my pacemaker  I've had my pacemaker for 2 weeks now. I needed it b/c my hr was in the 20's & 30's. It is set to not go below 60 bpm or higher than 120 bpm. However, I ...

dangerous pain  My friend's mother had severe heart attack that she was yelling in the hospital that nobody could see. It was like elephant was stumping her heart with ...

Triple bypass at 67  I awoke at 3 AM with sharp pains in my chest. I thought it was something I ate. I got up and had a cup of coffee and a cigarette. Yes, I was a heavy smoker ...

Almost Last Call  My dad died of an MI at 47. As a result, I began undergoing annual stress testing (I was then 25). A precaution. Always a negative test.

Then, 2 years ...

Running Helped  I noticed that my running endurance was getting worse and on rare occasions, I would feel a flutter in my chest that would go to my carotid artery. I made ...

Ventricular Tachycardia, with Severe Dilated Cardiomyopathy  I am a 39 year old male; living in Northern California, who has Ventricular Tachycardia, with Severe Dilated Cardiomyopathy. I was diagnosed on May 7, 2008,...

Mike  My heart attack experience was like many of yours, I thought I was in good health. I was 68 and walked 3-4 miles daily for 12 years, I wasn't over weight(...

Two Heart Attacks by 42 By Pass Surgery at 65  My first attack occurred when I was 36. It happened without any warning signs. Came home from work and had just sat down to read the paper when I felt ...

1 Year Post Bypass Surgery  I had an M.I. and a triple bypass 1 year ago. Went into the ER for a GI problem, (chrones) and had an M.I. while I was there. (49yo). Everything has ...

"You Shouldn't Be in this Hospital Bed"  After my wife filled in my cardiologist on my lifestyle, those were the first words I heard from my cardiologist as he visited me for the first time in ...

My Heart Surgery  What were the first signs you had a problem?

High cholesterol and triglycerides

How was your health previously?

Never that great when it comes ...

Prayer and My Faith in God healed me completely.  In April 2005 I was diagonosed with and ASD( Hole in my heart that was 28MM large)I went To Moses Cone Hospital next to Duke University and Last to Wake ...

People Say "It's REALLY GOOD To See You." I reply: "You know what? It's REALLY GOOD to see me, too."   My story is so fresh in my mind, so personal, and so dominating of my thoughts. Call me crazy, but I tell it to friends, strangers - almost anyone who ...

Had no idea...  I never experienced any pain in my chest. I felt lots of stomach pain for about a month. Any movement at all, I would feel a pulling in my stomach and ...

Heart Attack At 47  I've eaten badly all my life. Too big of portions, too much fried food, too much soda and chocolate. My Dad's father died of of a HA when he was also ...

Stents placed in heart and can't get rid of dizzy spells  Had a heart attack one month ago due, I guess, to being sick. The Dr. put 3 stents in one artery that had degenerated due to sickness affecting my heart....

Lucky matter of coincidence  Hi, my name's Chuck and I'm now 48.

Back on 9\10\01 I was in a accident with a neck injury. Not long after the accident my right wrist shut off. They ...

Life With An Artificial Valve  Hi my mane is J.luis I had my first open heart surgury when I was 15 years old since then I take walfarin, the doctors said that my problem stared when ...

Not just Heart attack!  Hi,
I'm A 54 yr. old female and find it hard to believe all I've endured.

In 2003 I had breast cancer and am now 6 yrs. cancer free! But had to ...

My scar makes me cry...  How do I feel about my scar?

I had a double bypass open heart surgery 5 months ago... I feel soooo sad and stress about it... I want to cry or I sometimes ...

Looking for the longest running pacemaker, with the strongest living battery!  I'am a 57 year old man who has been through a major twenty and one/half years of pure hell. I mean {hell}.

I am a truck driver. Even with all the pain ...

Anna-Maria  I hadn't realized I had a heart condition!

Less than 2 years ago I had a hysterectomy. With that comes many changes in your body-all of those changes ...

Brij Kalra Shares His Story...
Wants to Hear From Others  I am 48 years old young guy with a sporting back ground.

Until last year I was running eight kilometeres every day in 46 minutes without any problem ...

Enduring my Ventricular Tachicardia and Two Stents  Hello Sandra and all the persons that have gone through a heart procedure or heart disease. Never in my life would I have thought that at 53 years old ...

Family Genes Caught Up with Me  At 57, I thought I was in pretty decent shape, in spite of gaining 30 extra pounds over the last few years and losing my mother and son a year apart, both ...

Coronary Artery Dissection  I don't know how to begin, every time I think of the events I just get teary eyed.

I was discharged on the 4th day from the hospital after having a ...

My Quadruple Bypass   My name is Peter and I had quadruple heart bypass surgery. I was the age of 47.

At 6am, 31st July 2003, I was taking my morning shower as I usually ...

I Always Thought I Was Fit...  I’m 41 and I’ve had a double bypass.

I’m a builder by trade so although I’m overweight, I always thought I was fit because I could outrun my younger ...

A new pathway created by the grace of God.  I am a 44 year old who has had a triple bypass surgery just 2 months ago. I have no family history of CAD, and showed no symptoms myself. I wasn't overweight,...

Life After Quad By Pass Graft Surgery  I was a 51 year old man in perfect health who woke up one morning about 4:30a.m. to what I thought was a mild case of heart burn. As the 30 minutes went ...

Postpartum spontaneous coronary artery dissection  I am a 36 year old female, good health, and May 31st 2009, gave birth to my fourth baby.

Pregnancy was uneventful and birth was normal and things were ...

LEG BYPASS  Hello
My mom is a 70yr/non-smoker, weight controlled,
normally active person! She is a kidney recipient for about 6 yrs with a stable heart condition
...

"Minor" Heart attack turns into Major Trouble  In November 2007, having just thrown a surprise party for my wife's 50th birthday, things were looking up. My mother-in-law had passed from lung cancer ...

My New Lucky Number is 7 ( dead for 7 min and zapped 7 times).  I had my first big scare on Aug 5, 2001 when I was just 46 years old. I was dead for 7 and half minutes. The doctor zapped me 7 times (they typically ...

The Blah Blah Blah Syndrome  I was in the middle of a high school English lesson when I first felt the chest pains 8 years ago. I have a family history of cardiac problems - my mother,...

Too Young  I was at the age of thirty one when i had a heart attack it started the night before when i felt sick to my stomach and had pain radiate down my arms the ...

Heart attack at 55  I had a heart attack in Nov-2009. I was on vacation that day. Since the past one month before that, I used to have some chest pain when I exercised or ...

Throwing PVCs  I noticed lots of heart Palpitations in my late 30’s. My dad died of arrhythmia cause heart attack at 55. So I am always aware of my heart and my own mortality....

From a hole in my heart to being whole in spirit  Nearly two years ago, at age 33, at the apparent peak of health, and while recently enjoying frequent peak experiences, I suffered three Spontaneous Coronary ...

Pacemaker and Keyless Car Ignition  I had had a pacemaker for many years without problems, then bought a Nissan Micra keyless entry and ignition car.

Wonderful car, but... keyless entry ...

ka  I was born with congenital heart disease. Every second child in every two generations of my family gets it. I am obviously the second child. By the time ...

A Late Start  I am 12 years old. My dad has battled heart disease his whole life. Sadly, he inherited it from his dad, whom I never met. He always had a whole in ...

ENJOY LIFE AFTER CABG--SECOND HALF  As I had told (in a previous post) my father had an triple-cabg in year 1995 and now I decided to (have him) go through a complete cardiac checkup.

Dr....

''ENJOY LIFE AFTER CABG''  My father had an angina pain iin 1994. We took him to the hospital immediately. There he was hospitalised for four days. Then after a week he went through ...

Modern Medicine - Got To Love It!  I was born with a congenital heart disease called Tetralogy of Fallot.

I had bypass surgery when I was two and open heart surgery when I was 5 years ...

God Gave Me Life  Hi,
My name is Maria, I had open heart surgery.
On 2/23 this year 2010 will be 3 years of the operation. My sternum still hurts like crazy. My scar ...

Scars from the neck to my knee  The first operations I had were a tonsillectomy and repair of a torn meniscus in my right knee. Of course, only the latter left a visible scar.

Then ...