Confounded Clara

Join the conversation

1. 

   Hoping for MORE Member

   <p>Ms Clara!!</p>

   reactions

   reply
2. 

   Hoping for MORE Member

   <p>I too am very much confused with what your doctors are saying. When was your heart catheterization? If your BNP 289 then drops to 9 something is definitely amiss!!! I have right sided /diastolic HF. It’s also called HFpEF… it basically means “stiff heart”. I am 51. It is extremely rare for someone of my age to have this diagnosis. I was also in torsomide. But it has progressed and I take a new medication. I also have pulmonary hypertension and kidney disease.. sleep apnea and am overweight. So I have a lot going on too…. What symptoms do you have? This type of HF is sneaky!!! It can be misleading and misdiagnosed. I would contact your doctors office and press them to give you a full explanation as to what this diagnosis means, what you need to do (such as salt restrictions, fluid intake amounts etc). I am here if I can help answer any questions but you definitely aren’t being given all the info. </p>

   reactions

   reply
3. 

   Leslie Castro Moderator & Contributor

   <p><inline-mention username="Maebird24" user-id="5487434"/> At the beginning of my last heart failure, my EF was in the 60’s, however I showed signs of heart failure such as: feeling tired, shortness of breath, syncope, mild arrhythmias, confusion, fluid retention, and cognitive impairment. I could walk up to 6 miles, worked 60 hours a week, and felt healthy, at least in my mind I felt healthy. Towards the end of my heart failure right before my heart transplant, I could barely walk up to a mile, breathe without oxygen tank 24 hours daily, loss of appetite, and because very lethargic where I had to take naps constantly. Leslie (Community Moderator) </p>

   reactions

   reply