Heart failure/problems after chemo?
Hi everyone! I (f22) had six rounds of AV + BVD a few years ago at 19. Went into full remission, had no problems with my heart during or shortly after chemo. Now, three years later, I’ve developed symptoms over the past few months that have snowballed into, like, textbook heart damage or even failure. Arrhythmia, shortness of breath that gets worse when laying down, especially on the left side, mostly dry cough that occasionally brings up thin white mucus, crushing sensation in the chest, swelling, the works. Can hardly walk up the stairs. Went to the hospital two nights ago when the crushing and shortness of breath became overwhelming and I browned out, got sent home after a clear ekg and chest ct. I moved from the east to the west coast a few months ago and dragged my feet about getting a new oncologist here, which has come back to bite me in the ass. I’m scrambling now to get into the local cancer clinic for an echo. Anyways, I’m pretty devastated about all this, on top of feeling awful due to the aforementioned issues, which have been plaguing me nonstop day and night. I just want to live a long life and be healthy. I don’t want to die in my twenties from heart failure and leave my mom all alone.
Anyone else experienced heart troubles or something similar after chemo? How are you managing it? Thanks and sorry for the long rant!