Experiences with

Heart block

I may or may not be able to get any answers here. I might not even be in the right place. I'm a 53 year old male and back in 2015 my thyroid swelled up quite a bit. I was referred to my local hospital endocrinology. Where a large amount off brown liquid was drained. At the same time I developed alopecia

As i've posted before my first bouts of Afib were after my Open Heart Surgery for a Thoracic Ascending Aortic Aneurysm in April 2019 whilst in hospital. I had no real heart issues though. I had Afib again 3 weeks later when I was readmitted with pneumonia and sepsis. I then had tachycardia in Nov/Dec

Hi , I had open heart surgery for repair of mitral valve, small hole in the heart and ablation back in November 2020. Op went well according to surgeon. Never saw or spoke to him again, was referred back to local Cardiologist. Post operation appointment was a phone call from her, a echocardiogram and

I have a friend in his 70s who has just had a pacemaker fitted for a heart arrhythmia......and been diagnosed with Left bundle block. He was absolutely fine up until recently, except he had been getting a few palpitations and then passed out briefly and hit his head on the floor.

I had Open Heart Surgery twice in April 2019 to repair a Thoracic Ascending Aortic Aneurysm. Was in a months in total. After surgery I was in a month with infections and various bouts of AFIB. I was initially on Amiodarone. 3 weeks later I had other bouts of Afib brought on by Pneumonia and Sepsis.

I had my heart surgery a year ago. Repairing a thoracic aneurysm and replacing a bicuspid valve. My son is leaving home today and I was considering what to do with his room. He suggested I install an infrared sauna and I love the idea. It would certainly help to ease the osteoarthritis pain I've started

I went into hospital on the first lockdown as I woke up at 4.00 am with breathing problems and tingling feeling all over and at A&E they told me i had a first degree heart block, within an hour that I was in A&E it went to second degree heart block and within minutes it was complete heart block and was

Hi have looked at this site for a while and found it so helpful. Long post sorry please bear with me! I'm a 63 year old female with 30 year mainly asymptomatic history of mild mitral regurgitation. Odd palpitations but told ectopic? A&E visit 2 years ago as heart going crazy AF diagnosed and prescribed

I am awaiting to see specialist for Afib change to persistent.Waiting since Feb.In the past I have had low pulse pressure but coming far too often now.95/74 & 97/77 this morning.27th 119/96.Some days no problems.Had a echocardiogram 26 may so not heart failure.No particular symptoms but Afib symptoms

My husband is 8 weeks post NSTEMI heart attack which brought on AFib, he has had 3 episodes of AF since two of which happened as he was sleeping and woke him. He never had AF before the heart attack. He now twitches and jerks in his sleep several times a week, he never used to before the heart attack

My elective heart surgery went badly wrong and cost me an arm and a leg. I remember being told, while pinned to the bed, that, a year from now, I would be fully functioning again and happy with the benefits of my operation. Surgery to repair an aneurysm and replace a bicuspid valve is never going to

Hi all It all started 7 years ago, I didn't do anything to cause it, atleast not from what I remember. I just had this chest at the centre of my chest going through to the tip of my left shoulder, like a spear going through my body. At 14 years of age I assumed the worse of course, but i went to the

Hi, I am 35 years older, health weight/diet, do not smoke. However my cholesterol level is 5.7 - I am unsure what else I can do to lower it and I’m feeling very anxious that it’s high especially given my age. The nurse said that high cholesterol increases risk of stroke and heart attacks which has

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It is 3 months since my op (open heart surgery for valve repair & ablation for AF) and I have not had any cardiac rehab yet. I was meant to get notice of something, but nothing has happened yet. Can anyone tell me what it involves, eg is it a group or 1:1 and what happens in the time? Any experience

I thought it might be encouraging for some at the beginning of their journey to read a relative success story from 7 months down the line. I am 67 hand an elective operation for an aneurysm and aortic valve replacement. Cardiac arrest during op and blood clot in lungs in following day resulting in having

Hi All two fold question. Anybody had heart surgery at the Royal Brompton I'm looking at booking under Dr Cesare Quarto. Also anybody got the Inspiris Resilia Valve. Many thanks in advance.

Hi I’m new here. I live in Scotland near Edinburgh. I am happy to have found this site and hopefully find lots of friends. I have lots of health issues but thankfully nothing serious. RLS, chronic cough, acid reflux, depression and anxiety etc, I have had this very annoying cough for over 29 years and

Had a double bypass on the 13th May. All went well and my wounds have healed really well and now discharged back into the care of my GP. My problem is my very low mood and my anger. I'm extremely sad to the point of crying nearly every single day. Then out of the blue I become very angry at the slightest

Had open heart surgery in 2017 new biological aortic valve I was 63 when this was done but do not know how long this will last and will have to another one. I wondered if anyone else could let me know if they had this operation.