Hi All,
I have four brothers and sisters, as well as a 19 year-old son who lives with his mother in New Jersey. My father suffered a sudden cardiac death twenty years ago, which we are now pretty certain was due to HCM, but it was not properly diagnosed at the time.
None of my brothers and sisters want to be tested for HCM... nor does my son. Their feeling is that it is simply better not to know. They are all adults now, and there is nothing i can do to force them to have the tests. But at the same time, it just seems so senseless that my father died so suddenly, especially since it could have been avoided if he had been properly diagnosed and treated.
Any suggestions on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Given the statistics... i just have to believe that it is unlikely that out of five children, i am the only one to have inherited HCM from my dad, especially when my little brother has already admitted to me that he is having symptoms that are as bad, if not worse, than my own.
Thank you,
JIm
I have four brothers and sisters, as well as a 19 year-old son who lives with his mother in New Jersey. My father suffered a sudden cardiac death twenty years ago, which we are now pretty certain was due to HCM, but it was not properly diagnosed at the time.
None of my brothers and sisters want to be tested for HCM... nor does my son. Their feeling is that it is simply better not to know. They are all adults now, and there is nothing i can do to force them to have the tests. But at the same time, it just seems so senseless that my father died so suddenly, especially since it could have been avoided if he had been properly diagnosed and treated.
Any suggestions on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Given the statistics... i just have to believe that it is unlikely that out of five children, i am the only one to have inherited HCM from my dad, especially when my little brother has already admitted to me that he is having symptoms that are as bad, if not worse, than my own.
Thank you,
JIm
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