OK SO IT IS HEART AWARENESS MONTH SO I FIGURED I WOULD SHARE MY EXPERINCE WITH Y'ALL. HERE IT GOES.i WOKE UP ON AUGUST 2 2012 WITH WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A ASTHMA ATTACK TRIED TO USE MY INHALER THAT DID NOT WORK. SO I TRIED A HOT SHOWER THAT DID NOT WORK MADE WHAT I WAS FEELING WORSE. I ASKED MY DAD TO CALL RESCUE THAT CAME SAW I WAS IN DISTRESS AND RUSHED ME TO THE HOSPITAL. THEY RAN TES ALSO DID A ECHO OF MY HEART. WELL MY HEART E FRACTION WAS ONLY 15% THEY SAID I WAS IN FULL BLOWN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE. THEY SAID A VIRUS ATTACKED MY HEART SO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CARDIOMYOPATHY WELL HERE IT IS NOW 2014. LAST MARCH I HAD TO HAVE A PACEMAKER/DEFIBULATOR PLACED HEART WAS NOT GETTING BETTER . I AM ONLY 40 YRS OLD I AM WRITTING THIS BLOG AS A BEAWRE THING CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOWWHAT WILL HAPPEN. I USE TO BE ABLE TO GOO GO GO NOW IM TIRED ALL THE TIME AND IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING AND DEPRESSING. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEART AS YOU ONLY HAVE ONE. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TOMM MAY BRINK THATS FOR SURE