What changed? I fainted while doing sports six months ago. I had a lot of tests and last Thursday, I got a telephone call from the cardiologist asking me whether I could see her on Friday. The suspicion of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has been confirmed. It means I am not allowed to do sports again - at least not the way I like to, I'm still allowed cycling trips with the elderly - and I have lost my number 1 coping strategy.