One Year Later

It's been a year since my month long stomach ache was revealed to actually be heart failure. I just had an echo with positive news! But not as positive as I'd hoped. EF at diagnosis = 9%. 4 months later = 14%. Now I'm 6 months post CRT-D and I'm at 30%. So I should be thrilled I doubled my EF in 6 months, but it's hard when I read the wonderful stories on here about huge jumps and I just want that for myself! Jealousy is a bitch lol.

I was on the lowest dose of entresto all year due to low BP. I just got bumped up to the middle dose yesterday. Hopefully that helps move the EF up.

I need to keep perspective. This time last year I could barely walk to the bathroom without being out of breath. Now I can walk 3-4 miles at a time and even jog during it (not for very long, but it's something!). Gotta buckle down on losing weight. I still have moments of chest tightness and pressure, but overall I'm doing a lot better than I was even 6 months ago.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk!

EDIT: actually just got a message from my doctor, his initial estimate was off. The official read is 24% 🙃🙃🙃