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My stories on here somewhere nearly 77 triple heart bypass in 1977 ie nearly 46 years ago.On loads of drugs.Just been out on quite a tough bike ride not a long distance but up quite a testing hill. On return BP 137/ 76 considering effort put in the pre hypertension didn’t worry me, sat down and rested

I take 2.5 mg of bisoprolol daily and in normal sinus rhythm a steady heart beat of 65 bpm. I've had three 40+ hour episodes of AF so far this year and was admitted to A & E during last episode. I had increased bisoprolol dose to 3.75 twice a day while in AF . The doctor in Same Day Emergency Care

Hello, I just thought it might be helpful to share my story here. If it even helps one person! I was diagnosed with IBS a couple of years ago after a couple of years of huge suffering. It was steadily getting worse recently to the point that I was literally crying, it felt like labour pains! I tried

Tanta Anna follow up! Has anyone had this type of ablation? It’s my sixth ablation! This has been an awful experience for the last four months- now weaning off atenolol, which may be feel very ill. Stayed on that medication after many other trials. I am in the US, traveling 1000 miles to Dr in

Anyone else watch this last night Cardiac Surgeon really laid back If I was waiting in the Yorkshire area I would be reassured with her calm manner under pressure. Regards

I would like to thank the BHF Nurse that actually took the bother to call me after I emailed for help and advice, she was very empathetic and gave me good advice about keeping a record of my blood pressure’s and taking it in the morning when I get up after I’ve pottered about but before any medication

just wondering how long people’s heart bypasses have lasted? I had a double bypass twenty one years ago and a stent fitted three years ago, all seems well up to now.

Has everybody experienced any side effects on Ezetimibe. My mam was prescribed this in March 2022 after suffering serious side effects on statins. Following a successful miteral valve op and single by pass in December, all the same symptoms are coming to a head again. Pains in hips and legs, cramps,

Does anyone suffer from the above? I had a stroke in Nov 2020 and despite some complications from this, recovery has been slow. In 2021 I started experencing severe and sharp chest pain and pain under my breast and radiating through to my shoulder blades. Having attended A&E on advice of the NHS doctor's

Hi all !!! I'm stage 4 endometriosis patient and had a laparoscopy surgery 15months ago and I get lower back pain and stomach pain during my periods .I've heard of TENS machine is it suitable for everyone and can anyone suggest which brand TENS machine i should buy . Are deep heat period pain heat

Purified stevia leaf extracts (Truvia, PureVia, others) use this artificial sweetener and I was wondering how this would affect those on blood thinners, like Warfarin, who must maintain a certain pro time level. There was a study done in Cleveland and reported widely with some unexpected results. I

Hi.Another member from the mental support forum suggested joining. My alcoholism came on quite suddenly, just after my Father passed away on 04/04/2022. Then 1 month later I had to have a heart operation. Since then my life has literally fallen apart. I used to be very physically active, dinghy

Hi all, Continuing on from my adrenals results… https://healthunlocked.com/thyroiduk/posts/149321002/update-4-adrenal-results I have spent some time researching and experimenting with adrenal support. This is what I understand. If I am off about any of this please do feel free to correct or challenge

Hi all Friday will make me 4 weeks post op avr. On the whole doing great, walking 5/6k a day breathing greatly improved. However I have developed a bit of a cough which is causing me extreme pain, almost as if I have broken my ribs. Has anyone else experienced this after Heart surgery and do you think

Today was my first real follow up with my EP since the fitting of my pacemaker and AV node ablation done on February 13 and 27th. I have not been feeling 100% although much much better than before all of this. I guess I expected more not realizing other things are in play with me and it’s not just

I had my first recorded (though probably 3rd in 3 years) AF incident on Sunday and have got 1.25mg of bisoprolol and 5 mg x 2 pd of apixaban. I am a runner so my resting overnight HR is usually low, say mid 40s. My heart returned to its normal rhythm on Sunday night after about 19 hours in AF. So now

hi all, I posted on here some weeks ago when I felt that the combination of infliximab infusions and leflunomide was no longer working and I was hopeful my rheumatologist would change my medication. I live in Guernsey so only see her occasionally when she flies across. I honestly don’t feel like anyone

It's a few weeks since heart bypass operation for my husband. His feet are fine during the day, but at night he gets burning sensation in his feet (ankles and toes). What can this be?

Hi all, I have had AF for 13 years following death of first husband. Have been on a beta blocker for that long, and then flecainide was added about 7 years ago. I had a cardiac ablation in October 22. After 4 months I came off flec slowly over 5 weeks then stopped metoprolol . It is now 5 weeks

Hi there I'm so happy to have come across this site I'm 52 with 2 young ish kids 10 and 8 , 1 of whom is severely autistic, non verbal doubly incontinent but an absolute blessing. Sometimes I feel so alone with this illness its nice to share other people's experiences, I also have severe copd so oxygen