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Discomfort from ICD fitted five months ago

Hi Has anyone here had to have the ICD refitted? DH says he is in constant pain from the implant site and it is stopping him from taking walksoutside the...

Hi Has anyone here had to have the ICD refitted? DH says he is in constant pa...

waynor

•3 years ago

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Refractory Angina

Following a PET scan, I have just been advised that I have Refractory Angina and that pain management is only course of treatment available. At present I have...

Following a PET scan, I have just been advised that I have Refractory Angina and...

Gibson01

•3 years ago

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One year on.

My elective heart surgery went badly wrong and cost me an arm and a leg. I remember being told, while pinned to the bed, that, a year from now, I would be...

My elective heart surgery went badly wrong and cost me an arm and a leg. I remem...

Tickertalker

•3 years ago

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Coping after heart attack mentally

How do people cope after heart attack as I’m struggling with anxiety since

Jansox

•3 years ago

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Mechanical aortic replacement or tissue valve...help

I'm literally in hospital for aortic valve replacement...surgery postponed for 24 hours because of ITU beds. When signing the consent for the junior doctor...

I'm literally in hospital for aortic valve replacement...surgery postponed for 2...

Flymetothebeach

•3 years ago

23 Replies

High Cholesterol

Hi, anyone else experience high cholesterol despite having a healthy weight/diet? I’m 35 and do not smoke. Currently feeling so anxious, my cholesterol is...

Hi, anyone else experience high cholesterol despite having a healthy weight/diet...

Knic

•3 years ago

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Anxiety

Help with anxiety after having heart attack 7 years ago and still suffer when ever I get pains, does anyone else have the same problem

Help with anxiety after having heart attack 7 years ago and still suffer when ev...

Jansox

•3 years ago

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Heart Haiku issue 8 available now!

Hi everyone. Just stopping by to let you know the latest issue of the zine is available for free download and, as usual, features some fantastic creative...

Hi everyone. Just stopping by to let you know the latest issue of the zine is av...

laura_dropstitch

Heart Star•3 years ago

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A trip to Canada

Hi I am seeking advice on travel insurance, June 2020 I had an unplanned trip to Papworth for an excision of left arterial myxoma which resulted in a Mitral...

Hi I am seeking advice on travel insurance, June 2020 I had an unplanned trip to...

Jarr2021

•3 years ago

1 Reply

Results of private Echocardiogram, bouncy septal motion, now I’m very very worried!

Hi guys so I had a follow up private echocardiogram last Friday and I got the results today I shall attach it in the photos. Unless I’m overlooking anything I...

Hi guys so I had a follow up private echocardiogram last Friday and I got the re...

Liam-James

•3 years ago

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Unstable Angina and blocked arterie

Evening, after many trips back and forth to accident and emergency thinking I was having a heart attack, I was finally admitted to hospital last Thursday and...

Evening, after many trips back and forth to accident and emergency thinking I wa...

Challenger2009

•3 years ago

9 Replies

Join our next Live & Ticking supporter event 'Heart Surgery Innovation' this Wednesday

On Wednesday 28 July at 4-5pm, our Live & Ticking 60th birthday special editions continue with Heart Surgery Innovation: From Idea to Reality. BHF Medical...

On Wednesday 28 July at 4-5pm, our Live & Ticking 60th birthday special editions...

Helen_BHF

•3 years ago

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Circulation I think??

Hi everyone I had a heart attack Sept 2018 with stent fitted then a double bypass Jan 2019 to be honest I've struggled ever since with various problems!! But...

Hi everyone I had a heart attack Sept 2018 with stent fitted then a double bypa...

Madge11

•3 years ago

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Pink spots from blood thinning meds??

Hi everyone! Just a query regarding some pink spots I’ve noticed here and there. They look like tiny burst capillaries if that’s the best way to describe it!...

Hi everyone! Just a query regarding some pink spots I’ve noticed here and there....

CBH192

•3 years ago

6 Replies

Not so much a question but a life skill and life saver. Help your family and friends to reach for help if they feel unwell.

Last week my great mate dropped down dead in his kitchen with a sudden heart attack. He hated the thought and mistrusted physicians to the extent he was 59 and...

Last week my great mate dropped down dead in his kitchen with a sudden heart att...

Cigarboxblues

•3 years ago

20 Replies

Headache

The doctor as put my heart medicine bisoprolol to 2.5mg because my heart keeps going to fast it’s not slowing it down enough but it’s causing me a bad...

The doctor as put my heart medicine bisoprolol to 2.5mg because my heart keeps g...

Hidden

•3 years ago

13 Replies

Parents started smoking again

Any tips on how to encourage my parents to cut back on the cigarettes? Both have heart issues (cardiac arrest, stents, several HAs and a double bypass and the...

Any tips on how to encourage my parents to cut back on the cigarettes? Both have...

Kezza80

•3 years ago

11 Replies

3 pounds off this morning at slimming world

Hi all well I’m pleased to tell u all I lost 3 pounds at slimming world this morning. I’m so chuffed it’s going in the right direction. Another good week this...

Hi all well I’m pleased to tell u all I lost 3 pounds at slimming world this mor...

buddy2blue

•3 years ago

21 Replies

Anxiety

I’m new to this forum, can anyone relate to having anxiety after their open heart surgery,.....I had a aortic value replacement 9 weeks ago and at the moment...

I’m new to this forum, can anyone relate to having anxiety after their open hear...

Michael42

•3 years ago

5 Replies

Should I have more check ups

I had a stent put in 2 years ago I went to the rehabilitation after but should I be having checkups from my doctor more regularly

I had a stent put in 2 years ago I went to the rehabilitation after but should I...

234bettyboo

•3 years ago

2 Replies

Gout pain relief

I have had gout for about a month. It started as usual in the big toe joint of my right foot. It was starting to go, when it appeared in my left foot too. It...

I have had gout for about a month. It started as usual in the big toe joint of m...

Bennydog42

•3 years ago

6 Replies

AV Node Ablation

What is life like after the procedure and being totally pacemaker dependent?

Bond33

•3 years ago

8 Replies

Whose patient am I ?

A few weeks ago I was admitted to A&E by ambulance because of heart matters. At my instigation following this incident I arranged for one of the GP’s in my...

A few weeks ago I was admitted to A&E by ambulance because of heart matters. At...

Buzzy-Beans

•3 years ago

2 Replies

cystoscopy And not trusting the doctors

I am supposed to be having cystoscopy procedure tomorrow (a camera inserted into my bladder) my doctors have made a mistake saying I am only taking 60mg...

I am supposed to be having cystoscopy procedure tomorrow (a camera inserted into...

Annemarietheknitter

•3 years ago

7 Replies

1mm of St depression and twi (t wave inversion) seen in exercise tolerance test?

1 mm of St depression and twi (t wave inversions) seen during exercise tolerance test? Anybody else have this? And if so what did cardioligist say?

1 mm of St depression and twi (t wave inversions) seen during exercise tolerance...

Dpc2019

•3 years ago

11 Replies

What does cardiac rehab class involve after mitral valve repair?

It is 3 months since my op (open heart surgery for valve repair & ablation for AF) and I have not had any cardiac rehab yet. I was meant to get notice of...

It is 3 months since my op (open heart surgery for valve repair & ablation for A...

Warm-heart

•3 years ago

23 Replies

Hi All, I’m just curious to know if Aspirin is associated with high Uric Acid and Gout, I take low level aspirin due to the PCI. Tx

Aspirin & Gout

4Stents4me

•3 years ago

2 Replies

Should I be worried

Hi, I am a 31 year old woman. Over the past two years, I have been feeling a strange tightness in my chest clenching excellerated heart rate , followed by...

Hi, I am a 31 year old woman. Over the past two years, I have been feeling a st...

ezzymzzy

•3 years ago

5 Replies

Should I take magnesium?

Hi can anyone give me advice about taking magnesium and if so in what form should it be taken? I have had two heart attacks, stents installed have high...

Hi can anyone give me advice about taking magnesium and if so in what form shoul...

patience4

•3 years ago

8 Replies

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All posts for July 2021

Discomfort from ICD fitted five months ago

Refractory Angina

One year on.

Coping after heart attack mentally

Mechanical aortic replacement or tissue valve...help

High Cholesterol

Anxiety

Heart Haiku issue 8 available now!

A trip to Canada

Results of private Echocardiogram, bouncy septal motion, now I’m very very worried!

Unstable Angina and blocked arterie

Join our next Live & Ticking supporter event 'Heart Surgery Innovation' this Wednesday

Circulation I think??

Pink spots from blood thinning meds??

Not so much a question but a life skill and life saver. Help your family and friends to reach for help if they feel unwell.

Headache

Parents started smoking again

3 pounds off this morning at slimming world

Anxiety

Should I have more check ups

Gout pain relief

AV Node Ablation

Whose patient am I ?

cystoscopy And not trusting the doctors

1mm of St depression and twi (t wave inversion) seen in exercise tolerance test?

What does cardiac rehab class involve after mitral valve repair?

Hi All, I’m just curious to know if Aspirin is associated with high Uric Acid and Gout, I take low level aspirin due to the PCI. Tx

Should I be worried

Should I take magnesium?

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