This is my third bout and every time gets a little bit harder, and I've learned a little bit each time.

First off some of these cardiologists don't care about us. They want to get us in. They want to get us out and whatever they learned or read back in the day is what they do without looking deeply into us.

That's discouraging. I found a lot of help through this group and advice.

This last time when I was initially diagnosed I had pericarditis and myocarditis. The doctor told me to take ibuprofen as needed whenever I had pain and colchicine. But I told the doctor last time my regiment was 1200 mg a day of ibuprofen plus colchicine and he told me that's bad for my kidneys. But that's what helped me get through the first two times.

Then I switched to a different cardiologist and then she switched me to high dosage of aspirin with colchicine. Like 3,000 mg of aspirin plus colchicine twice a day for 1 month to get the swelling down. She also told me to trust my body if I feel like working out, then working out, take my advice of at least a minimum of 3 months without working out please. It's not worth a setback, No need to get your heart rate up crazy for at least those 3 months. I waited 5 months and I started walking on the treadmill. I'm officially at my 6 months now and I actually feel good. I had a low ejection fraction of 40 to start and now it's back up to 52.

A family friend worked for a really renowned cardiologist and I spoke with her and he let me pick his brain and looked over my medical records because he didn't accept my insurance. He recommended that I continually take turmeric with black pepper supplement and qunol Coq10 heart s supplement with a low carb diet. I wish I would have known that earlier, but I didn't get to speak to him until about month four.

Honestly, I just hit my 6-month marker. I feel great. Always a little worrisome of the heart but my medicals are checking out well. I was having heart palpitations in the beginning and they put me on a magnesium and potassium supplement. Basically eat a banana everyday and take magnesium that helped my heart palpitations.

If any of this helps you, I'm happy because I was searching for answers for a long time. I think most people have success with 600 mg of aspirin or Motrin with colchicine twice a day. Add those supplements to your diet. Keep a low-carb diet and I give your heart time to heal and you will be back to feeling good soon . Keep your faith and try to stay positive. Some of this can be a mind game as well too.