Hello group, I wanted to be available to all of you to share my story and be of value/resource to the group. CP is an uncommon condition and not that you can find many resources about. I developed this condition after none-symptomatic pneumonia, and the symptoms I was having were perceived by my doctor as anxiety and chronic fatigue. It took me doing research on CFS that lead me to request my doctor to do a stress test in the heart and that the technician was not able to do because she found something there. 8 months after it took to discover the constrictive pericarditis and by that time the water had calcified. I visited 5 different cardiologists and all agree with the diagnoses, but out of this five 2 help me doubt that surgery was my only option. Although it was very scary and I having a limited life, I changed my diet to low inflammation diet and took many natural remedies. I would have flares and many times sore throats a will debilitate me and was living with the fear of surgery until I finally was able to visit a Mayo specialist that finally gave me the green light to have a normal life and to continue with my healthy eating protocol. Although I have to keep a check on keeping my immune system up good, I can say I am much better and moving forward with no surgery. So do not believe cardiologist because they are not surgeons, always look for a specialist on this type of conditions.