Welcome to our forum, pops&family. Please seek the advice from your family DR. I don't know your age, family history or your health problems, but if it's bad enough to worry you, it's worth...
Bandit please let us know how things work out, ask about mag oxide, it is working out very well for me. I know how you feel, and when you ly down to go to sleep, it seems it gets worse. Like a war...
Hi Bandit and hopes, I too have been away 2 mo. but not by choice, in and out of hospital. I'm doing much better now. I also had pvcs, so many it was driving me crazy, my cardolgist ordered magnisum...
Welcome to the HW C&R. I agree totaly with ELS. It's tough being a teen, and what you do with your body now will help or hurt you when you get older. I will keep you in my prayers you will find a...
Hugs to you hope, i hope your doing well. You, els,alto,and many others here at the HW, are so wonderfull.It helps alot to have support from all of you. God has truly blessed me with a wonderfull...
Welcome to the HW Krash. Sounds like you are doing alot of the right things to be healthy. Statins are costly and can have alot of bad side effects. If you can find a way to reduce your chol. great...
Welcome to the Healing Well Dane. It took me over 1 year to heal in this area and it's been 6 years and i still get sore and have pain. If it continues to bother you keep telling the Dr. until he...
Thank you Aldo and Els. Honestly Aldo, i'm sick of these Drs putting me on all these meds. Alot of them are new meds and some make me so sick i stop taking them. I'm on 13 different meds.If the meds...
Hello Els and Aldo. I have a ICD pacemaker/defib. It is made by Medtronic, they too are being recalled and mine is one of them. The battery is malfunctioning. So far my battery is working. I have a...
Hello to everyone, thank you for all your prayers and support. Once again god has let me live and and i am almost back to my normal problems. I was in and out of the hospital for the last 2 months,...
Hello to all, thank you for your support. I'm still on bedrest for a few hours a day. I will be a good girl. Thank you Mike, your a wonderfull husband and # 35 in October. I LOVE YOU Aldo, hope3,...
Hello to all of DELTA"S HW FAMILY. This is her husband Mike. At present Delta is on bed rest for a few more days. She has had a few weeks of a hard time after her stents and this is a deal her Dr has...
Welcome Capes to the HW, if your not happy with what your current docs are telling you, i would get a new cardiologist. Congrats on the new baby, i'm sure this adds extra stress. I've been fighting...
Welcome DM, i completely agree with Els. Let us know what the cardio doc tells you. It's always better to be safe now than sorry later. Then you can throw that money at a new tv or computer or...
Good luck Els with your procedure, i'll keep you in my prayers. And YES!! i'm feeling better today. I'm still having a little problem but every day gets better. I've been up 5 hrs and i'm getting...
Welcome Sharp to our HW family. So sorry your having these problems. If i wasn't happy with the docs i'm seeing, find another one. It's your life and your dime. I have mutli-heart problems and...
Sarah i'm soory your mom is still having problems. Pts. i took care of in the past that had renal blockages or renal problems had problems with their b/p. Most after renal block stent, the kidneys...
Tomah please keep us informed , as you can see their are members in this forum who will be here for you. We are connected by the heart. Not medicaly, but heart and soul. I think we all agree that a...
Tomah welcome to the HW. Are you seeing a cardiologist? If not i would. Or get a second opinion. You don;t need the stress and anxiety. Their are no good blockages, and it's always better to be safe...
Thank you Hope3, that was funny. It feels good to laugh. I hate that your having depression. I wish i could make it go away, but i can't. What helps me is god first and my family. Then helping others...
I'm sorry to hear your still having these problems Bandit, but seeing the doc is a good decision. Stress can do many things to the body, but having a good check up will ease your fears if nothing...
It's amazing how just talking about our pets makes us happy. I could just see your big old cat, and the love you have for him. Even old memories makes us smile. Sometimes the medical problems we have...
I'm feeling much better now and my daughter ask me to keep her dog alex [a pug ] while they were on vacation for a week. I have a rat terrier named cece, my angle and loving pet who brings me such...
/community/emoticons/tongue.gif I am sick and will limit my time for a few days. Els thankyou for everything, you have the makings for a good forum Mod. Aldo We need your e-mail adress, i worried so...
Welcome to the HW 784. Please get a 2nd opion. I do know that a carotid artery has to be at least 50% blocked or maybe even more i'm not sure on percentile, before they will stent it. My...
Hello Christine sorry your post wasn't answered before now. If you still have this problem and it still concerns you please check it out. You have a child who needs their mom well. When you have...
Thanks to everyone for their prayers. I had 3 arteries done one required 2 stents, after the 1st one slipped down. I don't remember anything about the stinting, they dosed me up real good. I was in...
Welcome Carol to the HW. I have many heart problems and it is normal to have these feelings but talk to your dr and tell him how you feel. He may want to give you something to help calm your nerves,...
/community/emoticons/confused.gif /community/emoticons/sad.gif /community/emoticons/redface.gif I had alot of tests tuesday. The nurse in my cardiologist office called today doc wants me in the...
Aldo, i'm so sorry your going through all of this, and i know your scared. Any one would be, and i should know. You have been a friend to all of us since you became a member of the HW and we will be...
Bar i agree with hopes and els. With your family history better safe now than sorry later. I'll keep you in my prayers. DELTA...
Welcome Vincent and Hopes. I also have many arrhythmias one is pvc's. I wish i could tell you the fear goes away, but for me it's been 5 years and it still scares the blank out of me at times. You...
OH ALLEN ! if you have magic boots please tell me where i can get some, LOL. Sounds like your doing the right things Allen, and it is up to us to keep our selfs as healthy as possible before we get...
Thank you Kathylyn for giving us this kind of information. I'm computer ignorant and can't find my way around on the net yet. It also takes all my energy to be on line on the HW at times and this...
I don't go on chat very often. I don't know why i don't but look at my profile and you will find my e-mail address or we can talk on chat also. Our medical conditions are so much alike and i would...
Welcome to the HW Leanne; If your concerned i would pursue it. Talk to your DR and tell him you want to see a cardiologist. Be firm with him it's your health thats being disrupted and your dollar...
Mary Ann ; Remember what you said, GOD is in controll. He will see you through this. I'll keep you in my prayers. DELTA...
Hello Hearty; Just a little extra exercise and lowering your salt and fat intake should be enough to lower your B/P without taking meds. It seems when we reach or near the age of 40, our medical...
Lilli welcome to the HW. Go to the Doctor. All that pain could be from working out. Your body is telling you something is wrong, check it out. I'ts always better to be safe now than sorry later. Good...
Thank you Kathy and welcome to the healing HW. I had 3 mi's and went into a coma it was er surgery.. I have had 1 stent also this year. It can be so depressing some times being sick all the time and...
Welcome Hope to the HW. Your story is alot like mine. You said you had 1 mi, 4 vessel by-pass, 1 still clogged at the back of the heart and daily angina, also need a transplant. Your now 47. I hope i...
Pockets welcome to the HW. It is so nice to have new members that have knowledge of their disease and have a positive attitude as yours, as well as a kind heart. This is a good place for support and...
Thank you pockets for your concern. I have not taken the fish oil pills but will talk with my cardiologst. My heart disease and problems are too severe for me to make these choices of tx on my own. I...
I do agree i'm too young. I have allergic reactions to statins, rash, swelling,etc all the classics and their severe so Dr. said no more. I do watch my diet and the surgeon who done my by-pass said...
Thanks Kathlyn for the info. I can't take statins and need them. After 5 vessel by-pass and a stent my arteries are still clogging. I'm only 52 and Dr. won't do any more stints because of other heart...
/community/emoticons/tongue.gif These posts on pets warmed my heart, no one was thinking about being depressed. You can feel the joy and happiness these pets bring. As all of yours my dog is also...
Welcome to HW Cathy. I am also insulin dependant and have found in researching that these two together make a big bomb. I need another stent right now but they won't do it due to my heart is too...
Welcome to the HW Dale. I don't know anything about your problem, but i will keep you in my prayers. I have been on blood thinners for almost 6 years. The only problem i've had is when i do my accu...
/community/emoticons/sad.gif HW friends i need you to keep me in your prayers. Dr. has put me on bed rest for 5 days. I am having some problems. Mainly with atria-fib. and sob. Very tired and weak....