Heart failure

[PBPBPBPB]

My guts are churning, and it's not even me.

[hullexile]

Woke up at 4am feeling very faint but also a bit hyper (resting heart rate 88). Like being pulled in opposite directions. Lasted until around 7am. But felt shite much of the day.

Had a sit down shower and was drying myself after and realised I had not rinsed the soap off. You know that feeling when you walk into a room and can't remember why? Feel like that a lot.

There are subjects now where I can no longer think well enough to help with the homework, maths, philosophy, robotics are all no goes. Mostly I just help with the English.

Daughter's pageant schedule this week:

Saturday up at 5:30am home at 6pm
Sunday same
Monday up at 3:30am home at 5pm
Thursday outreach work with poor children

This evening she had a meeting to discuss her budget, starting with a new dress for Monday.

[periphery831]

Woke up at 4am feeling very faint but also a bit hyper (resting heart rate 88). Like being pulled in opposite directions. Lasted until around 7am. But felt shite much of the day.

Had a sit down shower and was drying myself after and realised I had not rinsed the soap off. You know that feeling when you walk into a room and can't remember why? Feel like that a lot.

There are subjects now where I can no longer think well enough to help with the homework, maths, philosophy, robotics are all no goes. Mostly I just help with the English.

Daughter's pageant schedule this week:

Saturday up at 5:30am home at 6pm
Sunday same
Monday up at 3:30am home at 5pm
Thursday outreach work with poor children

This evening she had a meeting to discuss her budget, starting with a new dress for Monday.

Keep fighting the good fight!

[Fenix2]

HF is a group of illnesses and you don't make it clear what you actually have. HF does not come along alone, so what else have you got ?

I read that Taurine can help with some of the symptoms, (elevated diastolic, hypertension, heart weakness, lvef) and also in some cases drive some improvements but depends.
https://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com...37-024-00995-5

Out of curiosity what is your pulse pressure, (the difference of you Systolic minus your diastolic). Do you track it?I know it will change but roughly what is the range. Normally they say 120-80 = pulse pressure of 40.

[hullexile]

HF is a group of illnesses and you don't make it clear what you actually have. HF does not come along alone, so what else have you got ?

I read that Taurine can help with some of the symptoms, (elevated diastolic, hypertension, heart weakness, lvef) and also in some cases drive some improvements but depends.
https://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com...37-024-00995-5

Out of curiosity what is your pulse pressure, (the difference of you Systolic minus your diastolic). Do you track it?I know it will change but roughly what is the range. Normally they say 120-80 = pulse pressure of 40.

CAD, not diagnosed before, (and type 2 diabetes).

Left sided systolic with some reduction in EF was what the cardiologist said.

As you say the difference between systolic and distolic varies but generally elevated. I have not kept records but somewhere between 50 and 60?

As I said before I did suffer from low blood pressure (after a jellyfish sting that knocked me out) so did measure my bp and I don't remember the gap being elevated pre heart attack. Both were low in other words. 100/60 would have been typical when it was lower. I noticed it because all my life I had been boringly 120/80.

Feeling good this morning!

[hullexile]

CAD, not diagnosed before, (and type 2 diabetes).

Left sided systolic with some reduction in EF was what the cardiologist said.

As you say the difference between systolic and distolic varies but generally elevated. I have not kept records but somewhere between 50 and 60?

As I said before I did suffer from low blood pressure (after a jellyfish sting that knocked me out) so did measure my bp and I don't remember the gap being elevated pre heart attack. Both were low in other words. 100/60 would have been typical when it was lower. I noticed it because all my life I had been boringly 120/80.

Feeling good this morning!

I will have to keep a record of the systolic diastolic gap because I might have remembered that wrong

[hullexile]

Symptoms of heart failure which you should look out for (* means I have, ** a lot)

Fatigue and weakness **

Shortness of breath with exercise **

Shortness of breath lying down * especially if I lie on my side

Swelling of feet, ankles

Swelling of abdomen *

Rapid or irregular heart beat *

Reduced ability to exercise **

Wheezing *

Cough *

Very rapid weight gain from fluid retention

Nausea and loss of appetite - only sometimes

Difficulty concentrating **

Chest pain *

Fainting *

Peripheral cyanosis * (purple finger nails)

Frequent urination *

[Fenix2]

A lot of those of those symptoms could be caused by your T2D, when you don't manage it it can cause havoc or damage to your vascular systems particularly if you have propensity to have visceral fat. Is your fat deposition subcutaneous or visceral (inside your abs). If you don't know, the difference, subcutaneous means you have a jelly belly or visceral you abs are hard and you have a "beer" belly...

Are you tracking and managing T2D any way? Metformin? Insulin? Are you taking statins?

Even measuring your blood pressure is tricky even with a good machine. In my last checkup I had to teach the nurses how to use the machine as the pulse pressure was totally out of range. So start writing it down and get the trend, maybe your machine has a memory and you can write them all down.. Remember to sit up and keep you arm in line with your heart, or find a youtube video and be consistent.


I use to be morbdly obese and in my recent checkup they found a calcium score of zero even though I mostly eat fat, unsaturated fat, my glucose levels are well managed even my insulin is low. I don't have enough or proper recording but since I got very aggressive with my low carb diet, in one year my pulse pressure average has gone from 41-43 to 37-39.... I am not sure what cause it. Whether it is a something in my diet that is vasodialator or have actually cleared my arteries. I do make my own supplements by buying powders in bulk and have been taking carnosine which meant to reverse atherosclerosis (again little science behind it)... I am quite skeptical of magic cures...

Could you try a strict low carb diet for 5 days... and see how you feel? only eating something like crispi-pata and water...(no sauces) and get your stomach ready and stabilise your sugar levels.

If you were fitter I would suggest a water only fasting for 3 day, but you would need medical supervision in hospital. Kind of worried you might kick the bucket in the process. Maintaining carbs low and getting your sugar levels may change how you feel and start you on the right track. You can't expect any improvements on your vascular condition of your glucose levels are high.

Meanwhile....
https://www.escardio.org/The-ESC/Pre...-heart-failure

The volume rice, carbs and high glycemic index food in the phillipines is terrible for metabolic and vascular diseases. Cancer and diabetes rates there a high and keep climbing.

[hullexile]

A lot of those of those symptoms could be caused by your T2D, when you don't manage it it can cause havoc or damage to your vascular systems particularly if you have propensity to have visceral fat. Is your fat deposition subcutaneous or visceral (inside your abs). If you don't know, the difference, subcutaneous means you have a jelly belly or visceral you abs are hard and you have a "beer" belly...

Are you tracking and managing T2D any way? Metformin? Insulin? Are you taking statins?

Even measuring your blood pressure is tricky even with a good machine. In my last checkup I had to teach the nurses how to use the machine as the pulse pressure was totally out of range. So start writing it down and get the trend, maybe your machine has a memory and you can write them all down.. Remember to sit up and keep you arm in line with your heart, or find a youtube video and be consistent.


I use to be morbdly obese and in my recent checkup they found a calcium score of zero even though I mostly eat fat, unsaturated fat, my glucose levels are well managed even my insulin is low. I don't have enough or proper recording but since I got very aggressive with my low carb diet, in one year my pulse pressure average has gone from 41-43 to 37-39.... I am not sure what cause it. Whether it is a something in my diet that is vasodialator or have actually cleared my arteries. I do make my own supplements by buying powders in bulk and have been taking carnosine which meant to reverse atherosclerosis (again little science behind it)... I am quite skeptical of magic cures...

Could you try a strict low carb diet for 5 days... and see how you feel? only eating something like crispi-pata and water...(no sauces) and get your stomach ready and stabilise your sugar levels.

If you were fitter I would suggest a water only fasting for 3 day, but you would need medical supervision in hospital. Kind of worried you might kick the bucket in the process. Maintaining carbs low and getting your sugar levels may change how you feel and start you on the right track. You can't expect any improvements on your vascular condition of your glucose levels are high.

Meanwhile....
https://www.escardio.org/The-ESC/Pre...-heart-failure

The volume rice, carbs and high glycemic index food in the phillipines is terrible for metabolic and vascular diseases. Cancer and diabetes rates there a high and keep climbing.

Yes metformin. Think there are better more modern meds but it still works for me.

The statins is interesting. 40+ years ago I had a couple of cholesterol tests through work. Came out low and I remember joking I would have to eat more cream cakes to get it up to normal.

Many many years later tested again which showed although I had low bad cholesterol I also had low good. The ratio was below the risk level but not too far below. The doctor decided against statins.

Never been obese. Wasn't until mid 40s I veered into the overweight category. There is a photo earlier just pre heart attack and you can see I am not that overweight. I had a period in HK when I put on more weight but not for long.

The heart monitor I use is an automatic Omron which I checked against the doctor's reading and is near enough.

My heart is stuffed and can't be fixed. I accept that so I am not going to worry too much about strict diets. (and yes the Filipino diet is not great for diabetes or cardiovascular disease. A sister in law has ovarian cancer, early heart failure and is on dialysis three times a week).

50% of heart failure patients survive 5 years from diagnosis, I am on 6.5 years and hope to have more. I have outlasted those I knew in the UK and here.

[Fenix2]

With all degenerative illnesses it is not about whether you can reverse them, it is whether you can stop the deterioration.
What if if 5 years ago you had gone on one of those "pesky" strict diets or done changes stopped your deterioration and you were now able to live like you days 5 years ago.

I find most people on downward spiral justify their lack of self preservation with excuses that ensure they don't have to change their self destructive behaviour. That and some resistance to change... Often their justification is "quality of life" that means to keep consuming those things that made them sick in first place, rice, beer, what have you.

Then there are those that are unlucky and fight every day with total discipline and lose the battle.