Heart Disease Out of the Blue
I am 75 years old and have always been the energizer bunny. I still work in real estate, I still clean the house, cook meals and socialize with friends often. I am married and take care of some of my friends if they can't do something for themselves. My grown children think I have more energy than they do. I woke up on May 16th and couldn't breathe. My husband had 911 come and take me to the hospital. I coded blue a few times but after 5 days in ICU I was released and told I had heart failure. My heart was running 30% its capacity. I have no family history and the doctors have no clue what caused this. I am still mostly in bed as I feel dizzy and weak all the time now. I can't keep up with my job anymore. My blood pressure is very low. I am taking a small dose of encresto twice a day. Does anyone know what might have caused this and how long I will feel sick. My neurologist just heard from me and he is sending me to a new heart doctor as he believes that I need answers but I don't see him until the end of October. I look like I am fine so my friends and clients always don't understand that I am not well. I finally got another echocardiogram and my heart is now at 50% and I still feel terrible. Thank you for any information you can share. Stephanie
California
09/08/2025
Hi Stephanie,
It would be hard for anyone to know what caused your heart failure and even your cardiologist would only be able to speculate on that. Cardiovascular disease is an age related disease which suggests that the older you get, the greater the risk becomes of occurrence.
If you are looking for supplements that will encourage recovery, here are several that have shown in studies to do that. All of these supplements and dosing will have to be approved by your cardiologist and or doctor.
1. Bringing your Vitamin D level (25 OH d) well up into the reference range of 30-100 ng/ml, which your doctor can test for you as you supplement vitamin D. 65 is a good number to aim for.
2. CoQ10 / Ubiquinol - 300 mg/ day in divided doses such as 100 mg at breakfast, 100 mg at lunch and 100 mg at dinner.
3. Magnesium Orotate - Take enough to get to the RDA of 300 mg of elemental magnesium for women.
4. D-Ribose - The dose will have to be set by your cardiologist. The dose range is 15 to 60 grams per day dissolved in a drink.
5. Melatonin - Dose as recommended by your cardiologist or doctor and taken about an hour before bed.
6. For the low blood pressure, you can ask your cardiologist and or doctor about temporarily increasing your salt intake as a means to raise it slightly.
Good luck and keep us posted on your progress!
Art
Illinois, USA
09/13/2025
Coincidentally, I read your post yesterday and while exploring the various ways of making herbal teas today, I came across this on the herbal legacy site - note the first testimonial...very interesting as I have been experiencing gas with my "herbs as food" experiment. Never had gas issues before but it does feel like a "pocket" - as in stationary, rather then moving through the pipes...
https://www.herballegacy.com/ATGS.html
