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Heart failure patients need to have a conversation about the pelvic floor! As a heart failure patient, a lot of medicine that we take (especially the diuretics) are hard on...

I have felt discouraged in talking about my heart condition and sometimes even writing about my journey. Now and then, I have felt unmotivated, but recently, the lack of motivation...

Receiving a heart failure diagnosis is almost always a life-changing experience. Some people get the news after a major cardiac event, while others find out after years of slowly progressing...

I have been writing about things I experience in the hospital setting. Of course, we take care of many patients experiencing myocardial ischemia and infarction (a.k.a. heart attacks). I am...

Editor's note: This is part 2 of a series. Be sure to check out part 1! Somewhat blindsided, I didn't expect to hear I had three leaking heart valves, that...

I’m a dreamer! Not the kind that dreams big and has set goals. I mean when I lay down for bed, dreams always come to me. Sometimes I couldn’t wait...

Editor's note: This is part 2 of a series. Be sure to check out part 1! In the first part of the article, we outlined why a good relationship with...

Doctors love ordering blood tests. This is because they offer great information about how you are doing medically. They allow your doctor to track how you are doing overtime and...

I see many posts about people fearing a heart catheterization, so as someone who has had several, I want to help put the collective mind at ease. Keep in mind...

Living with heart failure means that we constantly have to monitor many aspects of our lives – how much salt are we eating, how much fluid are we drinking, how...

Editor's note: This is part 1 of a series. Be sure to check out part 2! We face many problems globally, as communities, families, and as individuals. But I find...

Poor sleep quality can have significant impacts on our mental and physical health. People with heart failure (HF) commonly suffer from poor sleep quality. Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) conditions, such as...

Heart failure is a condition that most have probably heard of at some point in their life, mainly because it is a very common health issue. In fact, there are...

There are many different treatments for heart failure as well as other cardiac conditions. While most are medications, there are other non-surgical type treatments. Ablations have evolved over the years...

Editor's note: This is part 1 of a series. Be sure to check out part 2! My life constantly feels like a well-scripted story full of dramatic twists that often...

The Managing Treatment and Medication Survey is now closed. Thank you for your interest! Treatment is a big part of managing a chronic (long-term) health condition like heart failure. Often...

Editor's note: This is part 1 of a series. Keep an eye out for part 2! As a pharmacist, I often hear about the quality of the patient-doctor relationship directly...

I recently went through training at work and the guest speaker was a psychologist who specialized in working with corporate teams. He led us through an exercise to manage our...

Having heart failure comes with its own unique set of limitations. While we all experience heart failure and its symptoms a bit differently, there are times where we just can’t...

The first week of June, I returned to working in my office full time. I thought it would be an easier transition because I had been working on and off...