Comments on: Living With Congestive Heart Failure http://www.healthnewsforfamilies.com/living-with-congestive-heart-failure Health news and information for families Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:38:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Bebe http://www.healthnewsforfamilies.com/living-with-congestive-heart-failure/comment-page-1#comment-73 Bebe Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:56:43 +0000 http://www.healthnewsforfamilies.com/living-with-congestive-heart-failure#comment-73 My Mum has just had a mild heart attack and during the hospital treatment they drained over 7 litres of fluid from her. She is home now, but depressed. I'm not sure that she or my Dad know that it is Heart Failure that has been diagnosed, but it worries me silly. She is 87 now and I want he to carry on for many more years yet but with a decent quality of life. My Mum has just had a mild heart attack and during the hospital treatment they drained over 7 litres of fluid from her.

She is home now, but depressed. I’m not sure that she or my Dad know that it is Heart Failure that has been diagnosed, but it worries me silly.

She is 87 now and I want he to carry on for many more years yet but with a decent quality of life.

]]> By: John Walker http://www.healthnewsforfamilies.com/living-with-congestive-heart-failure/comment-page-1#comment-25 John Walker Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:20:20 +0000 http://www.healthnewsforfamilies.com/living-with-congestive-heart-failure#comment-25 CHF is a very serious disease, and you're right to be concerned. Since I'm not a doctor, I can't give any medical advice ... you should of course follow the directions of your doctors and take their advice. For more information about CHF you might want to look at the <a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/heart-failure/DS00061" title="Mayo Clinic page about CHF" rel="nofollow">Mayo Clinic's</a> page. CHF is a very serious disease, and you’re right to be concerned. Since I’m not a doctor, I can’t give any medical advice … you should of course follow the directions of your doctors and take their advice. For more information about CHF you might want to look at the Mayo Clinic’s page.

]]> By: E Banks http://www.healthnewsforfamilies.com/living-with-congestive-heart-failure/comment-page-1#comment-24 E Banks Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:04:46 +0000 http://www.healthnewsforfamilies.com/living-with-congestive-heart-failure#comment-24 I was diagnosed with chf about a month ago.Believe me it about knocked me off my feet .I am a guy that's never been sick a day in his life.I have been a Christian most of my life.I am so scared that my life is going to end abrubtly.....Please help me with info and tell me what to do...Tagline567@aol.com.........Thanks I was diagnosed with chf about a month ago.Believe me it about knocked me off my feet .I am a guy that’s never been sick a day in his life.I have been a Christian most of my life.I am so scared that my life is going to end abrubtly…..Please help me with info and tell me what to do…Tagline567@aol.com………Thanks

]]> By: Congestive Heart Failure Isn’t A Death Sentence Tips and Answers http://www.healthnewsforfamilies.com/living-with-congestive-heart-failure/comment-page-1#comment-18 Congestive Heart Failure Isn’t A Death Sentence Tips and Answers Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:37:29 +0000 http://www.healthnewsforfamilies.com/living-with-congestive-heart-failure#comment-18 [...] What I didn’t know about congestive heart failure is that the term is a little off. The heart is failing, but it may take awhile. There are ways to live longer, sometimes years longer when you are diagnosed with congestive heart failure, and you certainly don’t have to start making funeral plans if you hear those words. The doctors assured us that if they got the excess fluid out of my grandmother’s system she should be able to go home soon. [...] [...] What I didn’t know about congestive heart failure is that the term is a little off. The heart is failing, but it may take awhile. There are ways to live longer, sometimes years longer when you are diagnosed with congestive heart failure, and you certainly don’t have to start making funeral plans if you hear those words. The doctors assured us that if they got the excess fluid out of my grandmother’s system she should be able to go home soon. [...]

]]> By: Congestive Heart Failure In Seniors Health Medicine Medical http://www.healthnewsforfamilies.com/living-with-congestive-heart-failure/comment-page-1#comment-17 Congestive Heart Failure In Seniors Health Medicine Medical Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:37:08 +0000 http://www.healthnewsforfamilies.com/living-with-congestive-heart-failure#comment-17 [...] Though I have been through a lot in my life, I was not prepared to hear the doctors say that my grandmother had congestive heart failure. She had already been through so much. She had a stroke when she was in her fifties, and she was never the same after that. She was always healthy though, and until this, had been OK for the most part. Now we had to face something that scared me. I didn’t want to go through it again, though I do realize that grandparents don’t live forever. I just didn’t want to face losing her now. [...] [...] Though I have been through a lot in my life, I was not prepared to hear the doctors say that my grandmother had congestive heart failure. She had already been through so much. She had a stroke when she was in her fifties, and she was never the same after that. She was always healthy though, and until this, had been OK for the most part. Now we had to face something that scared me. I didn’t want to go through it again, though I do realize that grandparents don’t live forever. I just didn’t want to face losing her now. [...]

]]> By: Congestive Heart Failure Need Not Be The End Mutated Articles http://www.healthnewsforfamilies.com/living-with-congestive-heart-failure/comment-page-1#comment-16 Congestive Heart Failure Need Not Be The End Mutated Articles Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:36:45 +0000 http://www.healthnewsforfamilies.com/living-with-congestive-heart-failure#comment-16 [...] My grandmother seems to be doing well right now. She’s also happy. That’s what is important to me. She seems to be better than she has been in a long time despite the diagnosis of congestive heart failure. Perhaps she has been looking back on her life and perhaps she likes what she sees. She has always been a wonderful woman, and the world could use more like her. She hasn’t let congestive heart failure stop her from enjoying what she loves, even if she can’t do what she used to do. She seems to be happy to see us when we visit, and she’s still got that sparkle in her eye that I remember from when she was young and healthy. That’s all I need to see. [...] [...] My grandmother seems to be doing well right now. She’s also happy. That’s what is important to me. She seems to be better than she has been in a long time despite the diagnosis of congestive heart failure. Perhaps she has been looking back on her life and perhaps she likes what she sees. She has always been a wonderful woman, and the world could use more like her. She hasn’t let congestive heart failure stop her from enjoying what she loves, even if she can’t do what she used to do. She seems to be happy to see us when we visit, and she’s still got that sparkle in her eye that I remember from when she was young and healthy. That’s all I need to see. [...]

]]>