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Diagnosis: Mitral Regurgitation, Atrial Fibrillation

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4 years ago (January 11, 2022)

Current selfie. I no longer color my hair. Quite a relief!

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Richard Munson

4 years ago (January 11, 2022)

You ask if there are alternatives to splitting the sternum and the answer is yes. I had pretty much the same procedure as you at mgh and they did it minimally invasive. In laymans terms they entered my body thru my rib cage but performed the same function on my... Read more.

Marie Myers

4 years ago (January 11, 2022)

I think you look great!

Ginny Turner

4 years ago (January 11, 2022)

Hi Joan, and welcome! Love your beautiful picture. You will find so much information and support here. And with friends like Richard, Marie and others, you will feel very encouraged - I promise! My heart story is much like yours. I'm 73, healthy and feel well, but have severe mitral... Read more.

Civita Fahey

4 years ago (January 12, 2022)

welcome Mary from a fellow Massachusettian.. is that what they call us? I didnt want to write what they really call us. You look wonderful with your new hair color. this is a great site to meet wonderful people who have all gone through the same experience.

Richard Munson

4 years ago (January 12, 2022)

I think they call us nuts for staying here.

GARY STANKO

4 years ago (January 13, 2022)

Like you I had mitral regurgitation in 2017, I was 67. I was basically asymptomatic except for some fatigue but I was riding my bike 20 miles a day at the time. I had never had a serious health problem so it was a shock to find I needed heart... Read more.

Civita Fahey

4 years ago (January 13, 2022)

That's for darn sure Richard. where are you from in Mass? I live in Topsfield right now, but I grew up in Boston, so I'll always be a city girl.

Richard Munson

4 years ago (January 13, 2022)

I live in dartmouth but grew up in new bedford. City boy. My daughter lives in beverly farms. Neighbor to you.

Anonymous

4 years ago (January 13, 2022)

Hi Joan, welcome and know that we will be here for you. I will pray for your surgery to go well and we will be here to welcome you into recovery. On another note, following the Massachusetts trend here, my family is from Sturbridge

Richard Munson

4 years ago (January 14, 2022)

We knew there was something special about you besides your good looks and sparkling personality. Been to sturbridge a couple of times. They had a good restaurant there as i recall. Very rustic

Richard Munson

4 years ago (January 14, 2022)

Another name for our state is taxachusetts.

Civita Fahey

4 years ago (January 14, 2022)

YUP. the further east in Mass you go the worse it gets. hahaha

Anonymous

4 years ago (January 14, 2022)

Thank you Richard, I have visited there twice. Rustic is a good word for it. We went to a very good restaurant there by a lake, can't remember the name. Also, it was the first time and hope the last one, that I saw a bear cub, beautiful but my... Read more.

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