So today was the follow up with the heart doctor. Got the good news/bad news line from him. MRI results are in...good news? No scarring, which means there was no heart attack either time I was in the hospital. The bad? My enlarged heart is worse than they thought. Healthy should be 5-5.5 cm, I'm at 7.5 cm. Still have the arrhythmia. My EF% is still 40. In a nutshell? Mild heart weakness, moderate enlargement. He wants to send me to another cardiologist in the group that specializes in cardiomyapathy...and more testing. Another echo, another twenty-four hours on a Holter monitor...the good stuff.
I will not deny I'm am having a tough time staying positive. This time last year I completed a 5K. Now I'm allowed to slowly walk. I can't irritate my heart anymore than it already is. It could be worse...but this still stinks. I'm so aware of my heart now...so conscience of its rhythm. It's not a complaint so much as I just want healthy me back. That's all.
Que sera sera, right?
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