Around 50% of people with CHF live 5 years after diagnosis. Being that he has a little mini hospital in the White House with a 24/7 personal doctor... I think it can be assumed, he'll be in the 50% survivor category. But, eventually, it will get him if something else doesn't first.
We don't know when he was diagnosed. Hopefully in his first term.
My father-law lived for another 18 years after being diagnosed with CHF. A pacemaker and a constantly changing cocktail of heart medications including diuretics were instrumental in keeping him alive. He took his meds & we took him to his cardiologist 4x a year.
18 years? wait... you said... "YEARS"??? (And just like that... I'm considering whether or not to fill water balloons with shaving cream before I throw them at you!) C'mon...
To be fair, we don’t know when he was diagnosed
Yeah. Nana lived for years with CHF & lasix, etc. She didn’t have an MD babysitting her all the time. She didn’t die for 10 years…
He was probably dx a few years ago...
Praying that is the case. Does anyone recall when we started seeing these hand issues?
About five months ago
February, so nearly 6 months ago. That’s when they claimed it was caused by too many handshakes.
Well, that's when it was noticed because there was a bruise on his hand. He was likely diagnosed years ago and on oral meds and when those stopped working, he was Rx'd the IV treatments.
I saw it about 2 months ago. I "think" I might have commented back then. Not sure.
There is an oral version of this drug that is usually prescribed first. Normally, that stops working after some time and they go to the IV. So, I would think he isn't recently diagnosed.
He has a lot of the symptoms my father with CHF had by the time he entered hospice: increased swelling in ankles even on furosemide, dozing off regularly, mental wandering as the heart's ejection fraction was so low.