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Ralph's had the most amazing few days. On Tuesday he had the swallow x-ray and the speech therapist was amazed at the results. Firstly he gave him some sour...

Hello everyone, I’ve just had a comment from one of our customers at work that’s knocked my duck off and made me question myself. I had an heart attack totally...

Please pray for Curry and chips as I have just been told he only has a few days left to live. This is posted by his heartbroken wife

hello As background, My condition is untreatable and surgery won’t help (labelled recurrent chest pain syndrome with confirmed myocardial bridge of the LAD...

Ralph hasn't had his swallow x-ray, they only do 3 a week on a Tuesday, and it's in order of need and Ralph's is just to see what can happen in the future. He...

I am a big advocate of a Keto diet. It's 11 month since my bypass operation for blocked arteries.I have lost a total of 6 stones, I am off all BP meds...

Hi there,I had a heart attack (congested arteries) and a stent fitted last year. On the usual cocktail of meds. My back has started playing up and at night I...

Hi everyone I was discussing medications issues with surgery pharmacist yesterday. He asked why I was taking Clopidogrel (I am having serious oseophagal...

Good Afternoon all, I am asking for people's experiences following this operation. A close member of my daughter-in-law's family had a heart attack and was...

Hi me again ,Has anyone appealed pip and been awarded it .I've been off work 5 months now had occupational health involved who have said not fit for work for...

I'm booked in for a coronary angiogram on Tuesday and, as usual with me, worrying my socks off about it! I think I'd like to watch what's going on, I hate...

prior to contracting Covid in April 23 I was very fit and regularly ran up mountains and 2/3 hour runs was my usual at least once a week plus some kind of...

Hello there, just wondered if anyone else has/is experiencing any problems with eyes. I seem to have a permanent red colour circling my eye on shades plus...

Hi all, well at 11am today, 2 years ago I went down for my quadruple bypass following my HT and some 9 hours later I came back up. What a rollercoaster from...

I've had my dual chamber pacer maker since 2014 and now 10 year down the line it's to be changed as the battery is low. For the last 18 month I've been told...

Most posts are for high BP but I’ve got LOW Blood Pressure. I have lots of dizziness and sometimes faint which means my husband calls the paramedics. My...

four years ago I felt like a different person… I trusted drs, believed in medication prescribed and did what I was told without questioning … always playing by...

My name is Dr Richard Arm. My team and I create synthetic organs for surgeons to train on. We've developed a new heart valve simulator that will be appearing...

Ralph is doing okay, walking with a stick now, and managing 8 stairs. Showering himself, front anyway, can't do back or bottom as having physio on his...

hello all. Looking for some experience before i see my GP. Had HA in December, 3 stents and doing well so far apart from tiredness and fatigue especially when...

Four years I've dodged the dreaded virus then tested positive this morning. Not what you need with atrial fibrillation and just 8 weeks post open heart...

Morning all, For those of you who knew Handel ( Jan ) I am so sorry to tell you she sadly passed a way on Friday night. This was very unexpected, she was such...

had stent fitted back in January . Was doing really well . Felt I was getting fitter and less paranoid about things going wrong . Sunday I had quite a bad ache...

Hello allJust a general question to solve my curiosity. Has anyone who has been prescribed Dapagliflozin ever had an issue with elevated haemocrit? Many...

Hi all. Has anyone experienced nightmares and anxiety since open heart surgery? If so, how have you dealt with it?

Ralph doing well and happy with progress. Last Tuesday SALT said leave cuff down for 24 hours from Thursday to Friday morning, and if that went well, leave it...

Ralphs had a really good week , even though it was BH. Physio are pleased with him and say he can walk up and down the ward corridor without a nurse with him...

I was diagnosed on 29th June. 2024, in A& E feeling dizzy faint, terrible. Heart beat of 160 and diagnosed with Arterial Fibrillation . Put on beta blockers to...

Ralph had test to see how his vocal cords are and if there is hope for the future I wrote a few paragraphs after each thing that happened and then just...

Recently out of hospital with extra medication for heart failure. Now starting to focus on change of lifestyle including healthy eating fluid restrictions...