Saturday, January 2, 2016

Happy Anniversary to ME!

It's not a great anniversary really. I've been living with Congestive Heart Failure for a year now. The one year anniversary means a lot to me because when I was released from the hospital late last January one of the first things I did (after laying on my own bed surrounded by my kitties), was pull out the computer and look up all the info I could on CHF.  There was a lot of information on the Mayo Clinic site, and I read about my disease there. I figured they were a lot more reliable than WebMD.

What I found out was that nearly 50% of newly diagnosed cases don't survive the first year. Now I know I'm way to young to even have this disease and most of those 50% are elderly. But HOLY SHIT! That's bad. I was going to link to the information, but I can't find it on the Mayo Clinic website now. The only thing that comes up is an article on WebMD and a couple of other sites, that says 90% of new cases die in the first year and 50% die in the first five years. So I guess I have another four years till I can really celebrate. (Thanks WebMD! Gah!)

I decided to start this blog because I need a place to share with friends and family. If you want to keep on checking in, please do.  It's the best way I know of to share without broadcasting to all of Facebook, and not bugging people who just don't want to bother with it all. I might get a little whiny and dramatic - fair warning. I want to post the good that's going on too and I'll make sure it's a good balance of the two. I'm going to share what happened to me, how the whole CHF diagnosis came to be, how I got sick, what I'm dealing with now and all that.

So that's what happened last January... I was diagnosed with Chronic Heart Failure.

How was your year? Much better I hope!

1 comment:

  1. I can't believe someone as young as you must deal with this devastating diagnosis. I love you and will continually think of you and pray for you. Ali/SC

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