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Please be sure that your cardiologist is well versed in HCM and HOCM. Many cardiologists seem to know little about HCM, there are stories in the blogs of misdiagnoses and the like. Mayo has been doing septal myectomies since 1959! Drug ads and young sudden death from a "heart complication" have made the public a little more aware that HCM exists. From what I have asked my cardiologist and the comments made by others in the blogs, it's rare that the thickening returns after a septal myectomy. "Surgery does not halt further problems." Yes, that is true, and it took about 4 months to get to the bottom of one of mine. It's the "art of medicine" and once the problem was solved, life is very normal and active. Like you, my HCM was asymptomatic for years and suddenly it was not. The emotional part is a definite challenge; I am impressed by the comments made by people scheduled for surgery this and next month in the What I Learned From My Open Heart Surgery blog.