Mario,
I will go out on a limb here and give you some advice, not really medical advice but life advice. My dad passed away from congestive heart failure so I did quite a bit of research on that to improve his end quality of life (which ended up being great).
First: do some research on heart health, longevity and lifestyle. Do searches on the following: fish oil, Ubiquinol CoQ10, resversatrol, zero resistance living, heart rate monitors
Next: Get a team together to support you as follows:
- get a lunch buddy who you can have lunch with most days and go over what's up in your life with them.
- get a health care professional you feel good about, they should be healthy, smart, take time and be able to listen to you. If you have an appointment with a new cardiologist and they are 50 lbs overweight, just walk out and tell the front desk you aren't paying, this person cannot help you (period).
- get an excercise buddy or motivator, could be a friend or online support group, I like Mathew Fury myself who is online coach and sends out free e-mails every day.
- Set goals, if you want to go freediving and are worried about if its healthy or not, set a goal that says "I want to go freediving in a way that is safe and enhances my physical condition and life experience". Set goals for everything you want to do and if you aren't sure you can do it or not set a goal to figure out if you can do it or not.
- Create a vision board, I use magnets on a white steel backed whiteboard and make my visions all photos or sketches as they are easier to "see" then words are. Then get a banner calendar for the whole year and when you achieve a vision tape the picture of the vision and put it on your calendar. Also put on your calendar when and what you do for excercise.
Enough for now, you can PM me if you want on the above.
Cheers Wes Lapp
P.S. My lunch buddy was diagnosed with prostrate cancer 3 years ago and it was the best thing to happen to him, after his successful cancer treatment he stopped worrying about all the little stuff and worrying about the future and started having fun and enjoying life. He makes alot more money now and does things and buys things that he wants like new motorcycles, kiteboards etc, dates younger women and is really a much happier guy.