Hi, all,
I apologize for writing so little lately, but have just felt like I have little to add. I am trying to keep up with most of the postings. Hopefully I will get over my HCM funk soon and will feel like posting again.
We came back to Beijing arriving Saturday nite, so I am suffering from jet lag as well as HCM.
Several people have asked about flying, so I will give my perspective. I find that I do not have a lot of trouble except in ascent and descent, and then only at the beginning or end of the steep part. Apparently, the switchover in cabin pressures is hard for my heart to take. I had pretty severe heart pain during one descent (the last one into Beijing), but was able to get through it by reminding myself to breathe slowly and deeply and that this would be short-lived. However, I am sure that the trip is hard on my heart because I always have a lot of fluid problems afterwards, and this time is no exception. I suspect that this, like most HCM things, would be quite different from person to person.
I am somewhat discouraged right now as I felt sure I would faint tonight if I did not sit down after walking through a store. I was very glad that I found a place to sit and sat there for 15 minutes or so while Ed looked for some wire. I am sure that I was an object of curiosity, but did not care. I am pretty used to being a spectacle here!
Thanks for listening!
Rhoda
I apologize for writing so little lately, but have just felt like I have little to add. I am trying to keep up with most of the postings. Hopefully I will get over my HCM funk soon and will feel like posting again.
We came back to Beijing arriving Saturday nite, so I am suffering from jet lag as well as HCM.

I am somewhat discouraged right now as I felt sure I would faint tonight if I did not sit down after walking through a store. I was very glad that I found a place to sit and sat there for 15 minutes or so while Ed looked for some wire. I am sure that I was an object of curiosity, but did not care. I am pretty used to being a spectacle here!

Thanks for listening!
Rhoda
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