Gary's heart test

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I typed out a looooong message about Gary's heart test while I was on his computer earlier. I was signed in but for some reason, I wasn't signed in after I typed the message so I lost it all. BOOOOO!!!

Anyway, Gary had GREAT results from a heart test this week. It showed his heart is stronger than it has been since he developed heart failure. His reading was 40-45%. He has not had a reading over 35% in the past 6 years. In fact, he was down to 25% a couple of years ago, and that is when they started talking about a heart transplant. 60% or above is normal, so while he is far from normal, he is better!

He has been feeling so much better since they started him on new meds last fall. We've been slowly increasing them until he got up to a therapeutic dose (meaning he was feeling better). I'm just so grateful that he is feeling better and that the medications are helping his heart beat stronger.

http://www.getnside.com/atx/magazine...y_Beth_Cishek/

Here is a link to an article and an interview with his cardiologist, Mary Beth Cishek. The article is mostly about heart transplants - and Gary won't need one any time soon, and hopefully never, but it is interesting.

He just thinks Dr. Cishek is the berries! At his visit last month, she asked him if he was feeling better and when he said he was, she asked him why he thought he was feeling better. He promptly replied, "Well, I guess it's because I had lunch at Hooters last week". She about fell out of her chair laughing. As she left the room she said, "I guess you'd better eat at Hooters every week, but just lay off the hot wings". LOL!