What's the longest someone could live with mild congestive heart failure (CHF)?
General January 26th, 2010What's the longest someone could live with mild congestive heart failure (CHF)?
I am 38 years old. I am pretty sure I am in the beginning stages of congestive heart failure induced by chemotherapy with an anthracycline (Adriamycin). Without going into too many details about my history, I am wondering if someone can tell me what the life expectancy would be for someone in this situation, regarding the CHF, not regarding other illnesses.
I guess I didn't realize until today how fatal CHF is. I thought for some reason if you controlled all the lifestyle factors and did what you needed to do that you could live a very long time. But for a 38-year-old, ten years is not a long time! And I read today that 70 percent of people with CHF die within ten years. This was very upsetting to me. Is this a statistic for severe CHF or just ANY heart failure?
Thanks in advance for any knowledge you have on this topic.
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