Beth's Profile

April 2010 my life changed drastically. I had just gotten married for the first time on October 25, 2009. We were trying to get pregnant when I was diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis. I was shocked when I received this diagnosis because I had never experienced any heart problems except that I had been diagnosed in childhood with mitral valve prolapse heart murmur. I had never experienced any symptoms due to this. I was told that I needed open heart surgery to replace my aortic valve but the good news was that my heart muscles were very strong. I could not understand why this was happening to me. I was 41 years old, a newlywed and trying to have a baby. On June 2, 2010 I had open heart aortic valve replacement surgery. I know how lucky I am that they found this problem and were able to successfully do this surgery on me. I am very grateful to have the opportunity to recover from this procedure.