My Mom........

[DianaB]

My Mom called me the day that Althea passed away but what she had to say really didn't sink in until later. Mom's been having problems with high blood pressure for probably a year and a half. Actually she's had high blood pressure for years but has been able to control it with meds.....but now nothing seems to want to control it. She went and had a stress test and was called back into the doctor's office earlier than expected and was told that some time she's had a heart attack and it's damaged the lower part of her heart. It really worries me because 3 of her 5 sisters has also had silent heart attacks. Mom has no clue when this happened. She's suppose to go and have a heart cath as soon as the doctor calls with a date and time. I wonder if her high blood pressure could have started after her heart attack.

My Mom's always been in such good shape and health......she's always exercised and watched her weight and could probably work circles around me so it's really hard to think that she could start having trouble with her health.