How to cope with bad news and overcome fearAfter growing progressively ill in the Fall of 2022, I passed out and fell in my bathroom on December 28th, 2022. I was transported to the ER by ambulance. The...Reactions0reactionsComments6 repliesCopingComorbidities
Has anyone else improved their health outcomes through diet and lifestyle changes?In Nov. 2021, I was hospitalized with diastolic dysfunction and acute heart failure with BP at 200/100. I was started on anti-hypertensive medication and furosemide since I presented with left...Reactions0reactionsComments6 repliesCopingHealthcare TeamComorbidities
Cardiovascular Disease and depressions I worry about my husband after open heart surgery....Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesCopingMental Health
barely breathing.I'm in Las Vegas for eight weeks headed to cardiac events and laid in the ER for 35 hours plus combined I left both before I could get stent or...Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesCoping
Coping with CHFGood morning everyone. I’d like to ask a question if I may. How do you all cope with the fact that if you do something in the house or just...Reactions0reactionsComments7 repliesCoping
Heart Attack and stopped smoking.Ugh it's hard to do . I been smoking over 40 yrs and cold turkey it. I don't know what answers looking for other than somebody who understands...Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesCoping
Has anyone found relief for coughing?Recently, a community member shared that his constant coughing is making it very difficult to talk and asked for some advice to make it less agonizing. Does anyone have any...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesTips & AdviceCopingSymptoms
What kind of support do you need today?Living with heart failure is hard work. How can we support you today? This is a judgment-free space where you can share the truth about what's been hard for you...Reactions0reactionsComments32 repliesCoping
. I am 72 I never even knew that to his fish had so many milligrams of sodium. But with three major illnesses I have to watch everythingOn 11/12/21 I passed out. Woke up in ICU. Doctor told my husband he could not do surgery that I was not making off the table alive so I ended...Reactions0reactionsComments11 repliesNewly DiagnosedCoping
Dealing with the anxiety of having heart failureIf you are having a hard time dealing with the anxiety of heart failure, check out this article by one of our advocates who shares what she has in her...Reactions0reactionsComments9 repliesCoping