posted in months, my history is longitudinal muscle strain from chemotherapy. I've been doing well on medication (ramipril and ivabradine),...

Hi, haven't posted in months, my history is longitudinal muscle strain from chem...

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•4 years ago

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Father's Day

Today is Father's Day. For some it will be a difficult time as our father may no longer be with us or suffering health problems. In under two months it will be...

Today is Father's Day. For some it will be a difficult time as our father may no...

MichaelJH

Heart Star•4 years ago

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Clopidogrel

I have been taking Clopidogrel since having Stent fitted in 2016, over the last 3 days I have experienced Dizziness, lightheaded and nausea, unsure as to why...

I have been taking Clopidogrel since having Stent fitted in 2016, over the last...

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•4 years ago

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32, single mum, heart failure & other issues, zero support

How do you cope when you are truly alone. My parents just tell me to stay positive, like that will magic away day to day struggles. My friends, they're around...

How do you cope when you are truly alone. My parents just tell me to stay positi...

LissyEl

•4 years ago

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Y cant HDU Consultants understand ECG.

I went to my GP because of blood pressure and right arm swelled up. The Gzp took 1 look at me and said I looked pale. The she had nurse do a ECG. The ECG had...

I went to my GP because of blood pressure and right arm swelled up. The Gzp took...

BARTLETT1965

•4 years ago

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Anyone had Triple Bypass, AortIc Valve replacement & Aortic Root surgery?

Four weeks ago my surgeon told me I needed my bypass surgery fairly urgently. That was a shock and I did not take in the added bit that my aorta valve needs...

Four weeks ago my surgeon told me I needed my bypass surgery fairly urgently. Th...

Gog40

•4 years ago

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Hi miss me?

Hi there. How are you my Friends? Hope you are fine. It is me Nor from Malaysia. I am afraid to do angiogram last years. I got to many comment here,they all...

Hi there. How are you my Friends? Hope you are fine. It is me Nor from Malaysia....

Kaklong75

•4 years ago

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Vitamin K2 and Calcification reversal in Arteries

Hi everyone My HA was now nearly 4 months ago and 2 stents later I'm recovering quite well and on the usual cocktail of drugs. I just wondered if anyone knows,...

Hi everyone My HA was now nearly 4 months ago and 2 stents later I'm recovering ...

Squash1961

•4 years ago

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Irregularities after AVR

Hi all, I’ve posted before, my husband is nearly four weeks post op AVR. Some of you have been really helpful your response to any questions we had. Dispute...

Hi all, I’ve posted before, my husband is nearly four weeks post op AVR. Some of...

Jewel7

•4 years ago

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Value and aorta root replacement

Hi everyone this is my 1st post so here goes this Saturday I’m going in for a value and aorta root replacement and feeling very nervous to say the least just...

Hi everyone this is my 1st post so here goes this Saturday I’m going in for a va...

Sunflo247

•4 years ago

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MRI perfusion scan

Hello Has anyone here had an MRI perfusion scan? I have to have one on the 10th July and l’m feeling a little bit nervous about it. Especially as they inject...

Hello Has anyone here had an MRI perfusion scan? I have to have one on the 10th ...

Dramaqueen1

•4 years ago

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Blood sugar all over the place

It's been 20days after my 5x bypass. My blood sugar level was not well controlled at all. I'm on metformin 500g x twice daily. BMI 21, I am a type 2 Does cabg...

It's been 20days after my 5x bypass. My blood sugar level was not well controlle...

St03

•4 years ago

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Taking Alendronic Acid and Adcal.

I have Valvular Heart Disease,Angina and COPD. I also have Calcified Blood Vessels. I was reading that if you have Calcified Blood Vessels you might be better...

I have Valvular Heart Disease,Angina and COPD. I also have Calcified Blood Vesse...

Gjkas

•4 years ago

9 Replies

Pain h/f

Hi all, hope everyone doing as well as can be - couple of questions . Does anyone suffer heart pain, a dull ache ,? Also I’m on water tablets but every time I...

Hi all, hope everyone doing as well as can be - couple of questions . Does anyon...

Scoopdogg

•4 years ago

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Dentist

Just wondering has anyone been dentist and worry after they went if catch the virus thanks

Just wondering has anyone been dentist and worry after they went if catch the vi...

Yasyass

•4 years ago

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Just a thought ?

It’s been on my mind that as I’ve got micro vascular angina as well as coronary spasms, does that have any link to vascular dementia? It panics me to even...

It’s been on my mind that as I’ve got micro vascular angina as well as coronary ...

Fluffybee

•4 years ago

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All posts for June 2020

Support Group Perth and Dundee Area?

Puffy ankles after AVR

Query : Cardiac MRI Scan

GTN and toothpaste !!!!!

Government to relax shielding guidance from July

Fast heart rate during light exercise after AVR.

Returning to work -ICD

pains after stents

Diet Impact on HF Symptoms

Support for my father, North Yorkshire - anxiety and no rest.

Heart rhythm help

Heart failure after care

In the face of adversity

Pain down arm

Why is my heart beat jumping again?

Father's Day

Clopidogrel

32, single mum, heart failure & other issues, zero support

Y cant HDU Consultants understand ECG.

Anyone had Triple Bypass, AortIc Valve replacement & Aortic Root surgery?

Hi miss me?

Vitamin K2 and Calcification reversal in Arteries

Irregularities after AVR

Value and aorta root replacement

MRI perfusion scan

Blood sugar all over the place

Taking Alendronic Acid and Adcal.

Pain h/f

Dentist

Just a thought ?

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