Well, I've had an eventful few days. While all the news media was positioned in Fort Lauderdale and points north, this hurricane took a U-turn and came down to Miami and sucker-punched us, and we...
Teri, this sounds like an anniversary worthy of celebration! Got any special plans? Uhum, you had almost forgotten? :yeah: You're definitely a survivor! And I'm SO glad of that! hugs, Oona...
sOOz - that is great news and I'm glad you made it through so well! I'm sorry for not posting earlier but I've been watching & waiting along with many here. I'm like you - I don't like to worry...
(((Libby))) I am so sorry to hear this. Sending big hugs across the miles. I know what you are going through. Oona...
Heidi - how'd you get so much air in that last one? :tongue: hugs to all Oona...
Maya, I'm one of the "46 million" and growing (and I'm sure I wasn't even counted) who don't have health insurance. I often say that not having it is my biggest health risk. I've investigated things...
Leighanne, I'm going to one of the FL Cleveland Clinics, but you might be closer to the one in Cleveland. Also, I wouldn't suggest coming down here during hurricane season in an RV! I would probably...
As one who is uninsurable and without health insurance, I can certainly see your urgency in trying to get this taken care of while your daughter is still insured. However, also as one who was told at...
It was another great chat last night and a really interesting subject - thanks, Heidi and all who joined in - glad you got there too Teri! Sorry I had to leave so soon after but I totally crashed...
Well, the short answer is that I stay in the A/C almost all the time. When I go outside, it feels like somebody just handed me a grand piano to carry around...in quicksand. In the first minute I feel...
Awwwww Lil, carrot juice and TED hose? d e p r e s s i n g Go have a margarita for gosh sakes, and pay the price later! You have stuff to celebrate! (& there are trade-off's in life) I am HERE!...
:nono: Watch yourself, Heidi!! I'm a Gator, '81 :tongue: OK, we bite lol! (on the football field) It's interesting Teri, just before I saw this I had just finished reading an article in National...
Thank you Teri & Heidi For some reason I find this very confusing (denial? :tongue: ) and I can't seem to remember the differences. I went googling after I asked that, and found another article too -...
I'm not sure what it means, exactly. I know it means "do not resuscitate" :skull: , and that it's different than a living will (Schiavo did not have this, right?) but if you have one, do you spell...
I wonder if the teaching hospitals keep stuff longer than other hospitals? My old records have been destroyed. The hospital changed its name and ownership over 10 years ago, but kept the same...
Sara, I admire your determination and your spirit! And I'm glad you didn't die of another heart attack! Hey, did you guys notice all the tire ads on the right sidebar? lol! hugs, Oona...
Heidi, I'm sure I would have loved your group! I wish I had been a member! But we are too darned far away anyway...When I say I had nothing in common with them, that was DENIAL, lol! I love our group...
I'm here because my heart disease is a state secret :P , at least locally. This is because I'm in business for myself and it would be like shooting myself in the foot if people knew about it. My...
Teri, I'm sure I would have done the same. I would think that most teenagers would be embarrassed to death to be with their mom riding on a scooter - your daughter sounds like a very special young...
In most states in the US, the law says that medical records only have to be kept for 7 years. In a few states it's only 5 years. Now that the records are digital, they could easily be kept forever,...
jtm - you might try CoQ10. It has helped calm down my arrhythmia alot. I still have it but not nearly as much as before. It comes in various strengths - I've seen it from 30mg to 200mg. I take 100mg...
What a sweet and special time this is with your daughter, Teri. Some of my best memories of times with my Mom were during my senior year doing shopping trips like yours, and the trip we took on a...
I think the first cath's ever were done in '65 or 66 but those were experimental. It still wasn't commonplace at all even in '77 to have a cath. I find it alarming that so many are done now without...
:nono: Oh dear, lol! I'm CAUGHT, Jeeez, and I thought I was only having 400-500. I just checked mine & here's what I came up with even though I have no salt in my house. 115/cup milk 170/bread, per...
Libby, here it would be over $1,000 a month and would have a 2 year exclusion for anything heart-related. Cardio consults at Cleveland Clinic are less than that (about half, plus or minus) and I...
Libby, I just went to their website, found the phone number and called them. I wish I had thought of doing this months ago. I'm in FL and there are two clinics near my area - one is an hour away. The...
Thanks Teri! This whole thing feels like "Niagara Falls, slooooooowly I turn...." (remember that? lol!) Boy that's a whopper of a dosage! At least, it sounds like it to me but I know nothing about...
Julia, I'm glad to see you here and I look forward to getting to know you. Gads, you've been through such a lot! I hope you're feeling much better now since your ICD and that will truly be it for a...
Hi Sarah - I have a RBBB which showed up in '05 for the first time. I have so much else going on with my heart, I have no idea if I have symptoms from it. BBB's are almost always secondary, i.e.,...
:-( God bless....
It's just for 24 hrs, thank goodness. I'll get rid of it in the a.m. Three hours would have been plenty, I'm sure its caught most of what's been happening, but there might be more...bedtime is when...
Teri, I'm sorry to hear this! I thought something might be up because I had hardly seen you here today and I knew you were having problems with your back - I hope the higher dosage will work for you...
Well, it wasn't too hard, except for the part about leaving at o'dark thirty to beat the rush hour traffic. It was a gorgeous sunrise, though. As the tech was going over the paperwork, she asked for...
Thank you all for the recipes AND the seasonings! I will definitely try them, they sound great. I am SO cooking challenged, it's a wonder I eat at all. My grandmother owned a hotel in Arkansas where...
Libby - you're right, it is a big decision, but it's your decision - we are behind you whatever you decide. Lil - I hope you are OK. Sorry to hear about your trip to the ER. I know that must have...
That is such a good question, Teri. I would enter a stem cell trial in a nanosecond if they would take me, but I am almost positive I wouldn't enter a drug trial, especially not a phase I or II, but...
Libby - that is fantastic about the oat bran muffins taking 100 points off your cholesterol - please do post the recipe. Heidi, those were all good points that you made, but - I would say that foods...
It's OK, I'm going to other doctors now. (yes they were definitely mixed up)...
Yes indeedy. One in 1977 during a cath. A 'silent' heart attack, which I now call a 'stupid' heart attack in 2003 (because I should have known/denial/disbelief etc) and ~maybe~ one in January - it...
Something like 50% would be nice (and appropriate). It irks me no end that this is happening. Mice get better representation in ALL studies than women....
:yeah: Heidi, this is the best possible news! :yeah: I bet you sleep well tonight! hugs, Oona...
Scarier still, to BE the one messing up their mortality rates! :skull:...
I could do that up to a few months ago, but a/o this year, if I eat anything with salt, I can gain 2-3 lbs overnight and have very swollen ankles for several days which really BITES. So I guess I'll...
Kathlyn, you may not need an extra hour a day for exercise. I can't find the article but here are (due to my pathetic memory) a few things I remember. It's about integrating excercise into your...
Lil - Ask if they can wrap your arm/hand in hot towels for awhile before they do the IV. That should help alot. hugs, Oona...
I'll do my best to be there, Teri. A large part of the problem I'm having posting, AHEM! is that my phone connection keeps cutting out. Makes it darn challenging to TALK on the phone too. Phone guy...
Awwwwww Heidi - I'm so sorry to hear this! This is just too much. Take care, my FL heartsister. Oona (please excuse, I was trying forever to post the above and then saw Teri's post right afterwards)...
:cool: Heidi :cool: Great numbers!! - I'm so glad you have good news today. Did you just say you're DONE for the week? Do you mean you already had the mammogram, etc? I thought that was 28th!?!? Rest...
Sara - Thank you for posting your story. I think it is so important, and you told it so well I felt as if I was there. There are very few personal accounts that I have come across of the moments...
Lil, I'm really sorry that this has to happen again, but I hope this time it's 100% successful! I'll be thinking of you on Friday. hugs, Oona...