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Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT)

"The research revealed that the proportion of participants in the extension of the landmark Diabetes UK-funded Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT)...

"The research revealed that the proportion of participants in the extension of t...

Milkfairy

Heart Star•1 year ago

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Angina treatment

Hello, I know I need to speak to my GP regarding this but would appreciate some advice / experiences from you lovely people please. I have had 2 x minor...

Hello, I know I need to speak to my GP regarding this but would appreciate some...

LSCE

•1 year ago

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Medication side effects

Morning all, I had a HA 12 weeks ago and am the the usual collection of meds but for the past month I have had chronic diarrhea, even waking me up numerous...

Morning all, I had a HA 12 weeks ago and am the the usual collection of meds but...

Madmamma

•1 year ago

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Could this be heart related?

Hello, If I give a little information could someone please give me some advice? 3 weeks ago I had a very scary episode of chest and back pain (severe pain) It...

Hello, If I give a little information could someone please give me some advice?...

Sherbet4

•1 year ago

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Icd implant

Hi everybody, I wad in here a couple of weeks ago about advise on icd implants you were all amazing reassuring me about them, just an update I am going ahead...

Hi everybody, I wad in here a couple of weeks ago about advise on icd implants y...

Marmalade2

•1 year ago

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Do all beta blockers cause fatigue?

After just reading Heyjude's question, mine is along a similar line.I've been on metoprolol for 4 months now since my HA. I am very fatigued all day. I tried...

After just reading Heyjude's question, mine is along a similar line.I've been on...

Callie456

•1 year ago

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Lottery Win

Hey Everyone I do the euromillions lottery on a Tuesday and Friday I don't normally get anything this morning I got a email "You've won a prize" well my heart...

Hey Everyone I do the euromillions lottery on a Tuesday and Friday I don't norma...

Valentina98

•1 year ago

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Phrenic Nerve damage on top of everything else.

Morning all Please help me pick the bones out of this one. Just wondered if anyone on here had their Phrenic nerve damaged during their open heart surgery? I...

Morning all Please help me pick the bones out of this one. Just wondered if any...

Sljp0000

•1 year ago

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lower leg pain

I have a aorta leaky heart valve and lately I am experiencing lower right leg pain , nurse practitioner says it’s my muscle and to rest it . Has any one else...

I have a aorta leaky heart valve and lately I am experiencing lower right leg p...

Terri14

•1 year ago

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In limbo

It’s been a week since my diagnosis and I’m in limbo. A little verbal diarrhoea post coming, so apologies to those that read this 🙈 It still hasn’t sunk in...

It’s been a week since my diagnosis and I’m in limbo. A little verbal diarrhoea ...

Evbe

•1 year ago

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Long term side effects of medication….

Hello everyone, I hope you are all managing to enjoy the spring sunshine! A question from me, it is now nearly 18 months since my bypass, for which I am...

Hello everyone, I hope you are all managing to enjoy the spring sunshine! A que...

Heyjude31

•1 year ago

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NHS kicking in to warp drive.

As a small but I think important counter to the Doom'n'gloom around the NHS at the moment I thought that I would put up my latest interaction with this...

As a small but I think important counter to the Doom'n'gloom around the NHS at t...

Rogo23

•1 year ago

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Valve replacement surgery. For the third time...

Does anyone have personal knowledge of the recommended surgeon who I believe is based in Wolverhampton. I am waiting to have my mitral and tricuspid valves...

Does anyone have personal knowledge of the recommended surgeon who I believe is ...

Nickibmibile

•1 year ago

4 Replies

Worried

I have been told I have Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction,Moderate with an ejection fraction of 36% down from 40% three years ago,after having an...

I have been told I have Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction,Moderate with an e...

Blacktan

•1 year ago

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Feeling better

Hey Everyone I'm feeling better today ☺️ I actually think it was a kind of migraine although slightly different from my usual type. I've eaten today which is...

Hey Everyone I'm feeling better today ☺️ I actually think it was a kind of migra...

Valentina98

•1 year ago

16 Replies

10 km run, completed it mate.

8 months after having a heart attack and having 2 stents put in. I have lost 2 and half stone in weight and on Sunday just gone completed my first ever( I...

8 months after having a heart attack and having 2 stents put in. I have lost 2 a...

Moreton1

•1 year ago

19 Replies

Health Update

Health Update Health situation is stable. I'm waiting waiting waiting to hear from the cardiac clinic in Cranbrook to get an assessment a treatment plan and...

Health Update Health situation is stable. I'm waiting waiting waiting to hear ...

Kuya

•1 year ago

1 Reply

SCAD survivors

I would like to know from others how your post-SCAD recovery went, or is going. I am a 64 year old woman and was fit, strong, healthy and happy when this...

I would like to know from others how your post-SCAD recovery went, or is going. ...

Ruiter

•1 year ago

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Rapid access chest pain clinic advice.

After my Unstable Angina incident last week I have been referred to the Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic on the 26th April. I would be very grateful on tips of...

After my Unstable Angina incident last week I have been referred to the Rapid Ac...

Daddio70

•1 year ago

8 Replies

Update

I don't know if you guys remember my previous posts about having swelling in my belly and then about the chest pain and breathless and what followed after that...

I don't know if you guys remember my previous posts about having swelling in my ...

Yumz199725

•1 year ago

18 Replies

Pulmonary embolism.

After months of coughing and feeling rough, 3 weeks ago, I was diagnosed with having a pulmonary embolism and pleurisy on my right lung. The pain and and...

After months of coughing and feeling rough, 3 weeks ago, I was diagnosed with ha...

Emzyfred1419

•1 year ago

1 Reply

Blurry eyes and dizziness

Please share your experience if you occasionally get a spell of dizziness and blurred vision. How best to get over this as panic kicks in. would appreciate...

Please share your experience if you occasionally get a spell of dizziness and b...

Devaprinters

•1 year ago

16 Replies

Statins

Hello I've just been put on statins altrvastatin 20mg month in to taking them and my legs are throbing ,once I get walking their ok ,soon as I stop they throb...

Hello I've just been put on statins altrvastatin 20mg month in to taking them an...

Tigglypoo

•1 year ago

3 Replies

How bad is this?

Hi all, l can't decide if this report (from hospital to gp) is not too bad or bad! No followup was scheduled and no word from gp either until l chased it...

Hi all, l can't decide if this report (from hospital to gp) is not too bad or...

chicolini

•1 year ago

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Pre-op Assessment

My pre-op assessment went well today and smoothly. No waiting between anaesthetist, doctor, nurse and CO2 nurse. We were there for 3.5 hours. The nurse even...

My pre-op assessment went well today and smoothly. No waiting between anaestheti...

Carion

•1 year ago

3 Replies

Heart Bypass Soon

Hi all I’ve got my pre op on Thursday at Wythenshawe Hospital Manchester for valve replacement and heart bypass. I’m female 56 years old and obese was a smoker...

Hi all I’ve got my pre op on Thursday at Wythenshawe Hospital Manchester for val...

Shanty123

•1 year ago

66 Replies

Angiogram waiting time

Hi everyone Is anyone on here waiting for an agiogram? if so how long have you been waiting? I have been added to the list. I have no idea how long the...

Hi everyone Is anyone on here waiting for an agiogram? if so how long have you ...

Blockedpipes

•1 year ago

9 Replies

What can I do in P.A.Fib episodes

I find it really difficult to know how to occupy myself when I have an episode. I’m sure this question has been asked many times but I still find it...

I find it really difficult to know how to occupy myself when I have an episode. ...

Botolph

•1 year ago

30 Replies

ECG/Heart Monitor at Home

Good afternoon, I had an ECG today at my doctor's surgery and they are referring me to Cardiology to have a 24 hour monitor which the surgery say will be...

Good afternoon, I had an ECG today at my doctor's surgery and they are referrin...

Lilyrosemarie

•1 year ago

4 Replies

Driving

Im just over 4 weeks from a H/A and 3 weeks from having a stent. I had to stop driving my car for 4 weeks and I'm a LGV driver so my vocational licence is...

Im just over 4 weeks from a H/A and 3 weeks from having a stent. I had to stop...

PRO73

•1 year ago

3 Replies

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British Heart Foundation

All posts for April 2023

Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT)

Angina treatment

Medication side effects

Could this be heart related?

Icd implant

Do all beta blockers cause fatigue?

Lottery Win

Phrenic Nerve damage on top of everything else.

lower leg pain

In limbo

Long term side effects of medication….

NHS kicking in to warp drive.

Valve replacement surgery. For the third time...

Worried

Feeling better

10 km run, completed it mate.

Health Update

SCAD survivors

Rapid access chest pain clinic advice.

Update

Pulmonary embolism.

Blurry eyes and dizziness

Statins

How bad is this?

Pre-op Assessment

Heart Bypass Soon

Angiogram waiting time

What can I do in P.A.Fib episodes

ECG/Heart Monitor at Home

Driving

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