Posts - British Heart Foundation | HealthUnlocked

British Heart Foundation

50,617 members • 31,929 posts

All posts for June 2023

Dizzy

Up this morning,you'd think i was drunk,staggering to get up,light headed.Checked b/p,was ok. Heart went from 25% to just over 40% from taking dapagliflozin....

Up this morning,you'd think i was drunk,staggering to get up,light headed.Checke...

RHFaCOY

•1 year ago

14 Replies

Bypass not referred

So ive been waiting to hear, since Feb from the consultants doing my bypass surgery. Decided today to chase it up, after a few hours I finally got through to...

So ive been waiting to hear, since Feb from the consultants doing my bypass surg...

Stevie335

•1 year ago

7 Replies

cardiac resynchronisation therapy

Hi all, just had my second Echo. Diagnosed with systolic heart failure. EF has gone up with meds and now cardiologists puttting in a 3 lead pacemaker. Any...

Hi all, just had my second Echo. Diagnosed with systolic heart failure. EF has g...

Ang5b

•1 year ago

8 Replies

Want to take advantage of all our features? Just log in!

Tamarind

Since my double bypass I have suffered constipation. I am 20 weeks post op now . I got some tablets ( chewy ones) to try from my local healthfood store. The...

Since my double bypass I have suffered constipation. I am 20 weeks post op now ....

momander

•1 year ago

16 Replies

Afib low ef

Been on entresto max dose for low ef for 9months now, had been told ef was 37% with a couple of contrast echo's but got sent for an mri and was told it was 29%...

Been on entresto max dose for low ef for 9months now, had been told ef was 37% w...

Biglad1

•1 year ago

8 Replies

Heart failure

i was told that i have left side heart failure 3 years ago, but medication will help. over the last year i have noticed my legs getting more swollen and aching...

i was told that i have left side heart failure 3 years ago, but medication will ...

gandrdixon

•1 year ago

5 Replies

Update

Good morning So I just wanted to share a little good news. My 16 year old has aortic root dilation and HCM and has been on Losartan 25mg for just over a month...

Good morning So I just wanted to share a little good news. My 16 year old has a...

Livelovelife56

•1 year ago

7 Replies

left out

how do I get posts and join conversations as they happen .it’s 5.30 in the morning and I’ve gone into gmail and see lots of chat going on but all hours old ,...

how do I get posts and join conversations as they happen .it’s 5.30 in the morni...

Dogloverxthree

•1 year ago

11 Replies

Praise for once.

While I have a heart condition, this is unrelated, as my hip was giving me gyp. Emailed surgery (not urgent message) 2 pm. Saw doc. 4 pm. X-ray 1.30 pm next...

While I have a heart condition, this is unrelated, as my hip was giving me gyp. ...

RufusScamp

•1 year ago

10 Replies

Happy Wood Anniversary...

to my quadruple bypass. Today was the 5th anniversary of my quadruple bypass. There were a couple of postponements. This meant on the Monday I was able to...

to my quadruple bypass. Today was the 5th anniversary of my quadruple bypass. Th...

MichaelJH

Heart Star•1 year ago

16 Replies

Aspirin and Antidepressants

My GP thinks I may have Angina and I have my first appointment at the rapid assessment chest clinic this Friday. GP prescribed Bisoprolol and aspirin to start...

My GP thinks I may have Angina and I have my first appointment at the rapid asse...

Yoga2011

•1 year ago

42 Replies

Lisinopril twice daily?

Just wondering if taking my lisinopril tablets half in the morning half at night help with side effects. I have discussed with doctor and it seems to be a try...

Just wondering if taking my lisinopril tablets half in the morning half at night...

Hidden

•1 year ago

15 Replies

scared

I’m nearly 2 years on from a triple bypass and now need 2 full knee replacements. I can have them done when I like as I’m fortunate enough to have private...

I’m nearly 2 years on from a triple bypass and now need 2 full knee replacements...

Triheart

•1 year ago

22 Replies

Heart failure

Saw cardiologist in March. He asked me who told me I had heart failure, I told him he had told me five years ago and yearly ever since. I saw him before my...

Saw cardiologist in March. He asked me who told me I had heart failure, I told ...

Nanny72

•1 year ago

77 Replies

Sam-Sam32

Hi all you highly fit young?? people. I used to be fit - hill walking; sailing; rock climbing, but now I am 78yrs and affected by wifi and radiation which...

Hi all you highly fit young?? people. I used to be fit - hill walking; sailin...

sam-sam32

•1 year ago

Be the first to reply

condition advice

hello, im wondering what kinda career paths people with heart conditions are taking just to see what would be best for myself moving forward, ive been finding...

hello, im wondering what kinda career paths people with heart conditions are tak...

antmillar

•1 year ago

20 Replies

Blood thinners.

Hi everyone has anyone on here experienced low Hemaglobin when taking blood thinners. Thanks.

Hi everyone has anyone on here experienced low Hemaglobin when taking blood thin...

Bargod1958

•1 year ago

14 Replies

📣 Midweek Social Check-in! 06/06

Hello all! It's that time of the week again! While the focus of the community is heart health, feel free to discuss other interesting subjects here. As a...

Hello all! It's that time of the week again! While the focus of the community ...

Hidden

•1 year ago

279 Replies

Me Too

Two months a go I was put inAE by ambulance with AF kept in over night but not admitted Sent home with no paper work but a prescription for beta blockers and...

Two months a go I was put inAE by ambulance with AF kept in over night but not ...

Shoefairy

•1 year ago

3 Replies

managing our health issues

hello I find myself every few days chasing something up, making calls, getting updates on progress with queries, looking up records or requesting records,...

hello I find myself every few days chasing something up, making calls, getting ...

Hidden

•1 year ago

21 Replies

As Capt Darling once wrote .....

Currently lying in AAU (acute assessment unit) waiting on results of tests. Woke up 3am this morning, went for wee and felt a bit giddy with some chest...

Currently lying in AAU (acute assessment unit) waiting on results of tests. Woke...

Hrty

•1 year ago

25 Replies

Blank Bio's

At the weekend I replied in a couple of threads that blank Bio's were unhoful. Thus is particular so where some seem to post in a provocative manner to...

At the weekend I replied in a couple of threads that blank Bio's were unhoful. T...

Heythrop51

•1 year ago

4 Replies

blood pressure and pain relief

to cut to the chase my blood pressure has been controlled for the last couple of years all of a sudden its been erratic. I have headaches docs don't know...

to cut to the chase my blood pressure has been controlled for the last couple of...

zigzag131

•1 year ago

2 Replies

dilated left ventricle informed over the phone (heart failure) 1 week ago

Hello everyone I am a 37 year old man with no signs or symptoms of any heart condition until now . aprox a month ago I was sent for a echocardiogram to...

Hello everyone I am a 37 year old man with no signs or symptoms of any heart con...

Wallewoos

•1 year ago

12 Replies

Idiots guide to the heart

hello on my google travels this afternoon (it’s not all bad, you have to sort the wheat from the chaff) I found the following:...

hello on my google travels this afternoon (it’s not all bad, you have to sort th...

Hidden

•1 year ago

7 Replies

tiredness caused by Entresto?

having been diagnosed with Heart Failure last year I was put on revised meds (Entresto, Dapagliflozin, spironolactone), symptoms, improved. After a few months...

having been diagnosed with Heart Failure last year I was put on revised meds (En...

Barre01

•1 year ago

10 Replies

Missed beats

I've just been sat down n noticed my heart missed beat then a big thud I'm mega scared right now

I've just been sat down n noticed my heart missed beat then a big thud I'm mega ...

Purple_1963

•1 year ago

19 Replies

Are Beta Blockers Also Anti-aggregants?

After my heart attack and fitting of two stents, I was given the medication in accordance with the valid protocol, which includes the daily beta blocker (2.5...

After my heart attack and fitting of two stents, I was given the medication in a...

Jerry_D

•1 year ago

24 Replies

Just Diagnosed With Atrial Fibrillation

A couple of months ago I noticed I was getting out of breath when walking, not badly so but needing to breath more than the activity would normally warrant....

A couple of months ago I noticed I was getting out of breath when walking, not b...

PeakyO

•1 year ago

12 Replies

Aspirin/NSAID ulcers?

Hello, I thought this would come up on a search, but no luck. If you can find a thread on this, please send! I suspect I may have developed an NSAID (75 mg...

Hello, I thought this would come up on a search, but no luck. If you can find a ...

pasigal

•1 year ago

5 Replies

Search posts

Pinned Posts

See all

👋 May Social Check-in! ❤️

BHF Community Guidelines

Abbreviations and acronyms

Latest poll

See all polls

After becoming part of the BHF HealthUnlocked Community, how would you rate your confidence in looking after your health?

Vote

Topics

All posts(2538)

Heart conditions(309)

Content on HealthUnlocked does not replace the relationship between you and doctors or other healthcare professionals nor the advice you receive from them.

Never delay seeking advice or dialling emergency services because of something that you have read on HealthUnlocked.

Posts - British Heart Foundation | HealthUnlocked

British Heart Foundation

All posts for June 2023

Dizzy

Bypass not referred

cardiac resynchronisation therapy

Tamarind

Afib low ef

Heart failure

Update

left out

Praise for once.

Happy Wood Anniversary...

Aspirin and Antidepressants

Lisinopril twice daily?

scared

Heart failure

Sam-Sam32

condition advice

Blood thinners.

📣 Midweek Social Check-in! 06/06

Me Too

managing our health issues

As Capt Darling once wrote .....

Blank Bio's

blood pressure and pain relief

dilated left ventricle informed over the phone (heart failure) 1 week ago

Idiots guide to the heart

tiredness caused by Entresto?

Missed beats

Are Beta Blockers Also Anti-aggregants?

Just Diagnosed With Atrial Fibrillation

Aspirin/NSAID ulcers?

Search posts

Pinned Posts

Latest poll

After becoming part of the BHF HealthUnlocked Community, how would you rate your confidence in looking after your health?

Topics

Archive