Mike Fiasco
Taco of Death
Your flippin' forum software shows me a pizza ad at the bottom of this thread. Cruel cruel world.
It sounds much worse than it is. They measure how well your heart pumps (ejection fraction) and if it less than their arbitrary number, you are considered in heart failure. They think mine has developed due to the chemo and radiation I had as a kid to beat cancer. The doctors think that I have actually been in failure since I was 16 or so (16 years ago, maybe longer). I have no symptoms, other than the results of an echocardiogram. They think since it has been declining very slowly for so long, that my body has just adjusted well. I have been on meds for 18 months, and get my next echo in Jan. My ejection fraction went up from 25% to 40% in about 6 months after starting the meds., so hopefully the percentage has remained the same or gotten better. a few weeks before the diagnosis, I was going on weekend bike rides with the kids for 10 miles and since then, we regularly go hiking and I have hit the treadmill a few times, I just get a little antsy when the heart rate climbs.
Wow! I didn't realize that it was just a measurement. I figured it would be more of an "event" that would stop yo in your tracks...
I'm just over one week into the diet, lost about 6 pounds so far. I'll be sticking with it.
Damn this shit is hard. :(
Damn this shit is hard. :(
Im down 22 pounds now, to 188. Hooray for me. I feel a lot better.
Im down 22 pounds now, to 188. Hooray for me. I feel a lot better.