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In reply to the discussion: Congestive heart failure. Insurance got me over the hump and now lets me die slowly. [View all]thecrow
(5,519 posts)49. Have you changed your diet?
It won't make as big a change as the meds, but it may make some changes, or help relieve you until you get neducal help.
There are web sites specifically for CHF patients that tells you exactly what to eat and how much.
Everybody should cut out salt from their diet, and eat mostly vegetables and fruits, low or no fat, and restrict caloric intake.
Beans are your new best friend. Seriously.
I had to change my father's diet because my mother was starving him for proteins, and not letting him
eat enough vegetables. I baked him salt free bread because most commercial bread (as well as any processed food) is LOADED with salt.
He had CHF for years and years; he recently died of natural causes at age 90.
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Congestive heart failure. Insurance got me over the hump and now lets me die slowly. [View all]
Burgman
Jan 2012
OP
I am so sorry. It's unconscionable. We need to change this system, and fast. Too many people
Sarah Ibarruri
Jan 2012
#3
If the poster is still fairly young and reasonably healthy, it's probably congenital.
haele
Jan 2012
#13
Get your fucking meds. they can be had for 10 bucks per three month supply. go to sliding scale doc.
WingDinger
Jan 2012
#12
Then stop paying ins. Use that to get your meds. Get on CMS. Whatever it takes. When you are dead, f
WingDinger
Jan 2012
#19
County Medical Services. For the indigent. You need to start planning your indigence.
WingDinger
Jan 2012
#23
I sympathize completely. Wish I could help somehow, but I'm in a similar bind myself.
Mac1949
Jan 2012
#17
It isn't so much the cost of the drugs, although when you have a raft of prescriptions as I do
Mac1949
Jan 2012
#41
Damn, too bad that Obamacare is more of an insurance giveaway than a healthcare solution.
Lionessa
Jan 2012
#26
Go to your local legal services or community action office. Someone there will be well-versed
Karmadillo
Jan 2012
#28
Lanoxin, .25mg, Pravastayin, 20mg, Lisoinopril 5mg, Carvedlol 3.125 mg Spironololactone 25mg
Burgman
Jan 2012
#43