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I am finally going to see an adult cardiologist this week about pregnancy and CHD issues. Just to get all the facts and to eventually plan for my future. Its not good to live in fear and to not know what you might have to go through. My pediatric gave me basic information about pregnancy, but...

Hey everyone! Haven't been on here in a while cause I've been so busy, its nice to have time to be back on here again... Recently, like last week,I went to see my cardiologist for my regular checkup. She told me she heard 1 extra heart beat the whole time she listened to my heart. She told me...

Someone on an anti coagulant had said that anti coagulants can cause memory loss. I have never heard this before, is this true? Sometimes I forget things, but I don't think it has anything to do with the medication I am taking.... Danielle

Hello, This message really is not heart related...I have heat conditions, this is just another issues that I am trying get through. I am young , 28,I feel so alone, I am trying to get out more and meet more people, but its challenging because I am shy by nature and so it is harder for me to...

Hello, I am on an anti depressant (wellbutrin)to treat social anxiety. I worry too much and I think part of it has to do with my heart condition. The psychiatrist says I need to go out and have fun. Its like I'm afraid to live, like living is going to kill me or something. I have a...

Curious to know, what is the Tawdry shirt? Danielle

Hello, Just wondering if there are any 20-30 year olds with CHD who visit this site. Danielle

This may be an unusual, strange, or stupid question..but maybe some of you have these same fears and I wonder if you do or maybe I am going though this alone. Have you ever been afraid to fall in love with someone because of your heart condition? I think I am. If you fall in love with someone...

Is anyone in the Chicago area planning any get togethers soon? If there are enough people in the Chicago area that are interested in getting together, I can help plan it. Thanks, Danielle

I finally got a new job!!! I am now working for a medical services company as a Referral Coordinator. It really crazy at work now cause its so busy and I'm still learning my job, but I really like it. Its a great job to get more work experience. Hopefully in a few months I will be able to move...

I would just like to say that that's really great that people with heart conditions are still able to run marathons, that's amazing. I know that I myself cannot. How you gusy do it? I have no idea. I guess it really depends on each individuals specific condition. I myself know that I get short...

Hi everybody! I am still looking for a job, it's really tough. I go on interviews and get bombarded with questions, especially the tricky questions. And its tough to deal with rejection. Employers ask me why I left my last job and why am I not looking for a job that I got my degree in and tell...

Hey all Chicago area people! This event isn't until September, but thought I'd post this early enough...would anyone be interested in walking for the American Heart Association? For more infor check out http://heartwalk.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=148750 American Heart Association's...

Running on empty is never easy. I continue forward but with no identity, no sense of true self. That?s dangerous and a true set up for failure. The only way to gain identity is to learn through experience. Gaining experience requires going out, try new things, meeting new people, and for me...

I am such a big dork! Reality just hit me today! Sometimes I think I forget that I have a major medical condition. I'm young! I don't want to think of myself as constricted, limited and debilitated. :( I left my job about 2 weeks ago because unprofessional and unethical stuff was going on...

Hey everybody, I just saw my cardiologist and had an echo done. My cardiologist says that I am having a premature heart beat and sees that there is tissue underneath my valve. She wants to take a closer look at the tissue underneath the valve and so I am going for a second echo next week...

I was wondering if anyone knows of any resources, books, movies, articles, journals, websites...on the mental and emotional aspects of having a CHD. Since all of the medical technology is new, I doubt there would be much info about the emotional/mental aspects of a CHD. Thanks, Danielle

I am free from stress...yay! Until I get a new job. I have found that many jobs out there for young, unexperienced people are often stressful and demanding. My last job was like that, many demands, tight deadlines, lots of change, they worked me to death. I just recently went to see my...

I am having trouble dealing with anxiety. My counselor says it is due to me not being able to deal with uncertainty and wanting to stay where it is 'safe' and not take any significant action in my life. Living with my parents is part of the problem. I have to sort of listen to them because it...

I have thought about volunteering at a hospice..but I have the concern that I would be exposed to people with infectious diseases. I have previously had an illness when I was younger (Bacterial Endocarditis) and know that illness like that are not good for the heart. I don't really know who...