His were the first pair of newborn eyes that I gazed into during those early seconds after his arrival into this world and the first time I knew love like I had never known before. I knew that being a mother would forever be the most important thing ...
My cardiomyopathy story starts in 1969, at the age of 5, when my 20-year-old brother Michael died, having made a short dash from work across a London road to meet our elder brother Paul for lunch.
I say my story starts here, but I have recen...
I was diagnosed with HCM in 2011 after an episode of heart flutter at end of 2010. Elected to have a SICD fitted which occured on May 23rd 2013. Never had a SCA but fitted with device because of risk factors including losing my father to a heart prob...
I was officially diagnosed at the age of 14 in 1987, but I believe I had HCM long before that. I have a strong family history of people with HCM. Does that I know of are my grandpa who died at 64, which is a miracle. Two uncles who ...
I'm interested to hear from anyone else my age (51) with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy who does some jogging/running. Do you take any special precautions, does the disease affect your running, what have your doctors advised regarding running etc?
33 people with Cardiomyopathy have taken the SF36 survey. Mean of Cardiomyopathy is 1354 points (38 %). Total score ranges from 0 to 3,600 being 0 the worst and 3,600 the best. Take the SF36 Survey
