Question: Hello: I was a passenger in vehicle motor accident when transport trailer made left hand turn when we were within 100 feet of intersection. The wheels of trailer tore off front of our SUV: we hit at speeds approx. 40 mph.My seat belt restrained me, airbags inflated. I was taken to ER, had whiplash and deep bruising across chest.My medical history is cardiomyopathy Stage 3-4 healed to Stage 2 after 10 years of treatment. Within a day, I was suffering with shortness of breath, at rest, after walking, even talking, my words could not come out because I could not breath. My ankles and feet became very swollen, I had difficulty balancing and when I would lie down I felt choking.The chest pain felt crushing, yet at times burning.The pain spred across my chest into my throat and sometimes down left arm to fingetips. I went to my GP who referred me to Internst. She arranged echocardiogram ,and injection type stress test. She told me my heart was rigid and swollen and couldn't rest between beats and fluid was building up in my lungs causing shortness of breath. However, she documented on my chart that she felt my shortness of breath was caused from being over weight at 212 lbs. She enrolled me in cardiac rehab exercise classes. When I went to hospital to participate in classes, I couldn't walk more than fifty feet without gasping and feeling weak and nausiated. The Clinical Nurse Heart Failure Clinic had reviewed my chart asked why I was there when I was in such poor health because of congested heart failure.She discussed the reports from tests and charts, then informed GP my enrollment was cancelled and why. My Internist declares my condition is called Syndrome X - but why the sudden weight gain, badly swollen feet and ankles, puffy belly, severe shortness of breath, and exteme fatique? I am now taking four furosimide (40mg) a day and have lost 17.5 lbs since Xmas. Who is right? My quality of life is poor and has been changed dramacially. Where do I go to get good advice and back to living an active social and happy life? Thanks, J. XXXXXXX XXXXXXX