Our life was hard during those building years. Bob was rarely home and the children needed some kind of stablity in their home lives, so I began the volunteer life. When both boys were in high school, I decided to end the volunteer activities, which had taken over my home and most of my time. I ventured back into the work force. I took a part time job in a major department store and worked my way to assistant department manager.
All good things do come to an end.
Our business had moved into easier times and Bob wanted me available to entertain and travel with him, so I became the stay at home wife and mother again. After the boys graduated from college, we began traveling. My CHF I was diagnosed with CHF in July of 1996, one week before my 51st birthday. After reading books and gathering all the information I could about dilated cadiomyopathy, it became painfully clear that I had had all the classic symtoms for many, many years. I had just slowly progressed from one stage right into another.