By: Helene Victor

Helene Victor — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:11:20 +0000

I had prolapse of the mitral valve with regurgitation for over thirty years. My Kaiser doctor said I did not need to see a cardiologist. Kaiser gave me periodic echocardiograms which were checked by a cardiologist. I was told my ventricles – pumping chambers – were strong. Meanwhile my heart continued to enlarge. A year ago the chords and a flap of the mitral valve tore and I was put into chronic atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure. After being stabilized, an excellent surgeon repaired my valve and tried various methods, which unfortunately did not work, to get me out of atrial fibrillation. But my mitral valve is fixed and one of the enlarged chambers is almost normal in size. The surgeon, Dr. Han Lee is knowledgeable, skilled, and has a wonderful bedside manner. But I am thinking a switch in insurance policies may have been a wise thing to do, if only for a second opinion.

By: Jim Hilbe

Jim Hilbe — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:37:03 +0000

Soooo, your Physician at Kaiser Permanente told you to wait! “Go to Helen Waite?” And then, a Physician at The Cleveland Clinic told you NOT to wait? Let me just say, one of my best friends once told me: “Kaiser killed BOTH of my parents.” Obamacare.

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