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Dear davej: I know exactly how you're feeling right now. In 1996 (age 51) I was...

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Discussion: After heart failure: How is your life different?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Aug 5, 2020

Not a Physician, but a Chemist at 75 years of age. I had angioplasty back in...

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Discussion: High CAC Score and Current Status

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Dec 29, 2022

Patience is a requirement for this kind of recovery. Patience is not one of my virtues!...

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Discussion: Recovery from OHS Aortic Valve replacement and double bypass

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Apr 12 8:39am

Hello @rhiannonmb and welcome to Mayo Connect. I can so relate to your husband's fears and...

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Discussion: open heart surgery phobia

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Oct 14, 2016

I had a mini stoke in Dec 2019 and had a lot of diagnostic imaging done...

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Discussion: Aortic Valve Replacement with TAVR: What is it like?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: May 22, 2021

I feel for your anxiety! Let me say that we can be GREATFUL that you and...

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Discussion: High calcium score: I'm in shock

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jul 17, 2024

I can relate to your situation. After my normal cardio appt in 2018 he suggested that...

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Discussion: CCTA after 1,000+ CAC score - warranted?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Feb 12 7:08am

This is an interesting discussion. I had 3 TIAs in 2017. I have no condition that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/963447/

Discussion: Looking for Stroke Patients over 70 who had a PFO Closure

Support Group: Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases

Posted: Nov 12, 2023

Hi @graeme58604.....I hope that, with the time that has passed, you are coming along and feeling...

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Discussion: Post Open Heart Surgery Recovery

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Feb 23 5:11pm

@vbrooks82, I was on Metoprolol after my heart surgery in July 2015. It depressed my heart...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/100237/

Discussion: Stopping Carvedilol (Coreg): When will the effects wear off?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Nov 3, 2017

I'll never forget the phone call. May, 2019. 8:30 PM. My mom's (and mine) cardiologist was...

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Discussion: Women and Heart Health: Have you got a story to share?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Feb 7, 2022

Hi Debra. Your overview of open heart surgery and what to expect applies to my kidney...

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Discussion: What I Learned From My Open Heart Surgery

Support Group: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)

Posted: Mar 14 11:32am

I guess all our stories are different. Mine is lengthy. Im 88 years old and was...

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Discussion: Heart Failure and Enlarged Belly.

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Feb 22, 2024

Thank you so much Martin. Your points are spot on. I too was just trying to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/217174/

Discussion: HELP with potentially wrong decision to start ELIQUIS! OUT OF TIME!

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Sep 18, 2018

I would like to comment on how I feel emotionally, since that was the original intent...

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Discussion: High Coronary Calcium Score: How do others feel emotionally?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Apr 28, 2023

Hi @yorlik. It sounds like you are increasingly concerned, although your doctors seem to have rallied...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/217178/

Discussion: HELP with potentially wrong decision to start ELIQUIS! OUT OF TIME!

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Sep 18, 2018

I totally agree. I’m a 54 F. Looking back, I wish I would’ve been more educated...

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Discussion: Living with high calcium score

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Apr 20, 2024

Hi and Welcome to Connect, I also had open heart surgery for my heart transplant so...

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Discussion: How can I prepare for open heart recovery at home?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Sep 12, 2022

The emotional side of having life threatening heart problems has been really tough, and I seldom...

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Discussion: Heart Disease: Let’s Talk About the Emotional Side

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Oct 11, 2020

I want to emphasize how important it is to advocate for one self with cardiac issues....

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Discussion: Women and Heart Health: Have you got a story to share?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Feb 17, 2022

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