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Welcome to the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) group on Mayo Clinic Connect - a place where you can connect with others, learn about living HCM, share experiences and exchange useful information.
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I'm Colleen, and I'm the moderator of this group, and Community Director of Connect. I look forwarding to welcoming you and introducing you to other members.
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What kind of surgery did you have?
Thank you so much for following up and sharing, @77dhowell. I'd encourage you to take a look at the Transplant group too, on Connect: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/transplants/ where you will find a few discussions that might interest you.
How are you coping and managing your symptoms at present?
Hello @choochoo,
Welcome to Connect. Thanks for joining; I'm so glad to see that you've connected with some of the members in this group.
Would you share a few more details about your husband? What symptoms is he experiencing?
No, I had the same as in your condition. Dr. Schaff, did the surgery , for it. A bit over 6 months out. Feeling fantastic.
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I had surgery for the same thing you have. Hooe you can get the surgety
No I have apictal type. My bottom of my heart is thick and it won't open up to let enough blood in. None of the typical treatments work for my heart.
My choices were heart Transplant or hospice.
Did your doc try alcohol abrasion before a heart transplant?
I am 57. My diagnoses did not look that bad either but my symptoms have continued to escalate and I am now on the heart transplant list.
The severity of the symptoms is what matters.
My husband few this disease and was just diagnosed a few months ago. He is 67 and doc doesn't think it is very bad. His symptoms show he is having problems but tests show it's not bad. We are very frustrated. Our doc is very good.