Experiences with

Heart valve diseases

It is easy to feel overwhelmed with the amount of ‘medical language’ being used when discussing a Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA). A sudden cardiac arrest and a heart attack are both emergency situations - you need to dial 999 in UK or 911 in US immediately. Please download our leaflet Sudden Cardiac

So I wanted to say a big Thankyou to everyone who gave advice or has written posts in the past who have given advice on going through open heart surgery. Every single date I’ve had for surgery has been affected by the doctors strike and so I had begun to loose hope, when 12pm last Tuesday St Bart’s called

Well, I feel pretty good about my EP appt. today. He was really succinct about a plan, goals, and end game. So he has proposed in ascending order, four medications to try. He is starting with the mildest and going to the strongest. He is recommending to start with Bisoprolol, then Verapamil, then Sotolol

Hello I wanted to share my history I was initially diagnosed with svt in 2021 Then in October 2022 I went for RF ablation. (Antwerp Belgium) During the procedure they found the area where the ablation should be done, they did it and at the end of the procedure they did stimulation for any arrhythmia

Hi guys. I’m male, 67 and just had an aortic valve (tissue) replacement/dual bypass about 10 days ago. It’s going pretty well, a bit of expected sternum / leg pain, but just completed my first 20 min walk without getting too out if breath. Excercise is definitely good for breathing. What’s really freaking

called an ambulance for the first time today. What was either the worst panic attack of my life or a cardiac episode. Went to hospital this morning and had multiple ekg, chest X-ray and bloods. I’m a young female. Blood test showed higher than normal Troponin but after the 3rd blood test in 9 hours my

A heart friend of mine sent me the below message today. Have you guys experienced anything like this? He did have a couple of infections on recovery so I’m wondering if this has something effected things. All advice welcome xx “Hi Rosie. Can I ask you a question about your healing of the breast bone

Peter Sagan is undergoing a heart operation today after abnormalities were discovered during arecent mountain bike race in which his heart rate exceeded 200 beats per minute. The three-time road-race world champion is undergoing an ablation procedure to correct arrhythmias in the heart. Sagan’s representatives

Hello eveyones. I ve been diagnosticted with Afib one year ago. Now im under Xarelto (low dose) and metoprolol. It work; but time to time I still have taquicardia episodes. No arritmias anymore. I would like to go to natural approach to Afib but I cant figure it out yet.. I visited a natural cardiologist

Hi all. I suffer with Severe Spinal Stenosis. I’ve already had Laminectomy (Decompression) surgery which only worked for about 3 months the pain then returned. This has been going on for the last 5 years and, unfortunately, in the meantime I had to have a Triple Heart Bypass and Mitral Valve Repair

I have had flares of joint pains for many years, morning stiffness lasting more than 2 hours, alot of I flamation around joints but rheumatoid bloods always normal. GP gave me flucloxacillin and prednisolone last week for 7 days as he was worried it was infected arthritis as I had a slight fever and

Hi, I am new to this forum and have been advised to seek info and advice here from The Thyroid UK forum. I recently discovered I was hyperthyroid with positive thyroid antibody results indicative of autoimmune thyroid disease following blood tests as feeling unwell with multiple symptoms. I was advised

Hi everyone I wrote a post but I don't know what happened to it. I'm writing for a friend and for me. I've recently been diagnosed with thick blood and I have to wait till December 2nd to get a secondary test to make sure it's still thick or not. My friend was just diagnosed with pernicious anemia and

Hi, I will keep this short and sweet, but despite having access to T3 and following all the protocols and advice given on here I still remain unwell. I do believe I am suffering from low cortisol. I am looking to take on a new book to do some deeper investigation into why I am having so much of

I think autoimmune type are largest group but does anyone have a percentage ?Helvella shared some excellent info on antibodies affecting TSH test results and it got me wondering. In case you missed it ... https://healthunlocked.com/thyroiduk/posts/151406593/antibody-status-may-hide-thyroid-dysfunction-under-a-normal-tsh

Good Morning Greetings EveryoneI'm just wondering, if anyone else has had the experience of being told they've one infection following another, since their Underactive Thyroid Diagnosis I was informed yet again, 2 days ago, of this & just prescribed more antibiotics I'm wondering why, doctors don't

Hi I have been advised by GP to take statins.Serum Total Cholesterol 6.9 I have Hashimotos and not keen on starting Statins. This concern has been covered by others on this site and very grateful for the knowledge I have gained. My concerns is that I have a lot of painful symptoms that may be causing

I saw the endo last week and told her I did not want the radioiodine treatment, she could not understand why not. I asked if I could stop taking the carbimazole tablets completely and she said I could stop for 4 weeks then have a blood test but if I get palpitations to get in touch with my GP as it

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Hi I have had sero-positive RA for about 7yrs. I did not develop it until I was in my 60's. It came on quickly whilst loading a mule onto a trailer she pulled back and bingo a very red and painful wrist. I am now on Tocilizumab 4 weekly infusion which seems to control it beautifully. Gone are the nodules