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Bruce Stocker

I am a 56 year old male with heart, lung, stroke,and Chronic copd

You and Bypass Surgery

Surgery, it is always a frightening word to here when your doctor comes to talk to you. I know with me, when my cardiologist walked into my room and said it had to be open heart surgery, it felt as though I went numb. I had never had surgery before except for tonsils as a child and carpal tunnel. When I thought of having my chest cracked open and... Read more Chevron

posted 06/20/2009, comment (1)|

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Jenice/Wolfspirit

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wife, mother of 4 boys, 4 girls, 18 grands and 7 great grands

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I have angina around 4:00 to 5:00 am alot.

I have angina around 4:00 to 5:00 am alot. What is the risk of a heart attack and what do I need to do? I was just released from the hosp. because of angina. The local drs here have a habit of just releasing you if you have no insurance. I have 2 stints, CHF and COPD. Both parents died from heart problems and 2 brothers also.

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Diane Deschenes

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Heart attack survivor 10-13-2008 Married 2 children 7 grandkids

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surviving the big one

October 13 2008 I began feeling dizzy and nauseated. I started vomiting and 8 hrs later I went to hospital to get something for my *acid reflux* and discovered I was having complete heart block, a major heart attack. I now have a 3 stints, am taking medication and vitamins and fish oil and also have a pacemaker. I am only 50... Read more Chevron

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Shaymus

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and I thought I was over the hump . . .

I'm a 53 year old white male in better than average shape, (or so I thought) and I just recently had a stent put in my RCA. This is my forth stent, but this one came as a complete surprise. My first introduction to coronary artery disease came at age 42. I was (and still am although not active in the field) a firefighter in a... Read more Chevron

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mtnmom79

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MI 3-3-07, EF 28%

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The Story

I live in a remote mountain area of SoCal. It takes an ambulance 40-50 min to get here generally, but on the day of my MI we had an ambulance on the hill - because we had snow! As a result I had help within 15 min and reached the hospital 10 mi away within the first two hours. From the moment I realized I wasn't going to die that day - I became... Read more Chevron

posted 06/23/2008, comments (0)|

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