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Help with Statins

Any advice on how to avoid side effects when taking atorvastatin? I'm starting them - high dose, today. For inherited lipoprotein a , bad cholesterol. Thanks...

Any advice on how to avoid side effects when taking atorvastatin? I'm starting ...

Fionalane

•4 years ago

13 Replies

Tight chest

Hi guys, I know this was years back, but I recent had stents and now I'm still having tigteness of chest and short of breath, leaving me feeling all heavy...

Hi guys, I know this was years back, but I recent had stents and now I'm still...

Malmina

•4 years ago

7 Replies

Ef

Has anyone had severe heart damage with ef 31 but improved their ef without icd and only meds I would like to hear plz if anyone has improved and wh they did...

Has anyone had severe heart damage with ef 31 but improved their ef without icd ...

Yasyass

•4 years ago

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Coronary calcium scoring

Can someone help me out here cause I’m struggling to understand? I have read that the higher the calcium score on CT angiogram the more calcium plaque you have...

Can someone help me out here cause I’m struggling to understand? I have read tha...

Buffy6956

•4 years ago

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Db

Do any of you get disability benefit with heart failure ❤️

Gillymaccy

•4 years ago

14 Replies

Post Stents

Hi...I`m 3 days in after having 2 stents in RCA, unfortunately my heart went into AF and I had to be shocked, anyone else had that experience??? I`m...

Hi...I`m 3 days in after having 2 stents in RCA, unfortunately my heart went int...

moosechops

•4 years ago

7 Replies

Heart Haiku - Issue 2!

Hi everyone! Just stopping by to let you know the second issue of the collaborative zine Heart Haiku is now available for free download. This month, we...

Hi everyone! Just stopping by to let you know the second issue of the collaborat...

laura_dropstitch

Heart Star•4 years ago

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Is feeling dizzy normal after surgery?

Hi. It's been 3 weeks since I had my Aortic Valve Replacement surgery and yes, pains etc are there for which I'm taking Shortec and Longtec tablets. But I have...

Hi. It's been 3 weeks since I had my Aortic Valve Replacement surgery and yes, p...

Bobspur73

•4 years ago

5 Replies

Joke

A friend of mine called jack can communicate with vegetables jack and the bean talk

A friend of mine called jack can communicate with vegetables jack and the bean t...

Sanpedro2019

•4 years ago

1 Reply

Terrible letter, good result.!!!

Hi, for those of you who supported me with sound advice (thanks so much) l thought l would share with you the outcome of my abnormal routine bowel screening. l...

Hi, for those of you who supported me with sound advice (thanks so much) l thoug...

kefalonia1

•4 years ago

12 Replies

Aorta enlargement

Hi all. Looking for an info for my aunt. She is mid 60s, on Peridopril for long term hypertension. She fainted December two years year ago and the dr referred...

Hi all. Looking for an info for my aunt. She is mid 60s, on Peridopril for long ...

Caitlyn6

•4 years ago

4 Replies

Breathless

I’m having a nuclear test on Wed. been badly out of breath / dizzy etc . Paying private so can get test quickly

I’m having a nuclear test on Wed. been badly out of breath / dizzy etc . Paying ...

Hidden

•4 years ago

3 Replies

My doctors are refusing to read my ECGs, even from when I'm symptomatic - help needed!

My doctors are determined to blame my ongoing chest tightness and shortness of breath symptoms on just anxiety, despite growing evidence of me having a leaky...

My doctors are determined to blame my ongoing chest tightness and shortness of b...

SquigglesSkittles

•4 years ago

21 Replies

Anyone else suffering with daily palpitations out there?

I’ve posted here before regarding palpitations but is it normal to get them every single day? I’ve had holter monitors in the past, ecg’s and an echo ( still...

I’ve posted here before regarding palpitations but is it normal to get them ever...

Mustang88

•4 years ago

25 Replies

Life after ticagrelor

Hi. I’m two months away from stopping my ticagrelor. Since my HA I have had chest discomfort daily but cardiologist is confident it is not cardiac related,...

Hi. I’m two months away from stopping my ticagrelor. Since my HA I have had ches...

Imin

•4 years ago

9 Replies

Amlodipine - increased dose - overdosing - effects - waxing lyrical

I have taken 5mg Amlodipine since the age of 61 and have always worked out my Blood Pressure BP by taking 12 readings over time and deleting the highest and...

I have taken 5mg Amlodipine since the age of 61 and have always worked out my Bl...

Auiron

•4 years ago

1 Reply

I’m lost, what can I do and what am I just worrying about.

My first post- I had a heart attack and stent 4 weeks ago. I used to exercise 4 times a week, cholesterol under 5, not over weight and all this was so out the...

My first post- I had a heart attack and stent 4 weeks ago. I used to exercise 4 ...

Mandie76

•4 years ago

73 Replies

Coming off Amioderone

Hi All, My husband is post AVR 7 weeks now and got the all clear by the cardiac team. He had an arrithymia about a week after leaving hospital which returned...

Hi All, My husband is post AVR 7 weeks now and got the all clear by the cardiac ...

Jewel7

•4 years ago

3 Replies

6 weeks after heart bypass

6 weeks after heart bypass, and my breast bone hurts. Is this common normal? My left and right upper breast bones both hurts. And I have some digestion issues...

6 weeks after heart bypass, and my breast bone hurts. Is this common normal? My...

St03

•4 years ago

3 Replies

Confused after loosing my mum to SADS

My mum passed away last November at the age of 51 cause of death is Sudden Cardiac Death with a normal heart, im so confused, angry and i just can't understand...

My mum passed away last November at the age of 51 cause of death is Sudden Cardi...

MotherlessDaughter26

•4 years ago

9 Replies

Coronary artery spasm

Hi. I have been diagnosed with coronary artery spasm. I have had two stents and this was discovered then. I was on meds for angina but I have still been...

Hi. I have been diagnosed with coronary artery spasm. I have had two stents and...

Denva

•4 years ago

7 Replies

Set back AVR 4/7/20

Had a set back, am back in hospital BP & pulse dropped to 70/45 and collapsed this morning Was rushed in to Hospital Am stable now But very sick earlier...

Had a set back, am back in hospital BP & pulse dropped to 70/45 and collapsed t...

Wildmeadow

•4 years ago

25 Replies

Insurance

Does anyone know how long it may take to pay out critical illness cover please if anyone could help it would be greatly appreciatived

Does anyone know how long it may take to pay out critical illness cover please i...

Siity

•4 years ago

9 Replies

Bio-oil - is it worth using?

Hi, I had a CABGx4 five months ago at the Bristol Heart Institute. Wounds seem to be healing nicely. It took me about three months after surgery to pluck up...

Hi, I had a CABGx4 five months ago at the Bristol Heart Institute. Wounds seem t...

1043590

•4 years ago

38 Replies

Link for cardio rehab

Is there online link for cardio rehab link? I feel so unfit.

Will23

•4 years ago

6 Replies

Mobitz Type ii Questions

Hi guys, this is my first post, apologies for it being long, the paragraph below sums my situation up if you can’t be bothered reading. Go easy on me, I am...

Hi guys, this is my first post, apologies for it being long, the paragraph below...

Ruaraidh

•4 years ago

11 Replies

Aspirin

Hi has taking aspirin caused anyone to have high blood pressure?

Kit2000

•4 years ago

1 Reply

New on system and new diagnosis

Hello I’m new to this as have only been diagnosed with narrowing of mid LAD diagonal branch of 90% I feel in shock and have cried I don’t feel unwell ( well...

Hello I’m new to this as have only been diagnosed with narrowing of mid LAD diag...

Kit2000

•4 years ago

20 Replies

Abdominal exercises in cardiac rehab?

Hi, I’m 4 wks post stent and HA. I have cardiac rehab online and can start the strength exercises. It’s all upper body so far. As I’ve been so inactive my back...

Hi, I’m 4 wks post stent and HA. I have cardiac rehab online and can start the s...

KirstyDC300

•4 years ago

5 Replies

Travel Insurance advice

I had my yearly echo for the bicuspid aortic stenosis that I was diagnosed with last year and thankfully no change. Last week I was at the docs with a totally...

I had my yearly echo for the bicuspid aortic stenosis that I was diagnosed with ...

MacRodney

•4 years ago

4 Replies

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All posts for July 2020

Help with Statins

Tight chest

Ef

Coronary calcium scoring

Db

Post Stents

Heart Haiku - Issue 2!

Is feeling dizzy normal after surgery?

Joke

Terrible letter, good result.!!!

Aorta enlargement

Breathless

My doctors are refusing to read my ECGs, even from when I'm symptomatic - help needed!

Anyone else suffering with daily palpitations out there?

Life after ticagrelor

Amlodipine - increased dose - overdosing - effects - waxing lyrical

I’m lost, what can I do and what am I just worrying about.

Coming off Amioderone

6 weeks after heart bypass

Confused after loosing my mum to SADS

Coronary artery spasm

Set back AVR 4/7/20

Insurance

Bio-oil - is it worth using?

Link for cardio rehab

Mobitz Type ii Questions

Aspirin

New on system and new diagnosis

Abdominal exercises in cardiac rehab?

Travel Insurance advice

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