hello to everyone,
thank you to all who have posted their love,
kind thought, and best wishes in this thread.
i have changed the title of this thread to:
congestive heart failure - signs - symptoms - treatments and disscussion.
I'm feeling better now.
my heart failure seems to have has stabilized now,
thanks to the care and treatment from the heart function clinic.
where I go to twice a week for follow up treatment,
after my one week of hospitalization.
learning to limit my fluid intake to one litre per day,
it sounds simple but it's not. my heart is not strong enought
to clear away the water build up from around my heart and lungs
so when that happens i get a drowning sensation
(Cant' breath) also raise the head of my bed appprox 30 centameters.
three glass of water per day, diet, medication, exersize, loose wieght
(102 KG to now down to 82 KG) disscussions with my cardiologist.
group talk thearapy with other sufering from congestive heart failure
congestive heart failure is not an imedeate death sentance.
i guess life is a death sentance.
I hope you are all well.
best wishes,
Byron.
PS
get a check up once a year,
if you fell sick, see a doctor immedeate ly.

thank goodness you are doing better.
hint: green vegetables are your friend.












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Byron,
I knew they could help you. As said I had a similar problem almost 10 years ago. I was able to walk home from the hospital. That's all I could afford after the costs, but that a different issue.
Good to see you are doing better.

Byron Leigh Hatch @ team Carl Sagan wrote:

I'm feeling better now.

I'm glad you're feeling better, Byron.

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Thank you for the update Byron.
Sounds like things are slowly feeling and looking better for you.

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Wishing you well, Byron. :)

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Glad to hear you are doing better, Byron. :-)

God Bless. :-)


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I'm very glad that you were able to fight back and take control of your health, Byron. Thank you very much for your long awaited health report and lessons learned.

Yes, life is a terminal disease (lol) but also a disease worth fighting for, as brillantly examplified by your own experience.

Please keep us posted about your continuing progresses and (no easy task either!) keep following doctors' orders =:)

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Apr 3, 1999 - May 3, 2020

Glad you are on the up & up )

Bill

I'd have been in sooner but my d got very stuck down while I was writing "immediately" and wouldn't stop for ages.

I know... The irony wasn't lost on me either... Completely undid the whole point I was making at the time.

i have changed the title of this thread to:
congestive heart failure - signs - symptoms - treatments and disscussion.
I'm feeling better now.

When I saw it had a new name, it filled me up with hope so quickly that you were, Byron :) that I thought I'd pop in and tell you about it immediately although now it's taken more time than I'd envisaged, I probably should have just started with something like: I'm so happy to see your post! Which I am :) Very much so!

Restricting fluid intake is a toughie I know I'd really really struggle with doing - but to keep at bay that drowning feeling you were describing...? for that... yes - I would do it to get relief from that, most definitely. It can't be easy though, but it sounds like you've made so much really promising progress :) Well done!

last year while my brother was dying unknown to both of us,
i was suffering severe angina...
i had many more chances to change than my brother.

it takes a lot of will power. a commitment to yourself and your health.

Phud Redux,
Hello Phud,
hang in there you can do it,
In Vancouver Canada where I live, we have a,
VGH Centre for Cardiovascular health,
Cardiac Rehab Program
Cardiac Function Clinic,
do have something like a Cardiac Function Clinic,
where you live ? if you do and your insurance will cover it,
they can help you get healthy again .

here is where I go in Vancouver

https://vch.eduhealth.ca/PDFs/ED/ED.455.C37.pdf

God Bless, Best Wishes for Good Health,
byron

It's good to hear from you again Byron and I hope that you are on the mend.

Cheers.

oh i've almost finished cardiac rehab.
been bouncing around places to workout.
looking for a good pool to swim in.
i spend 30 minutes a day on a stationary bike.
20 minutes on a stepper. and 20 minutes walking.
thats just to limber up enough after the bike and the stepper
to be able to get to the car. hahaha

diet is just important.

oh i've almost finished cardiac rehab. been bouncing around places to workout. looking for a good pool to swim in. i spend 30 minutes a day on a stationary bike. 20 minutes on a stepper. and 20 minutes walking.
thats just to limber up enough after the bike and the stepper
to be able to get to the car. hahaha

=:D

diet is just important.

As is regular and sufficient sleep time (as in "I shouldn'nt be on the internet at 0h45 am"). I realize that in the end, all the cheats and shortcuts I took to gain time aren't worth the healthier - and more productive, enjoyable - life I can get when I take the trouble to pay attention to sleep, diet, exercise (and to the politicians I vote for heh).

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Apr 3, 1999 - May 3, 2020

So glad to hear that you are doing better, Byron, and that your condition is responding to positive action on your part.
Keep it up!
MeowByron!

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

+1

i finished cardiac rehab today...
Byron, you can do it!!!

hi Phuh,
thank you, I 'ill give it my best shot.
I think I three more months of cardiac rehab for me.
best wishes,
byron.