I have an appointment with my heart failure specialist Thursday
and he is planning to do an echocardiogram.
The last tests in the spring showed my EF down to 25 - 30% from the 30 –
35% I have been at the previous year.
Although that higher number is awful, it is still way better
than the 25 – 30%.
It sort of explains why I almost never feel good. For the first few months of this year I felt awful
as my March post says, then it seems I improved a little bit but never really
turned the corner. In April, my
cardiologist was hopeful that the lower number was temporary and so he is
testing me later this week to check his theory.
In the meantime, there is some good news that my wife got a
job last week after looking for nearly a year.
It has been terrible for her and I have felt so bad for her. This is not something I could fix.
I hope I have done okay standing by her emotionally and
financially. She has certainly stood by
me in my health issues over the years.
That is something I can never repay.
So we are in wait mode on my tests. I don’t know what my doctor can do beyond
what he has done already to help my health.
When we last spoke he said I was on optimum treatment. I hope he has something else up his sleeve.
