Hello everyone. I was just diagnosed this week and had to travel 2.5 hours to see a cardiologist. I live in a very rural place. It was worth the drive. I like the Cardiologist a lot. It did upset me bc I had never heard of it and the words “heart failure”…. That night I did some reading online and really got upset. The Mayo Clinic had lots of information, but most of it was kind of disturbing as far as a prognosis. When I talked to the nurse on the phone at the cardiologist office the next day, I mentioned that I was upset by what I was reading online. She said stop reading things online! She continued by saying that every person is different and that what I’m reading online is the worst case scenario. Did your doctor talk to you about prognosis when you first went in? I know that’s kind of a negative question but it’s the only thing that’s been on my mind all week and I’m feeling so anxious about it. Thank you for sharing anything that you can.