One 39-year-old mother thought she was just tired from managing her life and the lives of her two grade school-aged kids -- then her doctor told her she had heart failure.
I didn’t have the typical feeling people describe, like trouble breathing. Instead, I was tired. I was 39 with two kids in grade school and two in high school. Feeling run down seemed pretty typical for women like me.
I thought,"I’m OK. It’s nothing. Something small. They’re just going to tell me I’m getting older and need to lose weight. All the usual stuff." He said, “Heart failure isn’t something you fix -- it’s something you manage. We’re going to attack this aggressively right now to get your function up, but this is a lifetime commitment.”
Showers are a challenge. The heat from the shower, plus the energy it takes to wash my hair, makes me tired. I have to sit and relax afterward. In the morning I’ll have some eggs and fruit. In the afternoon, maybe a grilled chicken sandwich with a baked potato. For dinner, I may have chicken or seafood with green beans, maybe a little rice and a side salad.
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