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...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...
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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...reactionscomments
Congestive Heart Failure Diagnosis Story...My story begins with me getting my right foot fused to correct a flat foot defect. At the one-week pre-op appointment, they...reactionscomments
Sotagliflozin and Hospitalizations in People With Heart Failure...There are many drugs used to treat heart failure, and even more are being researched. Recently, a drug called sotagliflozin has shown...reactionscomments
My First Heart Attack...Sex nearly killed me. You read that right. This all started on a January night after a night out with my family...reactions1comment
Winter Tips and Tricks for Living With Heart Failure...We are knocking on the door to winter. The trees are bare, temperatures are dropping and for many of us snow is...reactions2comments
Pretty Lady Chronicles: 392 Beats Per Minute Survivor (Part 3)...Editor's note: This is part 3 of a series. Be sure to check out part 1 and part 2! I survived a...reactions1comment
