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Thank you very much for your reply I appreciated reading the link you added -- im not real sure how much my cardiologist knows about hcm -- he stressed how minor mine is which im thankful for -- when I saw the nurse practitioner she did say they were going to do frequent echoes to keep an eye on it im not sure if she said just how often I think maybe every 6 months. I think I was the one that first said the words HCM -- they had just described a thickened bottom of my heart and I looked it up and asked " is my diagnosis hcm???yes but minor. Is there a way to know if cardiologist is well versed in hcm? This cardiologist put me on verapamil and I don't have the chest pains at all now -- just the strange tiredness and the shortness of breath like you mentioned maybe from just tying my shoes. When it grips me it may be for a few hours or a day or 2 then when it disappears I can go about normal business and never even think about the all consuming " what in the world is wrong with me I can't even do this simple thing without resting and getting my breath!! Hey --- do you have a terrible cough with yours? I just wondered if my cough is related -- it's non productive -- and very intense !! I feel like I coukd black out -- i never have but feel I've come close a time or 2