Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Hi there,
New to here and to anything heart related
Strong family history of heart issues on my dad's side....bypasses at 42 years old etc.
Absolutely no heart or associated issues ( that I'm aware of ) in 53 years.
Boom .... Dec 21 I noticed swelling in my legs and so so tired. I thought it was my new desk job ( not sitting all day) and more brain usage than normal.
Went to pharmacy and whilst there, asked for advice / thoughts....told me to get to Docs ASAP.
Duly, receptionist booked me in for bloods,all were satisfactory and Dr did not require to follow up with an appointment.
Fwd to march/april ... I made another appt and receptionist again booked for bloods ( she didn't think I needed a Dr appt). End of April I took unwell after a weekend trip and had weird symptoms ( to my normal) so called Dr's and then received a call from a Dr to run up now to surgery. She bked me in for an ecg, blood pressure check and more bloods the following day.
next day , nurse did 1 ecg ...then another, followed by BP ...she told me to breathe!!!
later that day, Dr called to say a chest x Ray was booked for Monday. All clear on xray but had to make appt to see Dr face to face !he cancelled and then was off for a week ....so,2 weeks later we met ...he asked when I'd had my first heart attack!I laughed. Total shock!
told me he was referring to cardiologist ( it may be a cple of months til appt Angela )
1 week later , I've come from work,parked furthest away carpark and ran up 2flights stairs to my cardio appt. Ecg another ecg ( oh oh here we go).... " are you feeling OK Angela?"
told the nurse I hadn't been too grand and the symptoms .... she disappeared and rtnd with a colleague who took me to a side room.
ffwd...I'm put in a wheelchair and taken to cardio ward and put on a monitor.
total total shock but I guess I'm extremely lucky.
cardio has told me he suspects hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy inherited, and arranged electrocardiograph!? And monitor ...tried me on various tablets for few days but took me off as my BP went way down...I haven't had high BP...arteries etc all clear and no furring etc. Cholesterol OK and nothing else to blame.
I've been told to dial 999 if I experience symptoms and my gtn spray & aspirin don't work. I have and do experience often but I don't want to be admitted unnecessarily and feel a fraud when I see really ill people in other wards. Surely I will know myself if serious enough! ?
awaiting the results of 48hr monitor now and the next step. Stress seems to be a major factor and sitting at a desk does not help with swelling.
I used to be very active and never sit down really and finding it difficult to get to grips with not being so. I suppose time will help.
my family are in denial I think and I'm not sure I've grasped it myself.
so there we go...and here I am.
pleasure to meet you all and hopefully we can bring some sunshine into each others day to make it easier.
A