Discussions: Stories

I just found your website. I have a story to tell. I made a diary from when I decided to have surgery till today. It was daily while in the hospital to a week or so out. Then whenever I have something to add. I hate to brag but the LAVD team at Banner University Hospital in Phoenix calls me their...

Hello All, Quick background, I am 37 and got my LVAD put in when I was 36. I had blood clots in my widow maker artery, it resulted in 2 massive heart attacks and subsequentially, heart failure. I flatlined and came back 6 times within a 2 week period. I was in a coma for almost a month.I had some...

Hi everyone, I first want to thank you for the stories you share about your lives and loved ones on here. I was so lucky to find this website when my father was admitted to the hospital in February needing an emergency surgery for the LVAD (his heart was at 18%). I used it as research for the months...

My journey began in December 2015. I had to have a pacemaker implanted. I thought that had solved my heart problem. Not until I arrived in GA did I eventually learn that I had chronic heart failure. I was sent to a Heart Failure Clinic in Atlanta. My cardiologist suggested that I get on the heart...

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