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Looking for creative contributions again...

Hello! As many of you know, I've been putting together a monthly zine of short (very short!) creative contributions from people with lived experience of a...

Hello! As many of you know, I've been putting together a monthly zine of short ...

laura_dropstitch

Heart Star•4 years ago

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Getting fed up!

Hello, I'm new here and wanted to share my story. I have been suffering heart palpitations, chest pain, breathlessness and tiredness for the last 3 years and...

Hello, I'm new here and wanted to share my story. I have been suffering heart pa...

HannahCB92

•4 years ago

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Regarding chest pains and tightness

Hi all, i have been having chest pains and chest tightness for the past few months. 10 years ago i had an ablation to correct an irregular rhythm in my heart,...

Hi all, i have been having chest pains and chest tightness for the past few mont...

mikeyboy6

•4 years ago

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Salt Intolerance? with Fast Heart Beat

Hi, Sorry this is an insignificant thing to ask compared to some post I read on here, but I cooked some home made beef fried rice last night. Everything was...

Hi, Sorry this is an insignificant thing to ask compared to some post I read on ...

Hidden

•4 years ago

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Gizzmo's fitted

Hi all, I am 16 months on from my heart attack and am feeling well, thanks to a excellent cardiac team, I am kept going at the moment with the many various...

Hi all, I am 16 months on from my heart attack and am feeling well, thanks to a ...

stillaboveground

•4 years ago

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Left arm dullness chest niggles

It’s been a long time since I felt I needed you guys ❤️ I had my HA and 2 stents fitted 18-23 March this year. I had bedding in niggles for a few weeks...

It’s been a long time since I felt I needed you guys ❤️ I had my HA and 2 stent...

Sorcha1973

•4 years ago

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Beta Blockers

Hi all, I was told around a year ago that I had a thoracic aortic aneurysm that needed surgery as it was in danger of rupturing. As I knew from a blood...

Hi all, I was told around a year ago that I had a thoracic aortic aneurysm that ...

Tickertalker

•4 years ago

22 Replies

sleeping after opp

I have always found it difficult to sleep on my back. i know in my sleep if i start on my back i will turn on my side while asleep. is this going to be a...

I have always found it difficult to sleep on my back. i know in my sleep if i st...

joel132

•4 years ago

35 Replies

Mitral valve surgery

Hello, I am going to have my mitral valve repair (or possibly replacement) surgery in a few months. I am only 39, so it is quite frightening. Has anyone had a...

Hello, I am going to have my mitral valve repair (or possibly replacement) surge...

Katerina802

•4 years ago

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about recovering

hi all.. x So glad you are all there.. i go in for Avr + triple bypass tomorrow. I wanted to ask has anyone managed recovery with chronic back pain? i gather a...

hi all.. x So glad you are all there.. i go in for Avr + triple bypass tomorrow....

joel132

•4 years ago

17 Replies

Motorcycle Boot?

After an above knee (AKA) or below knee amputation (BKA) you have to wear a special stocking, called a Juzo, to help shape the stump and prevent issues like a...

After an above knee (AKA) or below knee amputation (BKA) you have to wear a spec...

MichaelJH

Heart Star•4 years ago

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Yippee I have a dental appointment

In the second week of February this year, the dentist said I needed a wisdom tooth extracted but he could not as the root is curved. He contacted the dental...

In the second week of February this year, the dentist said I needed a wisdom to...

Hidden

•4 years ago

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Upper Chest Pains

Due to chest pains I had a double bypass 11 years ago, since then I have had pains in upper chest left side. I always put them down to muscular. I had a...

Due to chest pains I had a double bypass 11 years ago, since then I have had pai...

barry009

•4 years ago

4 Replies

Stages does anyone else have getting what stage of heart disease failure they are at?

Does

RHFaCOY

•4 years ago

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Aspirin causing bruising?

I've been on 75mg of Dispersible Aspirin since before my Open Heart Surgery along with other medication. I'm finding now that I bruise really easily and quite...

I've been on 75mg of Dispersible Aspirin since before my Open Heart Surgery alon...

cjbroon

•4 years ago

14 Replies

Verapamil

Does anyone else take this and do they suffer with headaches when they do? I was taking bisoprolol for my AFIb. It was making my hands and feet extremely...

Does anyone else take this and do they suffer with headaches when they do? I wa...

Asherleymoco

•4 years ago

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Combined pills

I am 61 female and diagnosed micro vascular angina 25th June Discharged with Amlodopine 5mg and Bisoprolol 1.25 mg and Atorvastatin. I took the Atorvastatin...

I am 61 female and diagnosed micro vascular angina 25th June Discharged with Aml...

ampdolly

•4 years ago

26 Replies

Abnormal ECG but the doctor in hospital wasn’t concerned? Am left confused and worried.. Could someone help clarify these ECG results?

Hello, am 29 and female.. I don’t drink or smoke and am a healthy weight. I have a few neurological health conditions such as migraines and epilepsy and other...

Hello, am 29 and female.. I don’t drink or smoke and am a healthy weight. I have...

rhea_smith1991

•4 years ago

9 Replies

Pain after stent 8 weeks ago

Hi all. New to this site. I’ve been reading the few posts about people suffering pain after having stents fitted. I suffer pain and can’t see a doctor because...

Hi all. New to this site. I’ve been reading the few posts about people suffering...

Hidden

•4 years ago

4 Replies

Aortic stenosis

Hi all. I'm new to this forum. I was diagnosed with mild aortic stenosis and left ventricular hypertrophy about 3 years. I've had no follow up with this but...

Hi all. I'm new to this forum. I was diagnosed with mild aortic stenosis and lef...

Colliesandkitties

•4 years ago

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Pre AVR checks.

Hi all, got my angiogram, 🤞it goes well. Another step close to valve replacement t.

Hi all, got my angiogram, 🤞it goes well. Another step close to valve replaceme...

Templar889

•4 years ago

16 Replies

Diffuse coronary artery disease

Angiogram recently resulted in a diagnosis of diffuse coronary artery disease not amenable to stenting with recommended treatment beta-blockers, aspirin and...

Angiogram recently resulted in a diagnosis of diffuse coronary artery disease no...

AdamAdamant

•4 years ago

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Shoulder blade pain after HA and PCI surgery

I have now had 2 Ops to have 4 stents inserted. Treatment I received was brilliant but having pains in shoulder blades. Not constant comes and goes. This...

I have now had 2 Ops to have 4 stents inserted. Treatment I received was brillia...

Badger1955

•4 years ago

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Can systolic and diastolic readings be too close?

Can systolic and diastolic readings be too close? Can your pulse pressure be too low? Mine every now and then can be less than 20 between the two readings . ....

Can systolic and diastolic readings be too close? Can your pulse pressure be too...

Ksheo

•4 years ago

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Side effects ?

I’ve recently had Viazam XL raised from 120-240mg I hadn’t been feeling 100% nauseous and feeling strange/dizzy? I’m 99% sure it’s the side effects of the...

I’ve recently had Viazam XL raised from 120-240mg I hadn’t been feeling 100% nau...

Fluffybee

•4 years ago

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New here. Severe mitral annular calcification (MAC)

Hi I am new here. This is my second post. Echostress report states I have moderate to severe mitral annular calcification. Also mitral stenosis which is due to...

Hi I am new here. This is my second post. Echostress report states I have modera...

DizzyD

•4 years ago

5 Replies

Dealing with PTSD

Hi all, dose anyone have any advice on dealing with PTSD

Chef81

•4 years ago

24 Replies

Got an MRI date...... 🥴

Opened a letter this morning that looked like a hospital one desperately hoping for a stress MRI test !!!! It is an MRI but for my liver and gallbladder 🙄...

Opened a letter this morning that looked like a hospital one desperately hoping ...

Fluffybee

•4 years ago

13 Replies

rapid heartbeat

supraventricular tachcardia......im experiencing all the symptoms of this.been to gp had ecg over a year ago,had the 24 hr.ecg but no real symptoms at those...

supraventricular tachcardia......im experiencing all the symptoms of this.been t...

Davjak

•4 years ago

7 Replies

Leave Your Coffee Until After Breakfast

Some recent research suggests that having coffee on waking impairs your metabolism and blood glucose control:...

Some recent research suggests that having coffee on waking impairs your metaboli...

MichaelJH

Heart Star•4 years ago

27 Replies

Posts - British Heart Foundation | HealthUnlocked

British Heart Foundation

All posts for October 2020

Looking for creative contributions again...

Getting fed up!

Regarding chest pains and tightness

Salt Intolerance? with Fast Heart Beat

Gizzmo's fitted

Left arm dullness chest niggles

Beta Blockers

sleeping after opp

Mitral valve surgery

about recovering

Motorcycle Boot?

Yippee I have a dental appointment

Upper Chest Pains

Stages does anyone else have getting what stage of heart disease failure they are at?

Aspirin causing bruising?

Verapamil

Combined pills

Abnormal ECG but the doctor in hospital wasn’t concerned? Am left confused and worried.. Could someone help clarify these ECG results?

Pain after stent 8 weeks ago

Aortic stenosis

Pre AVR checks.

Diffuse coronary artery disease

Shoulder blade pain after HA and PCI surgery

Can systolic and diastolic readings be too close?

Side effects ?

New here. Severe mitral annular calcification (MAC)

Dealing with PTSD

Got an MRI date...... 🥴

rapid heartbeat

Leave Your Coffee Until After Breakfast

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