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What Advice Are You Grateful To Share With Others About Heart Disease?

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San Francisco, CA
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Look into Carnivore! Check out YouTube for information and testimonials! I have lost 30lbs, blood sugar and blood pressure has dropped to normal range and I fell better than I have in 20 years! It’s not for everyone, but it works for me! Good luck!

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A MyHeartDiseaseTeam Member

Take care of yourself the best you can but always remember life is for living, don't be so strict with yourself that you live feeling always deprived.

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A MyHeartDiseaseTeam Member

You may not always get a cure but you can work with it and survive

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A MyHeartDiseaseTeam Member

To your best life!

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A MyHeartDiseaseTeam Member

Well, my heart at 64 y,o was very, very bad. I had an enlarged heart, and a bad, leaky aortic valve, and on top of all that, had a aneurysm at 4.8 (size) I didn't want surgery, I have already had since Jan 2024 , back/spine surgery, emergency appendix surgery, right hip replacement and my thyroid out.
I was at the point that I could hardly breathe, couldn't walk for very long, depressed a lot and hiding in my house. Finally, I got so bad and had no choice but to do the open-heart surgery.
I was so scared that I wasn't going to make it,
Had surgery on June 6th, 2024. I went to Kaiser Permanente hospital in Fontana, in California.
Today December 24th, 2024, OMG!!!! I'm totally a different person. I feel like I'm 25 not 65. I can walk normal now & I don't run out of breath, and I am so happy I had the surgery.
If I knew back then when the dr first told to have surgery and I refused, I wish I did it then. They replaced my aortic-heart valve with a cow- valve and they took my aneurysm out also. 1st month was very hard healing, and when I had my post op follow up, they were amazed how well and fast I was healing up. My scar you can barely see today, I walk, work out (and not afraid too now) and I am no longer depressed. I am thankful Dr. Mudge was my surgeon.

I wish I would have taken better care of myself back in the day and didn't do any drugs, and party like I did. But you live and learn, and I would have taken better care of myself.
So, whoever reads this, please take care of your body especially your heart. Without that heart beating, you are nothing, and, dead. Your body is a gift from God, take care of it. It is a beautiful gift from God and so treat it right, eat right and if I did all that that back then, I wouldn't have had to go through so many surgeries, I have one more surgery in Jan 2025 and then I'm done.

Listen, I almost died and now, I live like it's my last day on earth every day.

If you have heart problems, keep on top of your dr visits and treatments, because your heart can go downhill really fast. I am very lucky and blessed. I got a second chance at life. Merry Christmas to and God bless you all.
Lanie

2 days ago

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