Adventures in Congestive Heart Failure Series So I am in Congestive Heart Failure.It took me not one, but two visits to the ER to even get a diagnosis.But then what? What happens next?They just...send you home. Remember how I said "life doesn’t stop in a big family when mom is sick." Welcome …
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Adventures in Congestive Heart Failure The thing they don't really tell you about these tests is that if you have a chance to read the actual findings of an echocardiogram, even if your heart is totally healthy, you will have to google two dozen terms to make sure you're reading it right. And …
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Adventures in Congestive Heart Failure. In case you missed it,I am in Congestive Heart Failure. And in an effort to put more accessible information out into the world wide web, I'm sharing my journey from "What in the fresh f*ckery does this mean?" (current mood) to healthy heart thriving this …
Continue Reading about Why I went to the Emergency Room…twice. Part One.
Did that take your breath away?It did mine. Quite literally.After back to back ER visits in December with a shortness of breath so short I couldn't string more than three words together without stopping to breath, I heard those life changing words; "You are in congestive heart failure." I'm 45 …
