Stories

After a heart catherization in 2020, I was diagnosed with congestive heart failure (CHF). The BNP was 289 and the ejection fraction 70%. My cardiologist ordered an echocardiogram on September...

Year ago I had what they call the widowmaker heart attack. I was in the best shape of my life at 60, working out and running six days a week...

I found out after having a CT angiogram that I have mild to moderate coronary artery disease with a 50% blockage in my left arterial (the main stem, I think...

Sorry, this is a long one. This is my story. In 2016 at age 62, I had a massive heart attack with 100% blockage of my LAD (the Windowmaker) while...

I have a small fatty lump between the upper chambers of my heart. Within three years it took over my heart and was even growing between muscles. This wasn't caught...

It started with a widow maker attack. Fortunately, I worked in a hospital, and they were able to stabilize me before they life-flighted me to the hospital. I don’t remember...

Hello! So some of this may seem familiar - some not. We had just come home from a UK tour when my symptoms hit full force. It started the month...

When I heard that I had wtATTR-CM, I thought that I had to prepare myself to die. I am an Internist, and when I went through training there was nothing...

It all began with a terrible cold at the beginning of last November or the end of October. It lingered, and when I thought I was getting better I noticed...

After an accident and two operations on my left foot, I had a pulmonary embolism followed by right-sided heart failure. Initially, I was on a frusemide pump for two weeks...

So I was diagnosed with left ventricle cardiomyopathy in 2010. I am a recovering alcoholic and I still smoke. However, since stopping my habits I'm just miserable! Nothing has changed...

I have had COPD since 2006. When I was diagnosed I gave up smoking, which I had been doing for more than thirty years. In 2014 I was sent for...

I was having chest pains. My doctor put me on a 0.4 mg nitro patch. I went to the the doctor yesterday for my monthly visit. My blood pressure was...

I have been diagnosed with severe heart failure since February 2020 and have been on medication since. Late last year my doctor advised me to consider a heart transplant and...

When I was working as an RN I got sick with the flu and had to go home. I stayed out of work for a week -- this was in...

Wow, was I shocked when I visited a cardiologist. For three years I've been getting short of breath, fatigued, and sick to my stomach especially in the morning, and no...

My story began in 2005 when I felt really tired one day. I was teaching at the time, so I thought one of the kids brought in an illness, but...

I was diagnosed at age 48 with pulmonary arterial hypertension. I had been waking up in the middle of the night with what I thought were some sort of panic...

An echocardiogram revealed I had mild mitral valve regurgitation with a low ejection fraction. On a daily basis since June 2021, I have had trouble breathing, severe fatigue, nausea, and...

I stopped eating red meat about five years ago. I gave up beef first, then slowly gave up pork. Bacon was difficult to give up because it smelled delicious, but...