Back From The Brink

So this increase in my Ejection Fraction from 20% in August 2007 to 30% in November 2007 is an interesting exercise in my thought process. Good news to be sure, but the up, down, up thing is sometimes a challenge.

I understand it is not unique to chronic, dangerous diseases. We read every day about Cancer patients going into remission and then having the Cancer come back. Although this is not really the same, the never knowing if, is something all patients like us must learn to deal with.

So I am grateful to be sure. I had begun thinking about the heart transplant that seemed inevitable (if I was so lucky) in the near future, and was trying to take care of the rest of the body so I could hopefully still qualify. My doctor and I had discussed the timing and he had some parameters in mind to tell him when it was time to do it.

I had not told very many folks how bad I was, of course, that does no good and people just get freaked out anyway. I could see myself shrinking before my eyes at that time, though, and my doctor said he did not know what to do.

Turns out he figured something out, because almost immediately after he experimented on me with the Ranexa, I started to feel better. I am grateful for his innovation, because Ranexa is not indicated for CHF patients, but his research had led to conclude it might help one of my issues.

Now it is time to rebuild some of what was lost in the drop from October 2006 to August 2007, when I dropped from 35% EF to 20% EF.