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Holter Monitor / ECG

Hey guys it's Stacey (Bruno is my nickname after my doggy). I had a 24 hour ECG monitor dine in Thursday which went back yesterday & I was just wondering how...

Hey guys it's Stacey (Bruno is my nickname after my doggy). I had a 24 hour ECG ...

Bruno89

•1 year ago

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15, 000 steps today!

Had a nice day went shopping with my mum and managed to do 15,000 steps I'd say I absolutely smashed my goal of 10,000 steps. Don't my exercise for the week...

Had a nice day went shopping with my mum and managed to do 15,000 steps I'd say ...

Yumz199725

•1 year ago

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Looking for advice please

Hello everyone, my names Steven and im 43, In need of some advice please all. I recently had an angiogram to check the levels of blockages in my vessels which...

Hello everyone, my names Steven and im 43, In need of some advice please all. I...

Stevie335

•1 year ago

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Palliative care

Hi all. Mum's GP has recently suggested involving the palliative care team for her heart failure. She was very upset and declined. It would be really useful to...

Hi all. Mum's GP has recently suggested involving the palliative care team for h...

Joluu

•1 year ago

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I saw this t-shirt today

I saw this today, it made me think of someone on this forum. 😁 Home Bargains have the fathers day stuff out already V x

I saw this today, it made me think of someone on this forum. 😁 Home Bargains h...

Valentina98

•1 year ago

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Joined today, and I think/hope just reading some posts has helped.

I have recently and quite unexpectedly had a Mitral valve repair and Aortic valve replacement. I am quite shell shocked!Really wasn't prepared for the anxiety...

I have recently and quite unexpectedly had a Mitral valve repair and Aortic valv...

Mishy2610

•1 year ago

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want to know about ICD process?

i felt ARvC. Only taking medicine treatment and would like to do ICD or something? How can I contact? Thanks.

i felt ARvC. Only taking medicine treatment and would like to do ICD or somethi...

Shein

•1 year ago

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Dapagliflozin, entresto. Has anyone been on these long term and actually felt improvements from these meds?

Feeling sleepy off the Dapa and always brain fog and spaced out from the entresto. Finding it difficult to see the benefits at times when feeling like this....

Feeling sleepy off the Dapa and always brain fog and spaced out from the entrest...

Hidden

•1 year ago

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Indapimide and Losartan

Hello Everyone, So I have been on Losartan 25mg for about 10 months,46 year old .I am fit ,Exercise extremely eat right no red meats and everything in the...

Hello Everyone, So I have been on Losartan 25mg for about 10 months,46 year old...

SonofGod

•1 year ago

1 Reply

Been to the Vets

Had to have our Cat Gucci put to sleep this morning. She had started earlier in the week walking around in circles and not understanding where she was. The...

Had to have our Cat Gucci put to sleep this morning. She had started earlier in...

Prada47

•1 year ago

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reading ecg

hi all, was hoping for some help. I had an echo scan few days back that the person who did it thinks is ok. I also had to wear a 24hrs ecg. I’ve been having...

hi all, was hoping for some help. I had an echo scan few days back that the pers...

Katwhite2

•1 year ago

1 Reply

A success story ? Could be you?

Hi - I respect all the problems / experiences forum members face . However after double cabg on 9th January 2023 ( urgent , following angiogram) my recovery...

Hi - I respect all the problems / experiences forum members face . However after...

BlindRef

•1 year ago

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Depression ?

5 years now since bypass surgery, and my depression (if that's what it is) is getting worse. Nothing ever phased me before CABG, but now... I find myself...

5 years now since bypass surgery, and my depression (if that's what it is) is ge...

Normy24

•1 year ago

18 Replies

High blood pressure

My blood pressure was 192/111 been put on tablets can i get a free bp ma hone for home and any tips on how would be great

My blood pressure was 192/111 been put on tablets can i get a free bp ma hone fo...

Naoufel123

•1 year ago

1 Reply

for once, I have a question (no rants🤣)

okay so, I’ve always been a worker but I’ve found that when Saturday hits, I pass out (sleepy). And my body gets weak, I find it hard to move, so basics like...

okay so, I’ve always been a worker but I’ve found that when Saturday hits, I pas...

Sleepybear987

•1 year ago

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To stent or not to stent ?

As a result of mild, burning angina symptoms I was scanned. I have one significant blockage in the LAD artery. How significant I just don't know because it was...

As a result of mild, burning angina symptoms I was scanned. I have one significa...

bizzy55

•1 year ago

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Adjusting to a new normality

Just a general post asking about how you all adjusted to a new normality and how long it roughly took some of you with adjusting to a new normality? I'm...

Just a general post asking about how you all adjusted to a new normality and how...

Musicw

•1 year ago

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Second Spring Quiz

So to get the brain cells ticking over!. 1. What can you put in a bucket to make it weigh less? 2. What is at the end of a rainbow? 3. What is the longest...

So to get the brain cells ticking over!. 1. What can you put in a bucket to mak...

MichaelJH

Heart Star•1 year ago

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Seeking some advice [Had numerous tests]

Hi, 48yr old male, not overweight, eat relatively healthy, but due to a back issue, limited exercise. Take no meds other than painkillers from time to time for...

Hi, 48yr old male, not overweight, eat relatively healthy, but due to a back iss...

ProfBaw

•1 year ago

11 Replies

Benefits

Does anyone claim benefits or better can heart failure groups claim benefits

Winter4519

•1 year ago

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It's an evening thing

Hey Everyone I've noticed in the evenings I get really down and fed up 😭 I've had an okay day, not done anything too stressful and I'm feeling how I felt...

Hey Everyone I've noticed in the evenings I get really down and fed up 😭 I've...

Valentina98

•1 year ago

24 Replies

Pacemaker

Would be interested to hear if anyone is living with a biventricular pacemaker as this may be an option for my heart failure.

Would be interested to hear if anyone is living with a biventricular pacemaker a...

Nanatotwo

•1 year ago

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Feedback From Pre Op

Hi I had my pre op yesterday and I said I would update when I could so here goes. About a quarter way through appointment I mentioned my infected skin under...

Hi I had my pre op yesterday and I said I would update when I could so here goes...

Shanty123

•1 year ago

21 Replies

Bit by bit

Yesterday I had a half hour session with my medical qigong teacher and he took me through all the organ health practice forms that I already know to show me...

Yesterday I had a half hour session with my medical qigong teacher and he took m...

Kuya

•1 year ago

2 Replies

Naked Heart Walks

These are starting up again in June with a four mile walk in Morecambe Bay to raise money for British Heart Foundation. Apparently they are allowing people to...

These are starting up again in June with a four mile walk in Morecambe Bay to ra...

Beta70

•1 year ago

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post op consultation

Well yesterday was 13 weeks post op double cabg, and I was waiting for a follow up phone call from my surgeon at 10.40 am. It cam to 1pm and I had heard...

Well yesterday was 13 weeks post op double cabg, and I was waiting for a follow ...

momander

•1 year ago

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aortic graft and left atrial appendage clip and no replacement valve

had surgery for ascending aortic replacement. Despite being bicuspid the theory is that as not in stenosis it is likely to last longer than tissue.

had surgery for ascending aortic replacement. Despite being bicuspid the theory ...

Robfromwales

•1 year ago

8 Replies

Broken valves and strokes

HelloI'm just wondering if any folks on here have/have had a severe valve regurgitation (mine is aortic but any of the 4 will do) and have suffered a stroke...

HelloI'm just wondering if any folks on here have/have had a severe valve regurg...

woodlandwonders

•1 year ago

5 Replies

Could I Be Sensitive to Bisoprolol, Even at HALF the Dose?

Hi all, Over a month ago now I was advised by my GP and an A&E doctor that I could cut my Bisoprolol (1.25mg) tablets in half, due to the fact that my heart...

Hi all, Over a month ago now I was advised by my GP and an A&E doctor that I ...

Rhodog2612

•1 year ago

8 Replies

Training on using defibrillators and CPR

I sometimes marshal on parkruns and competitions. Thankfully automatic defibrulatrors are becoming more common. Last time a competitor collapsed with angina...

I sometimes marshal on parkruns and competitions. Thankfully automatic defibrula...

Flimflab

•1 year ago

6 Replies

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All posts for April 2023

Holter Monitor / ECG

15, 000 steps today!

Looking for advice please

Palliative care

I saw this t-shirt today

Joined today, and I think/hope just reading some posts has helped.

want to know about ICD process?

Dapagliflozin, entresto. Has anyone been on these long term and actually felt improvements from these meds?

Indapimide and Losartan

Been to the Vets

reading ecg

A success story ? Could be you?

Depression ?

High blood pressure

for once, I have a question (no rants🤣)

To stent or not to stent ?

Adjusting to a new normality

Second Spring Quiz

Seeking some advice [Had numerous tests]

Benefits

It's an evening thing

Pacemaker

Feedback From Pre Op

Bit by bit

Naked Heart Walks

post op consultation

aortic graft and left atrial appendage clip and no replacement valve

Broken valves and strokes

Could I Be Sensitive to Bisoprolol, Even at HALF the Dose?

Training on using defibrillators and CPR

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