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Changing diet due to Angina

Since being told I have angina and starting medication, I have refrained from eating meat and dairy cheese. Opting for a plant based diet. My concern is that...

Since being told I have angina and starting medication, I have refrained from ea...

KimB68

•1 year ago

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Cvd looking for help

Hi all have found out I have cardiovascular disease and am asking if I am in the right place to find out more about it and see how others cope. Thank you

Hi all have found out I have cardiovascular disease and am asking if I am in the...

bonny64

•1 year ago

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bypass scar

do you cover your scar or are you proud I’m 45 and nearly 4 weeks post op but find anything I wear you can see my scar do I embrace it

do you cover your scar or are you proud I’m 45 and nearly 4 weeks post op but fi...

Gillw1978

•1 year ago

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Income while recovering from surgery

Hi everyone, hope your weeks have started well. There's a little of Spring in the air around where I live, which is lovely to see. Having left a job at the...

Hi everyone, hope your weeks have started well. There's a little of Spring in th...

LadyZ13

•1 year ago

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Newly Diagnosed

I have just been told I have early stage cardiac failure, and am a bit afraid of what may happen. My doctor believes it may be connected to a Takotbuso event...

I have just been told I have early stage cardiac failure, and am a bit afraid of...

LakelandLassie

•1 year ago

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Inr dropping.

hi. I’m wondering if you have any ideas. For the last 6 weeks my Inr has continued to drop for no apparent reason. It’s now down to 2 (range is 2.5 to 3.5) and...

hi. I’m wondering if you have any ideas. For the last 6 weeks my Inr has continu...

Anon2023

•1 year ago

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Climbing the walls after perfusion scan

Had triple by pass 2019 followed by 1 stent 3 weeks later. Have had periods of unstable angina ever since. Cardiac team have tried to get to the source of the...

Had triple by pass 2019 followed by 1 stent 3 weeks later. Have had periods of ...

Worling

•1 year ago

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cold left leg above ankle

hi there im 5 mths post quad bypass still have numbness on left breast but just recently I have cold sensation just above left ankle where artery was taken for...

hi there im 5 mths post quad bypass still have numbness on left breast but just ...

Charl70

•1 year ago

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Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy

I am 71 years of age with diagnosis of heart failure NYHA1, asymptomatic, but with LBBB PQRS of 162, ef of 41% and dense mideall fibrosis. I have been asked...

I am 71 years of age with diagnosis of heart failure NYHA1, asymptomatic, but wi...

Finaus

•1 year ago

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Tachycardia

Hi again . Struggling to make sense of my symptoms. I was just sitting quietly when I started feeling unwell and noticed my heart rate going up from 80 to 108...

Hi again . Struggling to make sense of my symptoms. I was just sitting quietly ...

Maltise

•1 year ago

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Newest Grandson has arrived today 💙

Hi all Did say I would announce glad tidings here! Both Mother and baby doing well. No 3 for us and for my eldest son and daughter-in-law. He just phoned...

Hi all Did say I would announce glad tidings here! Both Mother and baby doing...

Hidden

•1 year ago

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Skipped beats and aniexity

Heart flapping around quite some. Is it a sign if things getting worse? I have heart failure and have been getting quite some extra beats in the ticker. Hop...

Heart flapping around quite some. Is it a sign if things getting worse? I have h...

Hidden

•1 year ago

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BHF link to C25K - running for non runners as a health and cardiovascular improvement programme.

I'm sure becoming a runner is not on everyone's agenda but the NHS programme and App Couch 2 5k is signposted by BHF as a suitable progressive exercise...

I'm sure becoming a runner is not on everyone's agenda but the NHS programme an...

Chinkoflight

•1 year ago

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New to this

So i am totally new to this. I have a blood clot on my lung and i have also been diagnosed with AF. The nurses and doctors give you so much information...

So i am totally new to this. I have a blood clot on my lung and i have also been...

Kat18778

•1 year ago

1 Reply

Life Insurance Help

Hi all, Recently posted about life insurance and struggling to get a good deal. Thanks for everyone’s comments to give me some reassurance. I have just...

Hi all, Recently posted about life insurance and struggling to get a good deal...

Colin86

•1 year ago

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Travel Insurance

Hi I had an ICD fitted in November.. you might see quite a few questions from me. May I thank people in advance that have taken time out to answer. We...

Hi I had an ICD fitted in November.. you might see quite a few questions from ...

Arianalilly

•1 year ago

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car insurance

will my car insurance increase now I have an ICD

Arianalilly

•1 year ago

23 Replies

Tendinitis, is it caused by statins?

I’d never had tendinitis in my elbow, I’ve been working out for 18 years, and after taking statin i started having tendinitis that last for 6 months, then I...

I’d never had tendinitis in my elbow, I’ve been working out for 18 years, and af...

Edsonmontibeller

•1 year ago

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Just a thought... Parsley to cancel out alcohol when on warfarin?! :D

Hey guys! So, it's happened, I am now on warfarin :( First time I have been put on a drug and not happy to do so. I'm mainly reluctant because I'm a very...

Hey guys! So, it's happened, I am now on warfarin :( First time I have been put...

MarmiteB

•1 year ago

29 Replies

Travel insurance advice

Hi folks looking to go to Australia and Japan ( to see our son)later in the year, I have been shopping around trying different companies for travel insurance,...

Hi folks looking to go to Australia and Japan ( to see our son)later in the year...

Ninja1000

•1 year ago

6 Replies

Aortic aneurysm

How do they test to see if you have an abdominal aortic aneurysm?

trixie100

•1 year ago

7 Replies

Stress/ anxiety's impact on peri and myocarditis?

I've had such brilliant support and information from my first post, thank you everyone who's taken to time to reply. I've got a follow up question.. as I'm sat...

I've had such brilliant support and information from my first post, thank you ev...

OpenMind1

•1 year ago

7 Replies

medical therapy not worked

hello I’ve been posting about this med - diltiazem- as it was a last chance with very little hope of surgery being done (rarely if at all done in UK). I gave...

hello I’ve been posting about this med - diltiazem- as it was a last chance wit...

Hidden

•1 year ago

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AF with bad ankle and back therefore problems exercising.

I am now almost never in normal Heart rhythm. It is eitherA/F, or supraventricular,or unclassified. I have a permanently swollen outer left ankle (scan says...

I am now almost never in normal Heart rhythm. It is eitherA/F, or supraventricu...

GrannyE

•1 year ago

8 Replies

Can any explain???

I been in hf for 3 years, my cardologies has said I am stable but I still have all the same issues??

I been in hf for 3 years, my cardologies has said I am stable but I still have a...

Mdent67

•1 year ago

3 Replies

Amitriptyline: could abdominal pain be a side effect?

I haven't posted a question for quite a while. I have been prescribed Amitriptyline to reduce the neuropathic pain in my left leg as I was refused surgery to...

I haven't posted a question for quite a while. I have been prescribed Amitripty...

Astronomyrules

•1 year ago

13 Replies

In need of Reassurance

Hello to all you lovely hearties out there. My dad is a fellow hearty and has dilated cardiomyopathy, like myself but his symptoms manifest differently to my...

Hello to all you lovely hearties out there. My dad is a fellow hearty and has d...

MummaSoap

•1 year ago

4 Replies

Slow heart rate.

Hi all, this is my first post, Just seeking your thoughts. I am a 49 y.o female, non smoker, average weight & fitness. About this time last week I felt very...

Hi all, this is my first post, Just seeking your thoughts. I am a 49 y.o female,...

PurpleRain73

•1 year ago

27 Replies

hello. I have a stenosis aorta valve .

my stenosis aorta valve has progressed to moderate and in the next couple of years I will need surgery. My question to people who have had this surgery to...

my stenosis aorta valve has progressed to moderate and in the next couple of yea...

netie54

•1 year ago

16 Replies

Verapamil side effects

Hi, this is my first post to the community. I'm on verapamil 120mg for multi focal ventricular ectopy and have developed burning lower legs at night, starting...

Hi, this is my first post to the community. I'm on verapamil 120mg for multi fo...

Silhillian21

•1 year ago

3 Replies

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All posts for February 2023

Changing diet due to Angina

Cvd looking for help

bypass scar

Income while recovering from surgery

Newly Diagnosed

Inr dropping.

Climbing the walls after perfusion scan

cold left leg above ankle

Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy

Tachycardia

Newest Grandson has arrived today 💙

Skipped beats and aniexity

BHF link to C25K - running for non runners as a health and cardiovascular improvement programme.

New to this

Life Insurance Help

Travel Insurance

car insurance

Tendinitis, is it caused by statins?

Just a thought... Parsley to cancel out alcohol when on warfarin?! :D

Travel insurance advice

Aortic aneurysm

Stress/ anxiety's impact on peri and myocarditis?

medical therapy not worked

AF with bad ankle and back therefore problems exercising.

Can any explain???

Amitriptyline: could abdominal pain be a side effect?

In need of Reassurance

Slow heart rate.

hello. I have a stenosis aorta valve .

Verapamil side effects

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