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A wet cough. A lot of white foamy phlegm coughed up in the am especially. I don’t care if they smoke or have a history of smoking. Smoking doesn’t cause the same really gross wet cough that heart failure does. Not even pot smoking causes that type of cough. Weakness. I couldn’t hold up the tv remote for very long. I had taxotere chemo for breast cancer in 07. I had a normal echo when I got baseline before treatment. I was told I might want to consider co-q 10 but I couldn’t afford it since I couldn’t work. It wasn’t really emphasized either. Just meh you can buy this and take it.

I never really got my energy back and I thought it was normal for cancer survivors to be winded and weak. I was examined multiple times over several years and was blamed. “You have COPD from smoking”. “You have bronchitis. Have a z-pack scrip and don’t let the door hit you in the ass.” I just limped along until I couldn’t walk or lay down flat. I was sleeping sitting up with my head on the seat of the sofa. My mother noticed I had swollen ankles. She’s a medical professional so I should have listened. By the time I dragged myself into the ED in 2015 I was in bad shape. EF was lower than 28. I was in patient for 5 days. I lost 18 pounds in water weight. After years on carvedilol and lisinopril my heart reformed and I’m now learning to work out in the gym. So. The cough is a big indicator and please don’t blame your patients for their symptoms. Please look twice at cancer survivors. We aren’t bragging at y’all. We have special considerations. Thank you for being brave and caring and becoming a nurse. I hope you have a great career.

You’ll be one of the good ones!

Oh no. 15%? That must be really tough. I’m like 50% now. I’m weak (atrophied) from laying around sick for a year but I’m working on it. I live in a vertical house with 27 steps from the basement to the master bedroom. I can tell how I’m doing by how many flights I can take. 1 terrible day. 4 fantastic day! My heart rate might be 150 when I get upstairs with a basket of laundry but I made it! Pant, pant. Thanks for the tip. I’ll try the stuff. I think drinking wine may be making me tired too so I’m giving it up for the most part. (Chardonnay tears) 🥴

So pleased to learn about your music. Are you coming through Nashville?