Alan Jamieson - Heart Valve Journal

My Journal

Waiting's difficult

Journal posted on February 8, 2019

Over the holidays, I was diagnosed with aortic stenosis at the ripe old age of 37. Turns out, like many of you, I had a bicuspid valve, and a routine physical picked up a heart murmur. I have Crohn's disease, and the thought is that the inflammation caused by Crohn's accelerated the deterioration of the valve. I'm not sure. Regardless, my valve measured at 0.7, and replacement is in my near future. Right now my family and I are going through the second opinion procedure, and I'm hoping that the answer is that the surgery can wait until I've wrapped up my semester (I'm a professor).

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Molly Ivers Good luck Alan! Do you have any of the symptoms they talk about? I was very asymptomatic for the most part. But I was lucky they didn't wait for me to startt ... Read more

Molly Ivers Good luck Alan! Do you have any of the symptoms they talk about? I was very asymptomatic for the most part. But I was lucky they didn't wait for me to startt fainting - they knew I needed a new valve and time was of the essence. My recovery was very quick.

Alan Jamieson Thanks! I don't have any symptoms beyond the heart murmur. I was warned that they might start appearing considering that my stenosis is quite advanced. I'm hoping that it holds off!