The Pillars of Caregiving...One of our advocates who has always been a caregiver, breaks down the pillars of caregiving. The pillars include Information, Friends and family, Spiritual practice, Grumption. ❤️ Best, Amani (@Heart-Failure.net...reactions3repliesCaregiving
Dealing with the anxiety of having heart failure...If 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...reactions9repliesCoping
Symptom & Healing Journal Giveaway (Giveaway CLOSED)...In honor of Heart Failure Awareness Month, we’re giving away one Symptom Journal and one Healing Journal because we know living with heart failure is hard work. TWO lucky winners...reactionscomments
How Technology Brings Both Convenience and Confusion: Results of the Connected Health Survey...Sometimes, it feels like we are surrounded by technology. Apps, devices, trackers, and gadgets are everywhere! In this digital age, though, everyone has a different level of comfort using technology...reactionscomments
Heart Failure Awareness Month- It's Hard Work!...February marks Heart Failure Awareness Month. Now more than ever, let us bring awareness to what it is like to live with heart failure. We know managing a heart failure...reactionscomments
Symptom & Healing Journal Giveaway Terms & Conditions...Updated: May, 2020 Official Rules, Terms and Conditions for Symptom & Healing Journal Giveaway NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING...reactionscomments
Kimberly Connell...I'm Kimberly Connell, Support Network Coordinator of Women Heart Houston. A heart survivor. I was first diagnosed with a heart murmur at 12 years old that later turned into hypertrophic...
My Second Heart Attack...It only took me about four years and two months to have my second heart attack. Why so short of a time between them you might ask? I made some...reactionscomments
Let’s Discuss Heart Sounds...For our COPD site, I wrote an article about lung sounds. Your heart also makes sounds. Like lung sounds, they can be heard by using a stethoscope. I thought it...reactionscomments
Different Types of Heart Failure...The term heart failure is an umbrella term as there are a few different types of heart failure. While they often are all clumped into one heart failure category, there...reactionscomments
The Importance of Support Groups...In the summer of 2010, a diagnosis of coronary artery disease after the discovery of two blocked arteries started me thinking about retirement. After a career in secondary education, including...reactions3comments
What Is COPD?...Some people in this community also have COPD. It’s a disease that affects the lungs and may cause shortness of breath. So, what is COPD? Here’s what to know. COPD...reactions3comments
The Heart Will Go On...Titanic movie watchers will remember this title song by Celine Dion. I have always been a hopeless romantic, so the song and the movie resonated. What really moved me were...reactions2comments
Surviving the Cold...Cold weather is upon the northern part of the world. The cold is arguably just as taxing on heart failure as hot weather is, just in a different way. Most...reactions2comments
4 Times You Should Seek a Second Opinion...It is never easy to receive the news that you have a medical condition that will change your life as you know it. No matter if that condition is a...reactions7comments
Trauma and PTSD - Am I Going Crazy?...You might have seen a previous article I wrote about depression. However, depression’s cousin when it comes to serious medical illness is often trauma-induced PTSD. Per the CDC,“Most everyone has...reactionscomments
Is Coffee Bad for the Heart?...There is nothing better than the sound and smell of coffee brewing early in the morning. For me personally, knowing that I can indulge in my morning blonde roast helps...reactionscomments
Importance of Community...Living with heart failure, whether you are newly diagnosed or have lived with it for a long time, can at times feel completely overwhelming. Navigating life with heart failure from...reactions2comments
The Younger Heart Failure Patient...I am 37 and was diagnosed with CHF at 35 after a severe heart attack. For context, overnight I went from working an adrenaline-filled full-time job in a position of...reactions4comments
Happy Birthday, Let's spend the evening before in the ER!...My story begins around Halloween two years ago. My name is Lynne or Linnie as I like to be called, I am 50 years old a mother of 10 and...reactionscomments