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Longford heart failure patients urged to embrace free supports Reporter:  ); The estimated 900 people living with heart failure in Longford are being urged to embrace a wide range of supports to help them manage the chronic condition. The Irish Heart Foundation is at the centre of a national drive to provide vital back-up to patients who need help coping with the illness. “People often feel shock, trauma and isolation after a diagnosis of heart failure, but with the right supports, it is ma...

The estimated 2,700 people living with heart failure in Tipperary are being urged to embrace a wide range of supports to help them manage the chronic condition....

The estimated 2,700 people living with heart failure in Louth are being urged to embrace a wide range of supports to help them manage the chronic condition. The...

Over 2,700 people living with heart failure in County Wexford Over 2,700 people are living with heart failure in County Wexford. That’s according to the Irish Heart Foundation who are encouraging patients to embrace a wide range of supports to help manage the chronic condition. This is Heart Failure Awareness Week and service users are being reminded that you can live with heart failure and supports can help to put it into remission. Lucinda McNerney is the Patient Services Development Manage...

  I am a 58-year-old woman living in Foxford, Co Mayo, and, five years ago, I started my journey with heart failure. I have been very scared in recent months as I know that if I contracted Covid-19, the outcome would be catastrophic. I have already been in intensive care since the start of the pandemic with my heart failure – I was on a ventilator and dialysis and my family were told to prepare for the worst. Thankfully, the skills of the staff at Mayo General Hospital intensive care unit...

You are reading 1 of 15 free-access articles allowed for 30 days Heart failure patient, Karen MacLaughlin, 57, struggled to cope with her diagnosis but joining heart failure monthly meetings and the Irish Heart Foundations Facebook page gave her the opportunity to see other people’s stories, enabling her to feel less alone and isolated Mother of three with stent lives with ‘fear of dying’ Ex-midwife with heart failure says sharing experiences with sufferers helps her cope A 57-year-old ...

Woman, 57, living with heart failure speaks out about ‘invisible disability’ Heart failure patient Karen MacLaughlin, 57, struggled to cope with her diagnosis (Karen MacLaughlin/PA) Sun, 09 May, 2021 - 11:00 James Ward, PA A mother-of-three living with heart failure has described her condition as an “invisible disability” and urged others to seek support. Karen MacLaughlin, 57, is one of an estimated 90,000 patients living with the chronic illness. She said the condition transformed her...

A 30-year-old man who suffered three heart attacks and feared he would not survive to become a father, is about to take up a 5km challenge to thank the charity that helped him rebuild his life. Gaelic footballer and jiu-jitsu fighter, Ciaran Byrne, who is originally from Co Louth but now lives in Camolin, was stunned when he had to have two stents inserted into his heart and told he needed urgent cardiac care. The only thing I kept thinking about was that I am 30 years old and I never got to me...

Louth man who survived three heart attacks taking part in charity run Reporter: );  ); A 30-year-old Louth man who suffered three heart attacks and feared he would not survive to become a father, is now about to take up a 5km challenge to thank the charity which helped him rebuild his life. Gaelic footballer and jiu-jitsu fighter Ciaran Byrne was stunned when he had to have two stents inserted into his heart and was told he needed urgent cardiac care. “The only thing I kept thinking about w...

A Lusk man battling a serious heart condition and who also contracted COVID-19, has urged other heart failure patients to embrace new supports set up by the Irish Heart Foundation. Tom Corr was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy in 2009, a disease of the heart muscle which means it pumps only 20% of the blood that it should, and with atrial fibrillation - irregular heartbeat - in 2016. The 58-year-old married father-of-one, who also experienced two strokes in 2017 and has been fitted with a pacemak...