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Help Needed

Hi everyone, I hope you're all well.

I'm terribly sorry to post this here if it isn't the right place to post it.

I'm looking for help and I'm not sure where else to post it.

Someone I love has told me they suffer from heart failure. They're doctor has told them about the standard life expectancy and that a heart transplant may be needed.

I'm broken and upset and I don't really know what to say or how to support.

Is there any advice any of you can give on this? Or how to extend life expectancy and/or quality of life?

Any information, links or resources would be a massive help.

Again, I'm so sorry if this isn't the right place to post this. I don't really know where else to go.

Thank you in advance.

  1. Hi. This is the right place to post your query. And we have many people in our community who are in the same boat as both you and your friend. It is my hope that others in the community will chime in with their thoughts. In the meantime, I have some ideas that may help you. First, and interestingly, I had a discussion about doctors talking about life expectancy today with a heart failure patient I took care of at my work today. And we decided that only God knows how long you will live. And we decided that it's important for doctors to talk about this because they want you to be

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