Death becomes me
I went to the cardiologist yesterday. Can't say it put me in a good mood. My right ventricle is in trouble. The walls of the right ventricle are thickening. Normally this isn't so bad because the left ventricle is responsible for giving blood to the whole body, however, the right provides blood to ...you got it..my lungs. Since I've had such a long history of lung disease, this is bad news. Basically, I'm on my way to congestive heart failure. Isn't that just the greatest thing? At least I know what I'm going to die of, I guess. The parts of the walls that are already thickened are considered permanent damage. They can't fix it. However, they can give me some medicine to try and prevent the walls from getting any worse. Yay. Another pill for me to take for the rest of my life.
On top of that, I'm still having my episodes and my irregular heart beat. I'm currently wearing a heart monitor. She wants to catch it so she can pinpoint the exact problem. What she basically told me was that in the past 5 years they've come up with the ability to give the area of problem an electrical shock and it usually cures the heart of it's disruptive rhythms. I don't know if this is invasive or not so any news would be great. I go back for the echocardiogram on next Friday so she can see how much damage has been done to the right ventricle. Can you see the excitement emanating from me?
Aaron always says, "You're so broken, but you're one of the nicest people I've ever met."
Me: "It's okay, I've got glue."
On top of that, I'm still having my episodes and my irregular heart beat. I'm currently wearing a heart monitor. She wants to catch it so she can pinpoint the exact problem. What she basically told me was that in the past 5 years they've come up with the ability to give the area of problem an electrical shock and it usually cures the heart of it's disruptive rhythms. I don't know if this is invasive or not so any news would be great. I go back for the echocardiogram on next Friday so she can see how much damage has been done to the right ventricle. Can you see the excitement emanating from me?
Aaron always says, "You're so broken, but you're one of the nicest people I've ever met."
Me: "It's okay, I've got glue."