Brenda's Profile

Diagnosis: Bicuspid Aortic Valve, Mitral Regurgitation

Member Since: March 8, 2015

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About Me

I had been going to emergency rooms for awhile for chest pain and always got told to stop smoking nothing is wrong. Well then in 2011 I believe I hardly could get out of bed body aches and leg pain, just pain all over went to see about fibromyalgia and got diagnosed with it then RA. Was put on like 10 different meds. The doc told me need to try and loose weight ok tried lost and gained so went for gastric bypass surgery well had to go through all sorts of stuff for that. Found out I also had sleep apnea, osteoarthritis, fatty liver and then it was time for the heart only had a month to go and they found out that my valves weren't working properly so all this medicine and finally it took a doctor that cared to fix me I am scared 😓 but can't wait to fill good
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    I am from: Poteet, Texas, United States
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    My surgery date was: March 11, 2015
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    I was diagnosed with: Bicuspid Aortic Valve, Mitral Regurgitation
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    My surgery was: Aortic Valve Replacement
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    My surgeon is: Dr. James Garrison
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    My hospital is: Baptist medical center

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