Coronary Heart Disease Support Group

Hi no not I , but I did have a heart attack almost 10 months ago I take the typical heart meds plus carry Nitro spray which I occasionally use . Its a very up and down road toward maximum return to health about a third of my heart died from the MI it was so painful .Its always nice to hear people still hanging around after 10 20 and sometimes more years after diagnosis it gives me hope .

I haven't had an episode of CHF in nearly a year. I keep the lasix on hand, but only use when I feel that fluid building up. I also do breathing treatments with a nebulizer with Albuterol everyday, and use albuterol emergency inhaler. I also have COPD, so they my heart and lungs like to "acy ugly" at the same time. I can't take the nitro. It starts a migrain that lasts for days. Instead, I take Ranexa 500mg twice a day. It is extended release tablets. It is expensive, but it has really helped. I very seldom have angina now either! I also have porforia and iron overload. I've just recently been diagnosed with those. They are taking one pint of my blood off every three weeks. I counted the other day, I take 21 heart/lung pills per day. I take 12 pain meds and 8-10 muscle relaxers a day. (Yes, spinal damage in 1998.) So when you that majic wand, please send it to me next~~best wishes for you....becky

I have had an MI I have controlled chf and copd, I take 60 mg of Lasix Sun. Tues. Thurs and Sat. on Mon, Wed and Fri I take 80 mg of Lasix I have been on the schedule for almost 2 years, they are now upping my aldactone (another kinda water pill acts different than Lasix) from 12.5 mg to 25 mg, that is really bugging me because it can screw up a persons potassium and that scares me, I would like to live without meds as well, but for now they are keeping me alive, so I will continue to do so. You are sooo young to have these problems I feel for you...Maggy