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Pulse of My Heart
http://pattyoc.blogspot.com
A husband's ongoing love note to his wife as she struggles through heart failure.
- Added on: Oct 27th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Brian O'Mara-Croft
- Listed in: Women's Health Personal
- Tags: love recovery heart attack transplant antibodies heart failure
Recent Posts
My theory (for what it\'s worth)
Hi everyone:Of course, no doctor wants to believe me, but I still think all of Patty's odd and somewhat random symptoms--numbness in right hand, pain in right foot, perhaps even the atherosclerosis in one (and only one) cardiac artery that caused her...
Results soon?
Hi everyone:Patty has a handful of tests coming up over the next week to evaluate how successful the HeartNet device has been in increasing her ejection fraction. Keep your fingers crossed for good news. In the long run, I'm not sure what an improvem...
HeartNet info
Hi everyone:While surfing around today, I found an interesting (albeit dated) article about the HeartNet procedure (Patty had it this past summer), with quotes from people Patty knows well at Edward Hospital. It's here.Love,Brian...
Hand numbness and headaches
Hi everyone:Patty has been experiencing an unusual and disconcerting symptom recently--profound numbness in her hands, particularly in the mornings and more pronounced in her right hand. This, of course, makes teaching art classes, and pottery in par...
Coasting along
Hi everyone:I haven't posted in a little while, so I thought I'd drop in to let you know that Patty has been faring well of late. She's had occasional arrhythmias that I, of course, find more unsettling than she does; otherwise, though, she still see...
Coming up on five years
Hi everyone:Nothing much to report. Patty has had headaches for several days running now, for no reason of which we're aware.Five years ago this week Patty suffered her heart attack. From what I've read, more than 50 percent of those who have a heart...
