Hi, and thanks for letting me post this.
I'm a 39 year old male. Two years ago i was diagnosed with kidney cancer and underwent surgery to have the kidney and tumor removed. At that time i was found to have a heart murmur and an echocardiogram was done. No diagnosis of HCM however. Over the past two years i have since experienced symptoms of shortness of breath, fatigue and dizziness even with light to moderate excercise and had another echocardiogram done. This time a diagnosis of HCM was made, and my septal wall thickness shows a 50% increase over what it was two years ago. I'm not exactly sure what that means, but it sure doesn't sound good
I am not permitted to return to my job since it involves heavy labor, i have no health insurance, nor do i have the money to see the kind of doctors or take the kind of medications to manage this thing. Heck, i'm still paying off doctor bills from my cancer surgery two years ago.
I don't mean to sound like i'm whining, but i really am quite lost right now, more than a little depressed, and i have no idea what i'm going to do. Even as i sit here writing this, i can feel my heart pounding in my chest, and i feel hopeless because there's nothing i can do about it. All this time i thought the cancer was going to be my big hurdle! LOL. I feel like i'm just waiting to die now. If anyone out there has ever been in this situation, i'd sure appreciate any insight you might have for me.
Thanks much,
Jim
I'm a 39 year old male. Two years ago i was diagnosed with kidney cancer and underwent surgery to have the kidney and tumor removed. At that time i was found to have a heart murmur and an echocardiogram was done. No diagnosis of HCM however. Over the past two years i have since experienced symptoms of shortness of breath, fatigue and dizziness even with light to moderate excercise and had another echocardiogram done. This time a diagnosis of HCM was made, and my septal wall thickness shows a 50% increase over what it was two years ago. I'm not exactly sure what that means, but it sure doesn't sound good

I am not permitted to return to my job since it involves heavy labor, i have no health insurance, nor do i have the money to see the kind of doctors or take the kind of medications to manage this thing. Heck, i'm still paying off doctor bills from my cancer surgery two years ago.
I don't mean to sound like i'm whining, but i really am quite lost right now, more than a little depressed, and i have no idea what i'm going to do. Even as i sit here writing this, i can feel my heart pounding in my chest, and i feel hopeless because there's nothing i can do about it. All this time i thought the cancer was going to be my big hurdle! LOL. I feel like i'm just waiting to die now. If anyone out there has ever been in this situation, i'd sure appreciate any insight you might have for me.
Thanks much,
Jim
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