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What can I eat!?!?!?

As the title says... what can I eat. I’m 8stone 2 and 5ft 4... bmi is 19 I think. I eat really healthy anyway diet very low on sat fat . No red meat. No snaky...

As the title says... what can I eat. I’m 8stone 2 and 5ft 4... bmi is 19 I think...

Forestdweller

•4 years ago

12 Replies

Can You Have Too Much GTN Spray?

Hello, I have this Glyceryl Trinitrate spray that I am supposed to use if I get a pain. I have used it a couple of times, when I thought I had a pain, but it...

Hello, I have this Glyceryl Trinitrate spray that I am supposed to use if I get ...

CarlGreen

•4 years ago

8 Replies

Mitral Valve surgery date

Well, I finally have a date for Mitral Valve surgery! Feel pleased to finally get a date but reality has now struck... yeek I’m scared!!

Well, I finally have a date for Mitral Valve surgery! Feel pleased to finally ge...

Purple1935

•4 years ago

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Is it possible to stent four arterial blockages in one angioplasty?

My dad (62) has at least four significant arterial blockages (over 70%) one of which is in his LAD. He's scheduled for an angioplasty tomorrow and possible...

My dad (62) has at least four significant arterial blockages (over 70%) one of w...

Worried_For_Dad

•4 years ago

24 Replies

Overlapping stents and chest pain niggles after exercise

My cardiologist is phoning me later today to discuss my intermittent chest pain niggles over the last nearly 2 weeks (at rest and with exercise). I eventually...

My cardiologist is phoning me later today to discuss my intermittent chest pain ...

jon22

•4 years ago

3 Replies

Befriending

Hello everyone! I have recently been discharged after open heart surgery and am feeling isolated. Contacted cardiac rehab but I do not fit criteria for help....

Hello everyone! I have recently been discharged after open heart surgery and am...

Nannyjenny

•4 years ago

11 Replies

Post appointment

well met with the surgeon who gonna deal with me yesterday looking forward to finding out what lay ahead and the results of my angiogram which I was told at...

well met with the surgeon who gonna deal with me yesterday looking forward to fi...

Tiddles1959

•4 years ago

2 Replies

Heart bypass

Hi guys Looking for some advice. My Dad is having a heart bypass at Southampton hospital next Tuesday. Up until his sudden heart attack earlier this year he...

Hi guys Looking for some advice. My Dad is having a heart bypass at Southampton ...

Mish-da

•4 years ago

28 Replies

Amlopidine question

I have just been prescribed Amlopidine for high blood pressure. Have read up and says one of the side effects can be extreme tiredness. Anyone else had issues...

I have just been prescribed Amlopidine for high blood pressure. Have read up and...

Maz2511

•4 years ago

9 Replies

Update following aorta valve replacement

This site and the people on it were a big help to me before my surgery so I thought I would share my experiences post surgery. It's been just over 4 weeks...

This site and the people on it were a big help to me before my surgery so I thou...

Cowboy72

•4 years ago

12 Replies

Pacemaker

I have had a pacemaker fitted in February I just can't cope with it in .I am in constant pain Can't lift my both arms over my hand Been tring light exercise...

I have had a pacemaker fitted in February I just can't cope with it in .I am in...

Joseph65

•4 years ago

4 Replies

Started getting pain in my chest during the night

Only possibly over the last couple of weeks I’ve had some pretty strong chest pains during the night, it obviously wakes me up, gets to the point I’m really...

Only possibly over the last couple of weeks I’ve had some pretty strong chest pa...

Fluffybee

•4 years ago

15 Replies

Arrhythmia and recorded stress levels

I have had two fitness trackers, both of which had heart monitors and record stress levels by using heart rate variability. As I understand it, the lower the...

I have had two fitness trackers, both of which had heart monitors and record str...

NorthLeedsJohnny

•4 years ago

2 Replies

A Bad Day in the Office

One step forward... Two steps back... Just before I was going to go to physio yesterday morning one of the sisters came to change the dressing. Disaster! The...

One step forward... Two steps back... Just before I was going to go to physio ye...

MichaelJH

Heart Star•4 years ago

39 Replies

Gadget

Hi everyone hope you are all riding this covid 19 malarkey out okay. I wonder if anyone can recommend a gizmo for idiots that I can wear on my arm to read my...

Hi everyone hope you are all riding this covid 19 malarkey out okay. I wonder if...

stillaboveground

•4 years ago

12 Replies

shielding hearties

Just wondered if people are still shielding due to covid?

Debee28

•4 years ago

18 Replies

Hello and Help

Hello I'm 67 had a heart attack 9 months ago 3 stents taking various medicines not had any cardiac support due to Covid not sure how I'm doing but really don't...

Hello I'm 67 had a heart attack 9 months ago 3 stents taking various medicines n...

Hidden

•4 years ago

4 Replies

Got myself a cardioscan

Just got delivery of a cardioscan, it's going to be my best friend for the next 28 days. Advised it is better than having all those annoying electrode wires,...

Just got delivery of a cardioscan, it's going to be my best friend for the next ...

Dicky-ticker

•4 years ago

6 Replies

Cant afford my meds and the doctors say there's nothing we can do and the NHS says the same ,I need help

My question is I need help my husband has had medication for 12 years for is heart as it runs in the family heart attacks, now my tax credits has stopped...

My question is I need help my husband has had medication for 12 years for is ...

Tissot1

•4 years ago

47 Replies

Cannot cope with the cop out of excuses and the way you are treated if you cannot tolerate tablets like the Majority.

I have had a letter from my electro physiologist to my cardiologist stating that an ICD would not be appropriate in any situation in somebody who is unable to...

I have had a letter from my electro physiologist to my cardiologist stating that...

Brandibell

•4 years ago

14 Replies

Newbie - Heart wall thickening

Hi All, saw a consultant yesterday after some tests and MRI and got told I have mild heart wall thickening, high blood pressure (170/110) and high heart rate....

Hi All, saw a consultant yesterday after some tests and MRI and got told I have ...

n0rthernm0nkey

•4 years ago

9 Replies

Newbie with a stent

Hi all - I've joined the CHD club it seems and TBH its all been a huge shock. Had a stent fitted two weeks ago - but not feeling massive improvement yet....

Hi all - I've joined the CHD club it seems and TBH its all been a huge shock. H...

s3pc

•4 years ago

9 Replies

In hospital now - questions for consultant.

Hi I’m new here. Referred by GP after collapse. Partial intermittent blockage left ventricle Still investigating. Just had MRI today. Awaiting consultant...

Hi I’m new here. Referred by GP after collapse. Partial intermittent blockage l...

Lightspeed

•4 years ago

5 Replies

Stabbing pain in non-donor thigh after bypass

Hello, I had an off-pump quintuple bypass 20 days ago and am now recuperating at home. I'm aged 58 and Type 1 diabetic for 35 yrs. At the angiogram, after...

Hello, I had an off-pump quintuple bypass 20 days ago and am now recuperating at...

Quintuplebypass

•4 years ago

6 Replies

Withdrawals from Bisoprolol 1.25mg

Hi I recently stopped taking Bisoprolol 1.25mg as advices by my dr because I was feeling very light headed on them I have been taking them for about 8 months...

Hi I recently stopped taking Bisoprolol 1.25mg as advices by my dr because I was...

JodieG290195

•4 years ago

3 Replies

Joke

My wife and i went to see a magician who was brilliant. He did lots of illusions and tricks .We went to see him after the show .I asked him how he did a...

My wife and i went to see a magician who was brilliant. He did lots of illusions...

Sanpedro2019

•4 years ago

2 Replies

candestartan v ramipril

Heart attack and stents 2 months ago. So now its a question of eliminating which which drug makes me feel ill if indeed it is one of the drugs. Nausea and...

Heart attack and stents 2 months ago. So now its a question of eliminating which...

cakesandbakes

•4 years ago

2 Replies

Update on mobility scooter

It arrived last week (3 weeks early!) and I’ve been nervous about using it. Yesterday we went for a walk down by the river and it was beautiful so we went...

It arrived last week (3 weeks early!) and I’ve been nervous about using it. Yest...

Maisie2014

•4 years ago

6 Replies

Aortic Aneurysm

I have just been diagnosed with a 5.4cm abdominal aortic aneurysm. What are the implications of this?

I have just been diagnosed with a 5.4cm abdominal aortic aneurysm. What are the ...

Stlucas

•4 years ago

4 Replies

cardiovascular disease

I'm new to this site . Had aortic valve replacement in May, age 84, seems to be lacking in problems so far. but CDV that seemed of little consequence when...

I'm new to this site . Had aortic valve replacement in May, age 84, seems to b...

LBCdance

•4 years ago

1 Reply

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All posts for September 2020

What can I eat!?!?!?

Can You Have Too Much GTN Spray?

Mitral Valve surgery date

Is it possible to stent four arterial blockages in one angioplasty?

Overlapping stents and chest pain niggles after exercise

Befriending

Post appointment

Heart bypass

Amlopidine question

Update following aorta valve replacement

Pacemaker

Started getting pain in my chest during the night

Arrhythmia and recorded stress levels

A Bad Day in the Office

Gadget

shielding hearties

Hello and Help

Got myself a cardioscan

Cant afford my meds and the doctors say there's nothing we can do and the NHS says the same ,I need help

Cannot cope with the cop out of excuses and the way you are treated if you cannot tolerate tablets like the Majority.

Newbie - Heart wall thickening

Newbie with a stent

In hospital now - questions for consultant.

Stabbing pain in non-donor thigh after bypass

Withdrawals from Bisoprolol 1.25mg

Joke

candestartan v ramipril

Update on mobility scooter

Aortic Aneurysm

cardiovascular disease

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