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Changing Chemist

Anyone else try to change chemist but to be told they were not accepting new patients for the time being?

Anyone else try to change chemist but to be told they were not accepting new pat...

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•4 years ago

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NHS back on track !!

Hello I had a telephone consultation with my GP yesterday, she decided I needed an X Ray on my left hip. I was told to phone the GP X Ray service at my...

Hello I had a telephone consultation with my GP yesterday, she decided I neede...

Prada47

•4 years ago

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Hibiscus Tea

Hello has anyone found this tea to be held up in reduction of BP? I am starting this and green Tea in an effort to help reduce my BP and hopefully avoid any...

Hello has anyone found this tea to be held up in reduction of BP? I am starting...

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•4 years ago

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Dental exam before AV surgery.

I had my AVR pre- op assessment yesterday. I was surprised to be told a dental check is necessary as part of the pre- op work- up. No one had mentioned this...

I had my AVR pre- op assessment yesterday. I was surprised to be told a dental c...

tapfoot

•4 years ago

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Irregular heartbeat

5yrs ago I was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat which happened now & again. In Jan this year it was happening more frequently & I saw a consultant who...

5yrs ago I was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat which happened now & again....

Britishgas

•4 years ago

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Aftercare from heart bypass

Im age single female age 50 and live alone. who has under gone a heart pass bk in feb. Along side other conditions. Im diabetic and that changed to having to...

Im age single female age 50 and live alone. who has under gone a heart pass bk i...

Dancer2759

•4 years ago

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Face Masks mandatory from 24th in shops

Hi All, what is the general consensus on this? 4 months too late? a good idea? I cant find any information on the medical exemptions if any? Thoughts?? Edited...

Hi All, what is the general consensus on this? 4 months too late? a good idea? I...

Smarticus

•4 years ago

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Hf ef 10%

Scoopdogg

•4 years ago

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aspirin and diverticulosis

ongoing abdomen cramps and frequent toilet visits for the last 2 months.. which i believe is an exacerbation of my diverticulitis..originally thought the...

ongoing abdomen cramps and frequent toilet visits for the last 2 months.. which ...

Manhattan1

•4 years ago

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Do you ALWAYS read the package insert - every new arrival of repeat prescriptions?

I confess I'd let that slip after the first two months I was on Bisoprolol 1.25mg once a day. I refilled my dispenser box (7x3dy compartments in a 'wallet' so...

I confess I'd let that slip after the first two months I was on Bisoprolol 1.25m...

Sunnie2day

•4 years ago

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DVLA and when can I drive.

Hi all, I wonder if any of you can help. My husband has had aortic valve replacement on 27/5 and we were wondering when he can or is allowed to drive and if...

Hi all, I wonder if any of you can help. My husband has had aortic valve replace...

Jewel7

•4 years ago

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Feel wires in my chest

It has been 10 months since my successful valve replacement surgery. I am now doing more at home exercises, not only for my mental health but to build up my...

It has been 10 months since my successful valve replacement surgery. I am now d...

Lisp27

•4 years ago

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BP bottom reading

Hi, I have had a few dizzy spells recently so thought my BP might be low. Ive therefore been checking it morning and night and Ive only actually had one low...

Hi, I have had a few dizzy spells recently so thought my BP might be low. Ive th...

HHH2017

•4 years ago

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Natural remedies AF?

Last post explained my phobias, anxiety disorder etc. Meds not worked for AF..has anyone tried any natural remedies that have worked please?

Last post explained my phobias, anxiety disorder etc. Meds not worked for AF..ha...

Peugeot207pwv

•4 years ago

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AF Anxiety, panic, depression

Had AF diagnosed last September & hospitalised for 5 days last year. Meds do not seem to have worked. Docs in France are very difficult to deal with as don’t...

Had AF diagnosed last September & hospitalised for 5 days last year. Meds do not...

Peugeot207pwv

•4 years ago

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Just home from hospital !!

I’d had chest pain, down both arms across shoulders and my back, that just wouldn’t shift with the GTN spray. Ambulance, morphine and goodness knows what else...

I’d had chest pain, down both arms across shoulders and my back, that just would...

Fluffybee

•4 years ago

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Has anyone taken a flight yet

Has anyone with post op heart problems taken a flight after lockdown restrictions have been eased. Longing to go and see my daughter in Scotland I.e internal...

Has anyone with post op heart problems taken a flight after lockdown restriction...

Pollypuss

•4 years ago

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Did I have a heart attack?

Last night at around 3am, I was woken by extreme pain. I was laying on my right side, when suddenly it felt like someone was sitting on my left side. Intense...

Last night at around 3am, I was woken by extreme pain. I was laying on my right ...

Sensei_Mark

•4 years ago

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Coming off Apixaban

Hello I had an AFib episode at the end of February this year that took me to AE and lasted about 6 hrs. Consultant asked me to take blood thinners for 4...

Hello I had an AFib episode at the end of February this year that took me to AE...

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•4 years ago

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Night time lower bpm rate for improved sleep

Hi everyone, I've just had a 3rd PM interrogation & it is working as it should do I am assured. I was a tad surprised when told I was being paced at 98%...

Hi everyone, I've just had a 3rd PM interrogation & it is working as it should...

Stumpy47

•4 years ago

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Warfarin INR home testing kits

Hi has any one bought a home testing kit?i just wondered if they were any good?and which are the best?thanks

Hi has any one bought a home testing kit?i just wondered if they were any good?a...

Lyndon68

•4 years ago

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Amlodipine side effects

Hi anyone had shortness of breath / palpitations/ feeling nausea I’ve been on these a week and a half just a low dosage 5mg I thought about trying another...

Hi anyone had shortness of breath / palpitations/ feeling nausea I’ve been on t...

2stents

•4 years ago

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Cardio - vascular dementia

Hi everyone. Last weds i had a Memory Clinic nursre visit me at home to give me results of Memory Test and Brain Scan. This was delayed the results from tests...

Hi everyone. Last weds i had a Memory Clinic nursre visit me at home to give me...

Saracencat

•4 years ago

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Has anybody put on weight taking lansoprazole

I have been taking lansoprazole for 6 months as I have a persistent cough which has helped but I have put on over a stone in weight has anyone experienced this...

I have been taking lansoprazole for 6 months as I have a persistent cough which ...

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•4 years ago

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Waiting room door well & truly open: Aortic Valve and Aneurysm surgery in 12 days!

After 5 and a half years of annual, 6 & 3 monthly scans etc. my waiting room door has been thrown open by my surgeon - I have today been given a surgery date....

After 5 and a half years of annual, 6 & 3 monthly scans etc. my waiting room doo...

StevepH2012

•4 years ago

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Short Angina. Advice please

I would be most appreciative of any comments or advice. I have been getting possible Angina pains when walking up even slight inclines but they usually last...

I would be most appreciative of any comments or advice. I have been getting poss...

Smileyian

•4 years ago

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9 days after AVR - deep breathing and coughing exhausting

Is this fairly common? Surgery on 4th July, all went well, first valve fitted was too large so surgeon decided to undo -removed and replaced with smaller...

Is this fairly common? Surgery on 4th July, all went well, first valve fitted wa...

Wildmeadow

•4 years ago

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Ache in left shoulder

14 weeks since HA and stent fitting. Doing really well have a cardio rehab programme and now regularly doing this,walking and yesterday did 20 minutes on my...

14 weeks since HA and stent fitting. Doing really well have a cardio rehab progr...

AI16

•4 years ago

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Ramipril Dosage

I'm on 5mg ramipril / day. My BP is normally approx 120/75 (heart rate mid 50s) so my doctor has recommended I stay at 5mg and not increase it. I know doctors...

I'm on 5mg ramipril / day. My BP is normally approx 120/75 (heart rate mid 50s) ...

gsw5700

•4 years ago

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Jokes

I am friends with 25 letters of the alphabet i dont know y ........ Would you like a roofing joke its on the house

I am friends with 25 letters of the alphabet i dont know y ........ Would you l...

Sanpedro2019

•4 years ago

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All posts for July 2020

Changing Chemist

NHS back on track !!

Hibiscus Tea

Dental exam before AV surgery.

Irregular heartbeat

Aftercare from heart bypass

Face Masks mandatory from 24th in shops

Hf ef 10%

aspirin and diverticulosis

Do you ALWAYS read the package insert - every new arrival of repeat prescriptions?

DVLA and when can I drive.

Feel wires in my chest

BP bottom reading

Natural remedies AF?

AF Anxiety, panic, depression

Just home from hospital !!

Has anyone taken a flight yet

Did I have a heart attack?

Coming off Apixaban

Night time lower bpm rate for improved sleep

Warfarin INR home testing kits

Amlodipine side effects

Cardio - vascular dementia

Has anybody put on weight taking lansoprazole

Waiting room door well & truly open: Aortic Valve and Aneurysm surgery in 12 days!

Short Angina. Advice please

9 days after AVR - deep breathing and coughing exhausting

Ache in left shoulder

Ramipril Dosage

Jokes

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