PRETTY LADY CHRONICLES: Maternal Health & Heart Failure...Nearly 20 years after my own maternal health crisis I’ve been witnessing a heightened sense of awareness surrounding what is now considered...reactionscomments
Coping With Diabetes...Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs because the body is unable to use blood sugar (glucose) properly. The exact cause of...reactionscomments
What Is the Deal With NSAIDs?...As someone with heart failure, you are likely aware of the recommendation to avoid taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, also known as NSAIDs...reactions2comments
How Does the Heart Compensate During Heart Failure?...As heart failure patients, I think we all know that heart failure does not mean that our heart has stopped working. The...reactions1comment
PPCM Changed My Life: My Fight Isn’t Over, I’m a PPCM Survivor!...Editor's note: This is part 3 in a 3-part series. Check out part 1, PPCM Changed My Life: I Don’t Have Heart...reactionscomments
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...reactions1comment
Meet Your Moderators: Kimberly Connell...Welcome to the Heart-Failure.net Meet Your Moderators series! These articles are intended to help our community members better know the people who...reactionscomments
Athletic Adventurer...I was extremely athletic all my life. With congestive heart failure at age 70, I can barely walk from one room in...reactions1comment
7 Things We Expect From Our Doctors...Me, I don’t want just any doctor. I think most of us are this way. We try to find doctors who cater...reactionscomments
Heart Failure...I was very active for so many years and even ran several marathons. I was training for an Ironman event in 2019...reactions3comments
LUCKY ME!...In 2005, one year after I retired at age 63 I was going to bed and I started coughing. My wife said...reactions6comments
Plan to LIVE One Day at a Time......Hello Everyone, I was diagnosed with congestive heart failure (CHF) in 2005, with the left bundle branch blocked and an EF of...reactions3comments
Estate Planning: Don’t Forget About Your Fur Babies...No one likes to think about death – much less their own. When you have a chronic condition, like heart failure, making...reactionscomments
Understanding the Realities of Heart Failure: Results From the Inaugural Heart Failure In America Survey...Millions of people worldwide have a heart failure diagnosis and many more go untreated. Every year, we conduct our Heart Failure In...reactions1comment
Meet Your Moderators: Tina Marie Marsden...Welcome to the Heart-Failure.net Meet Your Moderators series! These articles are intended to help our community members better know the people who...reactionscomments
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...reactions4comments
Mold exposure lead to heart failure...I was exposed to Stachybotrys aspergillus penicillium and Cladosporium toxic molds on my job as a Federal Ranger due to an Air...reactions2comments
Taken for Granted...Recently, two friends of mine had pacemakers installed to regulate their heartbeats and to combat atrial fibrillation. Both of them are doing...reactionscomments
S.M.A.R.T. Goal Setting Principles...Living with heart failure means that we constantly have to monitor many aspects of our lives – how much salt are we...reactions2comments
Interpreting Common Labs...Lab work is something people with heart failure are used to being drawn. Every three, six, or twelve months we have lab...reactions5comments
