Online support group

While we value and encourage you to share your own personal experiences, it is important to remember this support group is not a replacement for professional medical advice. Your first point of contact for specific medical questions should be your doctor or cardiologist. Please don’t share medical advice or accept medical advice from other members of this group. 

Always treat each other with kindness and respect. We are here to offer support to each other. Please be understanding and keep your comments polite and respectful even if your opinion differs.

Any posts that are defamatory towards an individual or organisation will be removed. Defamation is communicating something that harms someone’s reputation including by words or images/pictures.

Our group is not the place for self-promotion or for advertising. We are here to support each other, not sell or promote products or services.  

Your privacy matters to us. The Heart Foundation will not share any personal information without your consent. Always comply with Facebook’s privacy policies. Please do not share your contact details or home/work addresses publicly in this group. 

Do not post copyrighted content or material that violates privacy or other relevant laws.

Be genuine and real. Pretending to be someone else or affiliated with someone when you aren’t is not allowed. 

To keep this a safe and supportive space for everyone, moderators may need to remove posts or comments that don’t follow the group rules. In some cases, members may be removed from the group. The group is actively moderated between 9:00am and 4:30pm Monday to Friday. New posts will be reviewed and actioned during these hours only. 

Although our moderators use pseudonyms (false names) for privacy, they are real Heart Foundation staff.