It started a month or so ago, I started having chest pain, radiating down my left arm. nope not a heart attack.
1) The Dr.'s decided I needed a stress test. It showed I had an area of my heart that was not getting enough blood flow.
2) They decided to do a heart catherization to check for any blockage. They checked my cholesterol-140-total
They did the Cath. and found I had NO plaque-(Dr. commented he had never seen such a clear heart.) It did show that the heart is enlarged, twice the size of normal, and very weak.3) They also found I have severe sleep apnea-I kept falling asleep during the Cath and would stop breathing.(sleep study is scheduled)
4) they decided to do another Eccocardiogram to check my valves. This showed my heart works at about 45-55% of what it should ( this has been true for quite a while)
5) my visit today was for pain in my left shoulder and elbow. I have severe tendinitis in both, probably radiating into my chest- thus explaining the chest pain-in conjunction with the enlarged heart.
So it appears I am not in much worse shape than I have been for a few years. The pain from tendonitis, tired because of sleep apnea. Just a good reminder i can't take my health for granted.
Thanks to all of you again for careing.
... However, as we age, we need to take good care of our parts... not like we can get replacements at the Parts Counter at our local dealer now can we 
So it is a life changing scenario I guess... but.. with faith, listening to your Doctors and taking care of yourself.. prognosis is probably 100% 
