I was on the tennis court and from nowhere I got so out of breath. It took about an hour to recover. It’s starting to happen over and over again as I exerted myself. Because I couldn’t get diagnosed properly it got worse and worse. IT got to the point several years later that I couldn’t walk across the room without getting out of breath. We did move to San Diego where the health care was so much better. In the last couple of years it was so bad I had to hold on to a shopping cart in the market I couldn’t do much of anything. Eating carbs made it even worse. My cardiologist here did diagnose me with HOCM wanted me to go to the mayo clinic for a second opinion. While I was at the mayo clinic they found my gradient was up over 100. I really had no life and was very depressed about it. I felt I really have no choice but to have the surgery and it was the best decision I ever made. I was told by Dr Schaffer’s I had HCM my whole life and had no knowledge or symptoms until it became obstructed. I hope this helps. Be well

Sorry my typing is terrible. The doctors name is Schaff. It was spelled incorrectly in my last post