I had this same condition.....in July of 2000.
I had flu-like symptoms, was coughing a lot, had trouble breathing when climbing stairs, and my body felt like it was made of lead.
Finally, on my birthday 13 years ago this month, my sister noticed that I was having problems even picking up a book. She pleaded with my to go the ER at a local hospital here in Maine, which I did.
They took x-rays. I was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy, which included an enlarged heart, congestive heart failure, a thickening of some of the walls of the heart, etc. Fluid build-up in my heart, too.
I was in intensive care for three days. I didn’t have a doctor, so one of the on call doctors....a woman....became my personal MD. In addition to various meds, she suggested taking co-enzyme Q10,,,,,,CO-Q 10. In cases of dilated cardiomyopathy, CO-Q 10 can repair the heart muscle.
A normal “ejection-fraction” is between 55 - 73%. Mine was 21%. A year later, it was 50%, in 2001. My doctor called me all excited after my 2001 echo-cardiogram, and told me, “You’re cured!” In 2002, my ejection fraction. was 60%.
Bottom line, I’m active, run up stairs, lift heavy objects, exercise, lift weights, etc. Hurray!
By happenstance, I was visiting a relative at a hospital in Bangor, Maine in 2003, and I bumped into the cardiologist I had one appointment with in the summer of 2000. When I told him how dramatically my ejection fraction improved from the C0-Q 10, his eyes were as wide as saucers.
You can buy CO-Q 10 in quantity at Sam’s Club, or in WalMart or pretty much any drug store chain. They don’t know what caused my former condition.....they suspected a virus. Heavy drinking can also cause this condition but, as I told the doctors, “I don’t drink, so that’s not the cause.”
I found a medical study on the Internet back in 2000 which was conducted by a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic. He had a number of patients who were on a transplant list. He gave them all CO-Q10, and their heart functions improved greatly....he removed ALL of these patients from the transplant list.
As for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, this type is a congenital condition. Basically, you’re born with it, and people who have this can die suddenly without warning.
RE: CO-Q10
How many milligrams do you take daily? Thanks.
I know what you mean about Co Q-10.
I take it religiously. My heart was enlarged from an atrial flutter ending up in the hospital with CHF. My EF was in the low 20s. Now it is about 50, the heart is back to normal size and best of all, I can go on long mountain bike rides with lots of ascending. The descending is what will probably kill me.
My father, had kidney problems. My sister got him on cq10 and his creatine levels started to immediately get better and gave him a few extra years, 91 total!
I would also be interested in your daily dosing for CO-Q 10, and also if there is a particular set of brands you rely on for quality.
I've noticed that Walmart sells various brands and doses (all fairly expensive), and also has various pill-form brands, and a couple "chewy" kinds that look like candy.
(I'm really just looking for a quality reliable brand with an effective dose.)
It is because of its powerful antioxidant protection that CoQ10 is often recommended for a wide variety of heart-related conditions, such as heart attack, high blood pressure and congestive heart failure, which require extra protection from free radical damage.Mercola sells CoQ10 on his site; I have purchased it through him.