Visits to the Doctors

I guess I'm upset. I cannot say it was not expected and I thought it could be sooner than later, but i still held out hope that it would not happen. It started out as a cough then a allergy, and finally a minor enlarged heart. We my new cardiologist Shelia Gamache, a self-proclaimed straight shooter,says we better get this fixed this year or permanent damage will be done and my have been already. I am getting a stress test to find out if I have hardened arteries (if I do it will be the only hard thing I got). I also get a sleep apnea test which I will fail since I haven't slept in a bed for about 3 years now. I got two new prescriptions. one for getting rid of the fluid build up in my legs. Two potassium to help get control of the leg cramps I get so often. Now the bad part. My heart pumps fine, the valves are doing their job, however the left and right atrim are dialeted or enlarged. The blood pumps fine but the blood coming in is backed up. The walls of my heart are thicker. All this is due to overweight weight, blood pressure,and fluid in the legs over the last 10-15 years. I guess its called congestive heart disease. I dont know what all is involved but it ain't good. Next we visited Dr. Danica Vasilchek who told me nothing really new except she wanted to see the outcomes of my tests. This is so tramatic, my blood pressure was 176 at Community Nort, but calmed down to 140 at Vasilchek's office. Even now my hands are shaking. When you couple this with my high blood sugars of late, I guess you could say I'm falling apart. They say I must make some major changes in my life style, but didn't say what. Well thats all I can give you for now. See ya later, maybe!