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I have a cardiac CT scheduled in early December so will know more following that. Thank you in advance.
Our floating Christmas tree arrived on the weekend here in Geelong. Australia 🇦🇺 ...Read more
Our floating Christmas tree arrived on the weekend here in Geelong. Australia 🇦🇺
Reminds me how lucky I am to have had successful surgery , and to be here to see this day.
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I know everyone is different so what you all have experienced may not be typical. As I ...Read more
I know everyone is different so what you all have experienced may not be typical. As I understand it we may and probably had stenosis for a while perhaps years with no symptoms. You may have been diagnosed with mild or moderate stenosis 10 or 15 years ago. So my question to the group, because it took years to develop did the symptoms (chest pain, shortness of breath, dizziness, etc), get worse slowly or did they appear suddenly?
Maybe some occasional fatigue but that could also have been my apnea and/or anemia.
If I hadn’t given up the previous year on getting my blood pressure down on my own and asking a new doctor to prescribe me something, I never would have known I had a valve issue.
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Maybe some occasional fatigue but that could also have been my apnea and/or anemia.
If I hadn’t given up the previous year on getting my blood pressure down on my own and asking a new doctor to prescribe me something, I never would have known I had a valve issue.
I also wouldn’t have known I had psoriatic arthritis because I didn’t have a chronic bad flare until they kicked me off naproxen to put me on lisinopril. I thought my sore tendon issues were just over exercising.
In fact, I was doing CROSSFIT the day before surgery
I will note, however, I am part of a global trial and was selected to be operated on before symptoms began.
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In fact, I was doing CROSSFIT the day before surgery
I will note, however, I am part of a global trial and was selected to be operated on before symptoms began.
as a side note : I had stopped running - previously was able to run 50 plus km a week.
I certainly couldn’t get anywhere near that as the valve got worse.
However, no chest pain no hard breathing issues no blood pressure issues so fundamentally no symptoms whatsoever
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Surgeon Q&A: The Risk Vs. Benefit of Asymptomatic Mitral Valve Surgery
Doctor Interviewed:
Dr. Junaid Khan
Surgeon Q&A: The Risk Vs. Benefit of Asymptomatic Mitral Valve Surgery
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Have to decide soon so if needed quickly they can have the ball rolling . It's sure been interesting lately🥴
Phase 2/3 Study of KPL-387 in Recurrent Pericarditis
getting offered to you?
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Many people in my part of the world join me in wishing ...Read more
Many people in my part of the world join me in wishing you well. "
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⛰️Morning Rita☀️xxx"
“I just went in for an annual check-up. After listening to my heart, my doctor told me I had a heart murmur. I never knew I had a heart murmur, and I didn’t know much about them. The images ... Read more.
“I just went in for an annual check-up. After listening to my heart, my doctor told me I had a heart murmur. I never knew I had a heart murmur, and I didn’t know much about them. The images showed that I had a severe mitral valve prolapse.
We made the decision, at the time, to keep an eye on it for a year because I had no symptoms. Based on my second echocardiogram, it was determined that my mitral valve prolapse had progressed, and it was time for surgery. Now, I am ecstatic to say that my wife and I just returned from a 10-day holiday in Saint Lucia which included four scuba dives.
Dr. Castillo-Sang gave me the confidence that I would be able to dive again, and he was 100% correct."
-- Gary Fabre, heart valve patient
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Today while shaving, it only felt numb.
My thumbs & first two fingers on each side are still as numb as they have always been.
I didn’t notice under my chin until the first time I shaved after surgery (2ish months). I put that off for a long time because the jugular port they put in my neck was slow healing. I wonder if putting the port in the vein damaged the nerve.
I wish you luck with till your valves.
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I wish you well with your surgery.
I too have a P2 flail with a ruptured chordae. How did you navigate so quickly from diagnosis ...Read more
I wish you well with your surgery.
I too have a P2 flail with a ruptured chordae. How did you navigate so quickly from diagnosis to surgery? And how did you decide on your surgeon? My surgeon (who does not do robotic ) would like to operate next week, but I want to do more research -Thanks Adam! - plus I have aortic and tricuspid regurg.
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Well done , pace yourself .
Listen to your body and be kind to yourself .
You ‘ll feel tired now but getting out and about feels really good
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I hope the new drug regime works .
You are doing really well .
Sending you love
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Ravishankar Krishnamoorthy
Mitral Regurgitation
December 1, 2025

Wendy Hanavan
Aortic Stenosis
December 2, 2025

Jeff Marshall
Aortic Stenosis
December 3, 2025
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