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HAPPY NEW YEAR

To everyone, and many thanks for the help I have received on here over the last 7 months ( Yes I am still new to all of this ) so, no doubt will be calling in...

To everyone, and many thanks for the help I have received on here over the last...

seamaid

•1 year ago

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Ivabradine

I have recently been put on ivabradine. And I've not had any alcohol in nearly 2 years but with it being new years eve I'm wondering if I'm able to have any...

I have recently been put on ivabradine. And I've not had any alcohol in nearly 2...

treemarks57

•1 year ago

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Happy New Year

Hey Everyone Just want to wish you a very happy and healthy new year. I didn't quite expect this year to go this way but I'm getting there. Most of you know...

Hey Everyone Just want to wish you a very happy and healthy new year. I didn't...

Valentina98

•1 year ago

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Happy New Year Hearties

Well another Year Successfully Negotiated it doesn't get any better than that, Another Year. I am sure a lot of people in our situation didn't think they...

Well another Year Successfully Negotiated it doesn't get any better than that,...

Prada47

•1 year ago

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New fear.

After 11 yrs of constant angina, angiograms and stents, I thought I was coping with the fear. I just wish life was easier. Had afternoon at hospital, while...

After 11 yrs of constant angina, angiograms and stents, I thought I was coping ...

MONIREN

•1 year ago

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The pharmacist at my surgery was going to drop down the Bisoprolol from 5 mg to 2.5 mg , but it was put hold as I got Covid , now over it ,

what I want to know is can I still drop down , can’t seem to get in touch with anyone ,

what I want to know is can I still drop down , can’t seem to get in touch with a...

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•1 year ago

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Bisoprolol

can I drop down from 5 mg Bisoprolol to 2.5 mg Bisoprolol

Hidden

•1 year ago

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A Big Thank You (angiogram/ groin post)

waiting for appointments that you are pinning so many hopes upon for answers / progress / solutions, is nerve racking and an anxious time (which in no way...

waiting for appointments that you are pinning so many hopes upon for answers / p...

Hidden

•1 year ago

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Can't get a quote for Holiday Insurance until I specify what the medication I'm taking following Bypass surgery is for.

Hi 🤗 Everyone, I've just tried to nail down a Holiday insurance quote but I've hit a brickwall and was hoping that I can tap into the wealth of knowledge of...

Hi 🤗 Everyone, I've just tried to nail down a Holiday insurance quote but I've ...

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•1 year ago

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Waking at night heart pounding ,year post op..scary

hi all, I had a triple heart bypass surgery after a heart attack a year ago. .I’m a 49 year old man ,I now live a healthy life,I quit drinking and smoking...

hi all, I had a triple heart bypass surgery after a heart attack a year ago. .I’...

233444

•1 year ago

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Update after seeing cardiologist

Good morning my hearties I saw my cardiologist yesterday. The pain in my chest is ectopics and he has started me on bisoprolol. He assured me the sensations...

Good morning my hearties I saw my cardiologist yesterday. The pain in my chest...

Familyk

•1 year ago

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Holiday insurance.

Hi Everyone 🤗, Does anyone have any advice or personal experience with regard to Holiday insurance. I had a successful double Bypass September 26th. Prior...

Hi Everyone 🤗, Does anyone have any advice or personal experience with regard t...

Hidden

•1 year ago

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New Year's Honours

Now it has been officially announced I am able tell you all that I have not been mentioned in the New Year Honours List. I had been held to secrecy up till now...

Now it has been officially announced I am able tell you all that I have not been...

MichaelJH

Heart Star•1 year ago

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I am new here, struggling with feeling lonely and feeling stuck

does anyone else since becoming sick find it extremely isolating? I was 20 ish when I first started to become unwell and my tachycardia just got worse and...

does anyone else since becoming sick find it extremely isolating? I was 20 ish...

Sophiieee

•1 year ago

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Open Heart Surgery in my Future - urrrgghh

Hi lovely hearties, hope you're all having a good betwixtmass and have managed to catch up with loved ones and indulge in small pleasures. I had my meeting...

Hi lovely hearties, hope you're all having a good betwixtmass and have managed t...

LadyZ13

•1 year ago

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Unusual odour

Good evening , i need to ask if anyone since going on medication seems to have a sense of an odour as my wife disclosed to me she has smelt it too on me. I...

Good evening , i need to ask if anyone since going on medication seems to have ...

Garypotter

•1 year ago

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Return to the rat race

Had a heart attack in October been on sick leave since then. I am meant to be going back to work sometime in January. TBH I am dreading it 😔 but I have...

Had a heart attack in October been on sick leave since then. I am meant to be go...

NDWs

•1 year ago

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Home from hospital after heart attack

Short version of my story is that on Xmas evening I had a heart attack. I had to be resuscitated twice. In the ambulance and again at the hospital while they...

Short version of my story is that on Xmas evening I had a heart attack. I had to...

Petrified46

•1 year ago

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Appointment with Cardiologist

Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing ok this festive season. I was diagnosed with extensive microvascular disease using an angiogram and pressure test in...

Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing ok this festive season. I was diagnosed w...

Wanderinglady

•1 year ago

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important to rest

I am 6 weeks into my heart bypass operation, been able to walking 8 miles per week weather permitting, but I have notice on more than one occasion do you much...

I am 6 weeks into my heart bypass operation, been able to walking 8 miles per we...

E16Pat

•1 year ago

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Pacemaker

I was sweeping the kitchen floor Monday lunch next thing I know I came to on the kitchen floor, bleeding from a gash in my forehead and a big swelling to the...

I was sweeping the kitchen floor Monday lunch next thing I know I came to on the...

Heartsofoak

•1 year ago

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angiogram through the groin

hello I’m booked in for an angiogram soon, I have had one before but through the wrist. I’m not expecting it to be through the groin but just in case was...

hello I’m booked in for an angiogram soon, I have had one before but through th...

Hidden

•1 year ago

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Ectopics

Evaluna

•1 year ago

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worried about hubbys chest pains

my husband has been having mild chest pains for months now and hasn’t told me until recently while we were visiting our daughter in Canada. The thing is this,...

my husband has been having mild chest pains for months now and hasn’t told me un...

Kimkat

•1 year ago

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feeling worried

hi I had an angiogram on the 12th December it has come back as diagnosis 2 vessel disease and I don’t really understand the diagnostic findings as they look...

hi I had an angiogram on the 12th December it has come back as diagnosis 2 vesse...

Fourwhitesheps

•1 year ago

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Diastolic dysfunction.

I have been diagnosed with diastolic dysfunction. Does anyone else have experience of this? The doctor has put me on furosemide. I worry if this leads to heart...

I have been diagnosed with diastolic dysfunction. Does anyone else have experien...

Gertied0g

•1 year ago

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Reason to be cheerful

Obvs a lot of people are really worried about heart diseases in this forum. TBH I sometimes share those concerns ... but in general I try to post positive...

Obvs a lot of people are really worried about heart diseases in this forum. TBH ...

Fish4Info

•1 year ago

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heart failure

I am new on here. I have lots of the usual symptoms with HF and have now started to sweat a lot with minimal activity and at night. I also have a constant...

I am new on here. I have lots of the usual symptoms with HF and have now started...

MSharpy

•1 year ago

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new to this

hello my mum who’s is 78 has recently been diagnosed with heart failure. Unfortunately she went to the appointment on her own so I haven’t spoke to anyone...

hello my mum who’s is 78 has recently been diagnosed with heart failure. Unfortu...

Mabel1944

•1 year ago

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AF devices

Hey everyone, My heart is permanently in Atrial Fibrillation. Does anyone have experience of products which claim to be able to tell you whenever your heart...

Hey everyone, My heart is permanently in Atrial Fibrillation. Does anyone hav...

RJH56

•1 year ago

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All posts for December 2022

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Ivabradine

Happy New Year

Happy New Year Hearties

New fear.

The pharmacist at my surgery was going to drop down the Bisoprolol from 5 mg to 2.5 mg , but it was put hold as I got Covid , now over it ,

Bisoprolol

A Big Thank You (angiogram/ groin post)

Can't get a quote for Holiday Insurance until I specify what the medication I'm taking following Bypass surgery is for.

Waking at night heart pounding ,year post op..scary

Update after seeing cardiologist

Holiday insurance.

New Year's Honours

I am new here, struggling with feeling lonely and feeling stuck

Open Heart Surgery in my Future - urrrgghh

Unusual odour

Return to the rat race

Home from hospital after heart attack

Appointment with Cardiologist

important to rest

Pacemaker

angiogram through the groin

Ectopics

worried about hubbys chest pains

feeling worried

Diastolic dysfunction.

Reason to be cheerful

heart failure

new to this

AF devices

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