What is your mission?
There is only one way to know if you have a tumor growing inside your heart. I talk about the fact that I’m paralyzed from a massive stroke that I had nearly 10 years ago. Sometimes, I forget to mention the cause of the stroke that very nearly took my life. I had a benign atrial myxoma tumor growing in my right atria for approximately 25 years . The tumor itself was 4 cm by 7 cm in dimension inside the smallest atria of my heart. Most people who have the tumor only find out because they suddenly die. Thankfully, it’s a fairly rare condition, but…
If this blog has a mission, it’s to get more people to preventatively get an echocardiogram at least once in their life because if you are one of the unlucky people, like me, who have a heart tumor, IT WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE. Not to mention, prevent a massive stroke that might kill you, at most, or paralyze you for a decade or more.