As HCM is usually inherited - in my case it is - it is important to locate other family members that may be at risk.
In my case, those would be the children and grandchildren of my mothers sister - three of them with five children. So far, beginning with my uncle (who survived my aunt), the response has been 'lukewarm'.
Now i understand it isn't a good message
but i have a feeling that the importance is (willfully) ignored. Has anyone met the same resistance in bringing the message that screening may be important?
Note that i'm not talking about convincing: i do not consider it my responsibility to follow through until family members are actually screened. Just making the point seems to be difficult enough.
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In my case, those would be the children and grandchildren of my mothers sister - three of them with five children. So far, beginning with my uncle (who survived my aunt), the response has been 'lukewarm'.
Now i understand it isn't a good message

Note that i'm not talking about convincing: i do not consider it my responsibility to follow through until family members are actually screened. Just making the point seems to be difficult enough.
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