Chris's Posts

It's been a while since I last posted. Truth be told, after the failed mitral valve repair and a second surgery to re-repair it, I went with the "out of sight out of mind" approach while I waited for my three month follow up echo. During that time, we left Brookfield and moved back to Wausau, WI. That meant finding a new cardiologist. I ended up going with the guy that was my dad's cardiologist. My parents seemed to like him and he knows my family history. It took a little while to get in to see him and to set up the echo so my 3 month echo was actually a 4 month echo. Fortunately this time around the news was positive. They say the re-repair is functioning "fantastically". My EF is the same as it was back in June (around 45%) so they increased my Coreg dose a bit. Hope to get that number back up to 55 or so. My energy level is still down a bit but I think that's because I didn't do cardiac rehab this time around. As it stands right now, my next appointment is in a year. Chris