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CHF

I have been diganosed with CHF.  At the present time I'm taken all the "right " meds from what I
read at the forum.  My Bp is getting better now , it was too low, but now is getting to what it was before the event.  My pulse rate fluctuates from in the 60's to the hight end of 50's.
Is this normal?  I do not experienced any shortness of breath at the present and I'm walking 3
miles a day. It has been 5 months since my heart attack
I'm also unable to put any wight on. Before the heart attack I was 160's now I'm 147.
Is this normal for someone with CHF?
Thanks.
pyg13
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I'm a man and I'n abiut 5'7. I'm just turning 65.
thanks for staying in touch, Do you have an internal difro./pacemaker?
I do not want to have one right now.
pyg13
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Hi again,
147 is just fine! Are you a man or women? Or/and how tall are you? I am 140.and 5"4'..I was about 150 or over....took me hard work to be at around 140..............
Some of that was water you lost!
3 miles is very good!
I had many 50 's at the first year...now my pulse most  60-70 or little over...
Lowest I had was 45, and felt dizzy. I have hbp and had some adjustments up and back with the bb.
First had coreg for about 6 months, then and since Metoprolol......
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