@chantal_pelletier: I’m completely open to questions, I’d love to provide perspective and insight as to what living with an LVAD can look like❤️🩹 #lvad #lvadwarrior #heartfailure #ios #canada #dialatedcardiomyopathy #mechanicalheart #cardiomyopathy
I'm 18 turning 19 in a couple of months and the flu saved my life I had really bad flu symptoms and went to the ER and found out I had heart failure which shocked the hell out of me bc no one in my family has it so I spent two months in the hospital and now have an LVAD
2025-05-21 10:28:52
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lorixomarie :
You’re too calm switching to batteries. As a CVICU nurse I’m MOVING lol
2025-02-01 14:05:16
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<3 :
what symptoms did you have before you were diagnosed? I'm currently waiting to get diagnosed with a heart condition
2025-05-16 05:28:16
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LCK.12 :
I would simply die because I’m too lazy to change batteries
2025-02-02 11:11:51
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actuallyrainy :
I’ve only heard of an lvad from Denny Duquette.
2025-02-02 00:46:56
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jtayyy23 :
The scariest shift of my ER life was a patient that rolled in with his LVAD screaming because it was about to die and he forgot his batteries and someone moved our back up. We got to him just in time
2025-02-02 00:28:01
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caroline 🇵🇸 :
man im glad this kind of technology exists
2025-02-01 19:29:11
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JoJo :
#teamLVAD
2025-03-05 17:49:53
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PuttPuttBike 🇨🇦 :
I'm soooo grateful these exist and as a paramedic I'm mildly nauseated thinking of attending LVAD patients 😩 you all are amazing
2025-02-01 07:48:13
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🕷️RyannDraws 🌈 :
Just got my heart transplant back in March.I lived with an artificial heart for about a year. I always had to have someone with me 24/7 in case the machine faulted. These machines are so amazing.
2025-02-01 20:24:33
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Cherie Sully 🇨🇦 :
I panicked then I saw you were Canadian. Stay safe!
2025-02-01 04:04:02
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EggsEggsEggs :
What will you do when izzie cuts your LVAD wire (cannon event)
2025-02-02 10:11:45
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Jalynn :
My intrusive thoughts would literally be the death of me here
2025-02-01 13:24:14
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breeeona :
As an lvad trained nurse, my body was READY when it beeped 🤣😭
2025-02-01 20:32:24
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Nubs :
just because your heart is a failure doesn't mean you are!
2025-02-02 04:57:15
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kie • D1 instigator :
as an LVAD nurse, i LOVE seeing LVAD patients on the move and living their lives 🖤 best of luck to you seriously!
2025-02-01 22:15:55
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Cora Karr :
My dad was the second longest living LVAD patient at U of M…. (At the time) 12 years ending in 2019
2025-02-02 01:46:52
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Bex ଘ(੭ ᐛ )♡ :
I think if you got into cyberpunk aesthetic your equipment would look really cool with the clothes
2025-02-01 20:34:10
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Rita 🇨🇦 :
Are you terrified of death? idk how you can do it. I'd need to be sedated due to fear ❤️
2025-02-01 07:58:03
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LemonTea :
I have bad health anxiety, especially about my heart, and this genuinely made me feel better. Modern medicine is amazing, thank you for sharing 💕
2025-02-01 18:48:42
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Olive :
May I ask if this is congenital or secondary to something? No answer required, just an interested nurse
2025-02-01 16:39:20
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Jess :
What happens to the heart in the several seconds it takes when you’re disconnecting and reconnecting? Do you feel any physical symptoms when you do that?
2025-02-01 12:30:58
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Iwentforawalk🇦🇺🦘 :
Can a heart transplant stop the need to use that device?
2025-02-01 05:23:10
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Nick Stockman :
I went 7 and half years. it's weird not having it I still think I'm gonna get stuck on the doorknobs lol. 19 months with my new heart. hang in there 💪
2025-02-03 06:19:56
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