Coronary Heart Disease Support Group

Coronary heart disease is the end result of the accumulation of plaques within the walls of the arteries. While the symptoms and signs of coronary heart disease are noticable in the advanced state of disease, most with coronary heart disease show no evidence of disease for decades as the disease progresses before the first onset of symptoms, often a "sudden" heart attack,...

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Congestive Heart Failure

leakfixr50
leakfixr50

I am newly diagnosed with CHF and CAD ...   my EF is 10 % ...     The doc says i have 4 years left to live at best ....   I've never had a chest pain in my life but he tells me I've had at least two heart attacks in the past ...   How can that be ????   Is this a death sentance or can this be controlled ???   I have a bunch of kids, how the hell do I tell them ???

RoboPop
RoboPop
What crap! your doctor is an idiot! I am celebrating 10 years since diagnosis and open heart surgery on Feb 1st, when they told me I wouldn't survive the surgery, and I have no intention of leaving anytime soon...at least not because of that. I have had so many heart attacks we stopped counting, I'm only going to worry about the last one I ever have. There is so much wrong with my heart they wouldn't even give me any trade in on a new one. and rest assured I asked, and yet here I am still irritating the medical community.

There are many new options available to you, from medications, to stents, to bypass, to transplant and still more options are in the pipeline.

There are no guarantees, but if you follow a proper treatment regimen, go through a Cardiac rehab program, exercise and eat right, there's no reason to stamp an expiration date on you.

Good luck and smile, if for no other reason than it confuses doctors.
jptexas
jptexas
I agree, do not let docs tell you that!! So many improvements rapidly in medicine. I was told there was absolutely NO Treatment for my small vessel disease and I was headed to heart failure at age 46, so exhausted I could not get out of bed in morning. Then, four months later, the nurse called me and said, there is a new treatment for people like who who have no options (vessels too small to stent and too small to bypass). I had EECP treatment shortly thereafter and it saved my life!! I've also had two surgeries that have made it challenging, but I get back on my walking regime and get stronger afterwards. In Austin, Texas, where I live...there are so many new therapies/treatment options being investigated. Please see another doctor who is hopeful and uplifting, if anything else. Good luck and God Bless.
CHFSurvivor
CHFSurvivor
They gave me 5 years... that was when my EJ was 20. It is now 70. I now only take meds for BP... no more of the nasty stuff. If you feel you would like how I did it, I will share... a simple low, low, salt, no caffeine, no alcohol, no smoking diet / lifestyle. Seriously, let me know and I can share my daily diet... all from the local grocery store.
ScientificAnimations
ScientificAnimations
As a medical condition, congestive heart failure (or CHF) affects not only the heart, but also many other organs of the body. To understand the condition minutely, check out this beautiful 3D animation studded blog post: http://www.scientificanimations.com/congestive-heart-failure/?utm_source=Forum&utm_medium=Link&utm_campaign=website&utm_content=Link
HealthyD
HealthyD
There are natural products that help the body to reduce and remove plaques from the body. L-arginine is an amino acid that helps the body in this area. The High Desert Heart Institute did a study on the effects of L-Arginine supplementation and Heart Disease. You tube has a video about the trial at the Institute. I use the product the tested currently to help my body stay healthy and try to avoid heart disease. Here is the link https://youtu.be/cxqFbKV5YeA. I can explain more.