Information and opinions on health from Hard Hearted Hannah at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/1440/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/1440/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/1440/index http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/1440/15367/hannah Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:22:00 -0400 Hard Hearted Hannah Well, after they inserted one stent in my LCA a couple of weeks ago, I can say I am getting better quality sleep. But that's about all I can say. I am still operating at about 50% of normal and quite limited in stamina. I am now able to walk an entire block without running out of breath. So that's to be thankful for.The troubling news is that the Right Coronary Artery, which they tell me is 100% blocked, is so occluded the cardiologists... http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/1440/15367/hannah http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/1440/14925/hard-hack Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:38:00 -0400 Hard Hearted Hannah Last Tuesday night, having trouble getting to sleep due to chest discomfort, and having taken nitroglycerin twice in 15 minutes without relief, I recalled the cardiologist's words of concern the day before when he urged me to come in and let them do angioplasty - "I don't want you to get too comfortable with that chest pain." "If you use nitro twice without relief, call 911!" So I got up, got dressed, packed an... http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/1440/14925/hard-hack http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/1440/14452/hard-hunch Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:20:00 -0400 Hard Hearted Hannah Well, my name's not Hannah, but I do have a "hard heart" - or heart disease, according to the doctors. After a recent Cardio catheterization procedure, the cardiologist told me I had 25 to 30% blockage in one coronary artery and 100% blockage in another. Then he said my heart had created its own "by pass" artery, which was clear and fully functional (that was the good news). He recommended against by-pass surgery in light... http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/c/1440/14452/hard-hunch