Meet Your Moderators: Kimberly ConnellWelcome to the Heart-Failure.net Meet Your Moderators series! These articles are intended to help our community members better know the people who moderate on our various channels. Heart failure plays...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
PRETTY LADY CHRONICLES: My 10-Year LVAD Celebration!Looking back to where I’ve come from, I would’ve never imagined my LVAD journey would extend as long as it has. As each year passed, I reached a greater milestone. I would’ve...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
7 Things We Expect From Our DoctorsMe, I don’t want just any doctor. I think most of us are this way. We try to find doctors who cater to our specific needs and we also try...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Meet Your Moderators: Latoya Johnson KeelenWelcome to the Heart-Failure.net Meet Your Moderators series! These articles are intended to help our community members better know the people who moderate on our various channels. Heart failure plays...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Take the Health and Media Habits Survey!The Media Habits Survey is now closed. Thank you for your interest! Managing a chronic condition is not easy and can be physically and mentally exhausting. What types of media...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Broken HeartThe word ‘heart’ has many literal and figurative meanings, especially if combined with a word like ‘have,’ as in ‘to have heart.’ A heart is an organ that pumps blood...Reactions0reactionsComments7 comments
PRETTY LADY CHRONICLES: Why I Chose to Be a Patient AdvocateI was diagnosed with heart failure 19+ years ago. What I know now can in no way be compared to what I knew then. The connections I’ve made with other patients...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Meet Your Moderators: John BottrellWelcome to the Heart-Failure.net Meet Your Moderators series! These articles are intended to help our community members better know the people who moderate on our various channels. Heart failure plays...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Estate Planning: Don’t Forget About Your Fur BabiesNo one likes to think about death – much less their own. When you have a chronic condition, like heart failure, making plans about your health care should also include...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
A Guide to Common Drugs Prescribed After a Heart Attack (Part 2)Editor's note: this is part 2 of a series. Be sure to check out part 1! This article continues the discussion of commonly prescribed drugs after a heart attack. Antihypertensives...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Meet Your Moderators: Tina Marie MarsdenWelcome to the Heart-Failure.net Meet Your Moderators series! These articles are intended to help our community members better know the people who moderate on our various channels. Heart failure plays...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
The EF Game - Why Do We Care About This Number?"I hate it when patients fixate on ejection fraction (EF)," I heard from a cardiologist on a clubhouse talk one night. Why do we worry about our EF, and why...Reactions0reactionsComments11 comments
Nausea and Vomiting in Heart FailureLoss of appetite and nausea are potential symptoms that people with heart failure (HF) experience. It can relate to a feeling of being full and having a bloated abdomen, despite...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
What Is Tachycardia? Tachycardia is a type of heart rhythm. It means that your heart is beating faster than normal. So what does this really mean? What causes it? How might this contribute...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Minimalism and Heart FailureI am a big proponent of minimalism. Simply put, minimalism is a movement where people get rid of items that they do not need. It’s about minimizing obsession with materialistic...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Taken for GrantedRecently, two friends of mine had pacemakers installed to regulate their heartbeats and to combat atrial fibrillation. Both of them are doing very well, having regained energy and lost some...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Tips for Learning to Tolerate BiPAP and CPAP MachinesSo, you have qualified for BiPAP or CPAP. Your doctor believes it will help you sleep better at night and feel better during the daytime. Here are some tips to...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
How Can We Get Others to Take Their Cardiovascular Risks Seriously?Heart failure is hard. Really REALLY hard. One of the things that helped me get through is the hope that I can use my experiences to help others take their...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
A Guide to Common Drugs Prescribed After a Heart Attack (Part 1)The first heart attack can be an extremely overwhelming and frightening experience. It is not uncommon for people to stay admitted in the hospital for up to 5 days following...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
How Immunomodulatory Drugs May Prevent, Cure Heart FailureYour immune system may play a role in heart diseases and researchers have suspected this for many years now. In fact, this was something they investigated in the 1960s and...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
