Yesterday we found out that the swelling in my husbands arms and legs is a result of him being in the early stages of heart failure at the age of 36. Heart failure doesn't mean that the heart will DEFINITELY fail...it means that if you keep going down the path you are currently on...it will. Above and beyond the heart failure - he has a multitute of problems: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, begining stages of diabetes, ov...