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AVR - 1 year on!

Hello, It's been a year ago today since my OHS. What a year it's been, with ups and downs, starting a new job, feeling exhausted, wondering if I'd ever find...

Hello, It's been a year ago today since my OHS. What a year it's been, with ups ...

Coper10

•2 years ago

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Foods to avoid after heart attack and stent fitted

Hi there. Has anyone had any advice from the cardiac team about any foods to avoid? I'm on aspirin, clopidogrel, beta blockers, BP tablets and statins. I know...

Hi there. Has anyone had any advice from the cardiac team about any foods to av...

MrsSuzuki

•2 years ago

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Medication changes. Trying to keep positive.

My cardiologist for the first time has deleted a couple of meds, Nicorandil 20mg twice a day and Isosorbide 120mg day. Plus swapped Metopolol 75mg twice a day...

My cardiologist for the first time has deleted a couple of meds, Nicorandil 20mg...

MONIREN

•2 years ago

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Heart failure

Is confusion a sign of advanced heart failure?

frankpatch

•2 years ago

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Palpitations, sudden rapid heart rate, dizziness

Hi all, newbie here 🖐🏻 It’s been great reading posts for similar symptoms! Although it’s not good, it’s been comforting reading about people in the same boat...

Hi all, newbie here 🖐🏻 It’s been great reading posts for similar symptoms! Alt...

Lau5

•2 years ago

17 Replies

Concerned for my mum

Hi there My mum was discharged from hospital on 17th March having had triple bypass surgery (CABG ) however, contracted an infection in the first week home....

Hi there My mum was discharged from hospital on 17th March having had triple by...

Jezabelle85

•2 years ago

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Echocardiogram

Hi, just wondering how long others ha e waited to have one?

Catloveruk

•2 years ago

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propanol beta blocker

anyone got any advise on propanol beta blockers on 5mg 3 times a day for my condition of SVT and pots and 4 weeks in and i have the most horrific stomach...

anyone got any advise on propanol beta blockers on 5mg 3 times a day for my cond...

Supernerogirl

•2 years ago

4 Replies

LFT Reminder

Just a quick reminder that today is your last chance to order free Lateral Flow Tests (LFT) provided you haven't done so in the last three days. My contact...

Just a quick reminder that today is your last chance to order free Lateral Flow...

MichaelJH

Heart Star•2 years ago

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Struggling to cope with heart failure, help!

Hi all Looking for support or advice. I had a heart attack August 2021, long story short, it was six hours before I got an ambulance to the hospital where I...

Hi all Looking for support or advice. I had a heart attack August 2021, long sto...

Independent123

•2 years ago

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Ectopic heartbeat

I've been told recently that I have heart failure with a poor left ventricle flow. That shocked me and I have been taking my blood pressure regularly. Recently...

I've been told recently that I have heart failure with a poor left ventricle flo...

Hidden

•2 years ago

1 Reply

Dry throat

Hi everyone, Firstly thank you to everyone who replied to my post earlier this year when I started on statins. I felt very supported. I’ve not had any of the...

Hi everyone, Firstly thank you to everyone who replied to my post earlier this ...

KnitNana

•2 years ago

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Pain along sternum 2 years after open heart surgery

Hi guys and gals hope I find you all well I was just wondering if any of you who have had open heart surgery still get pain or tenderness along the...

Hi guys and gals hope I find you all well I was just wondering if any of you who...

Dan33ynwa

•2 years ago

1 Reply

Pacemaker implant.

In simple Kiwi language. Undergoing a pacemaker implant is a peace of cake. Colin.

In simple Kiwi language. Undergoing a pacemaker implant is a peace of cake. Coli...

Alphakiwi

•2 years ago

2 Replies

Thursday Thinker

On my small holding I keep chicken, pigs and goats. Apart from chickens I gave three more animals. Apart from pigs I have four more animals. Apart from...

On my small holding I keep chicken, pigs and goats. Apart from chickens I gave ...

MichaelJH

Heart Star•2 years ago

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4% to 51-% ejection fraction

Shocked that my ejection fraction went from 4% to 51 % and proof if required was set on dien only to be trust back for wat am not sure 🤔

Shocked that my ejection fraction went from 4% to 51 % and proof if required was...

Backisawthelight

•2 years ago

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Gastro cause fast heart rate

Hi there everyone. Is there any link between GERD and fast heart rate. Here's my personal experience. It happens many time especially when I'm about to......

Hi there everyone. Is there any link between GERD and fast heart rate. Here's m...

Amr29

•2 years ago

11 Replies

Hello, new to the forum

Hi everyone, new member here. I've been reading a lot of posts on the forums, and it's good to know I'm not the only one having problems with medication after...

Hi everyone, new member here. I've been reading a lot of posts on the forums, an...

MrsSuzuki

•2 years ago

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Hello - I'm new on here.

Hello to you all - this is my first post, and I'm hoping someone out there will have had (or be having) a similar experience to mine. I had a HA in May last...

Hello to you all - this is my first post, and I'm hoping someone out there will ...

FleetCaptain

•2 years ago

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Booked in for angiogram/angioplasty Tuesday

Had heart issues ‘angina’ for 16 years now 4th angiogram believes 2 stent’s now needed, even though been here before, I am worried about procedure. Having mvd...

Had heart issues ‘angina’ for 16 years now 4th angiogram believes 2 stent’s now ...

Abergele

•2 years ago

19 Replies

BNP Blood Test

Hello been reading that this test is given in relation to Heart Failure, just wondering if this is an early Diagnosis Test or is used throughout the...

Hello been reading that this test is given in relation to Heart Failure, just w...

Prada47

•2 years ago

14 Replies

Heart muscle damage and ef 45%

Hello lovely people, I’m hoping for some advice. I had a mitral valve replacement last year due to regurgitation and then a redo replacement 10 weeks ago due...

Hello lovely people, I’m hoping for some advice. I had a mitral valve replaceme...

Anon2023

•2 years ago

25 Replies

Non use of abbreviation is better for all

Quite often I am baffled by encountering medical terminology used as abbreviation. Some I understand but others I can't. The best option , in my opinion is to...

Quite often I am baffled by encountering medical terminology used as abbreviatio...

nilmonisikdar40

•2 years ago

37 Replies

Waiting for surgery

Hi all, I'm new here. I had AF about 5 years ago which was a one off and required no intervention. Luckily this revealed that I have a bicuspid aortic valve...

Hi all, I'm new here. I had AF about 5 years ago which was a one off and requir...

geeman7

•2 years ago

6 Replies

Worried for my father

My father aged 58 had a widow maker heart attack in September 2020 and had initially ignored symptoms leading to delayed angioplasty by 4 days, where two...

My father aged 58 had a widow maker heart attack in September 2020 and had initi...

Stal1992

•2 years ago

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KNEE/HIP PAIN WITH CANDERSARTAN

I've been on the highest dose of Candersartan (32mg) and have developed really terrible knee and hip pain. Does anyone know if this is a common side effect....

I've been on the highest dose of Candersartan (32mg) and have developed really ...

kitkats

•2 years ago

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Is a wide fluctuation in BP readings normal?

Right, so as a last resort my GP has put me on Cozaar comp a combination drug in which one component should conteract adverse effects of the other. I started...

Right, so as a last resort my GP has put me on Cozaar comp a combination drug in...

plantsperson

•2 years ago

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Pacemaker

I would like to thank everyone for their kind comments and very informative information on pacemakers , it’s made my wife more confident and less nervous...

I would like to thank everyone for their kind comments and very informative inf...

Becbux

•2 years ago

3 Replies

Hystoscopy

Has anyone had this done ?Wondering about local and general anaethetic in relation to this. Pelvic exam. was pretty traumatiuc so not looking forward to...

Has anyone had this done ?Wondering about local and general anaethetic in relati...

10gingercats

•2 years ago

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All posts for March 2022

AVR - 1 year on!

Foods to avoid after heart attack and stent fitted

Medication changes. Trying to keep positive.

Heart failure

Palpitations, sudden rapid heart rate, dizziness

Concerned for my mum

Echocardiogram

propanol beta blocker

LFT Reminder

Struggling to cope with heart failure, help!

Ectopic heartbeat

Dry throat

Pain along sternum 2 years after open heart surgery

Pacemaker implant.

Thursday Thinker

4% to 51-% ejection fraction

Gastro cause fast heart rate

Hello, new to the forum

Hello - I'm new on here.

Booked in for angiogram/angioplasty Tuesday

BNP Blood Test

Heart muscle damage and ef 45%

Non use of abbreviation is better for all

Waiting for surgery

Worried for my father

KNEE/HIP PAIN WITH CANDERSARTAN

Is a wide fluctuation in BP readings normal?

Pacemaker

Hystoscopy

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