Something Good

My Heart Failure Specialist game me a new medicine on my last visit to see if it would help with my coping skills with the Heart Failure. It is called Ranexa and it is not usually prescribed for patients with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy.

I have been taking this for two weeks now and I am happy to report that this medicine seems to be working for me. It is not meant to make me better, but to help me to not feel awful all the time.

One thing that Heart Failure patients report, and I am no exception, is that we all feel pretty awful most the time. We have good days and bad, good days are only tiring, bad days many of us feel like something has drained us of most of our life and we can have some or all symptoms below;

Mononucleosis-like fatigue,
Muscle soreness and weakness,
Arthritis like join pain in various locations, including back, hip, and knees
Sever muscle cramping in my legs, and sometimes my left hand
Fluid retention
Shortness of breath,
Dizziness,
Heart Palpitations,
Hot Flashes,
Cold Chills.

I plan to ask permission of some other to post portions of their posts on this blog, so a broader point of view can be expressed.

I also want to send kind thoughts to all those who suffer with Heart Failure, and humble thanks to those who have helped my family and me so much over the past few years.

My next post I plan to discuss fear.