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Diagnosis: Aortic Stenosis, Bicuspid Aortic Valve

Member Since: October 26, 2016

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Cindi Waldrop posted an update
8 years ago (November 30, 2017)
I am scheduled for my angiogram in Birmingham tomorrow morning. This should be the last hurdle in getting ready for AVR in Chicago on Dec. 19th. It all feels very surreal and I hope the anxious feelings subside.
Yes, it certainly does seem surreal at first. You will feel much better after the surgery.
I hope you feel better about it soon. After my angio, I felt so much better. I was relaxed and confident about my choices and, actually, raring to go! Not sure why. Maybe knowing that the only thing wrong with my heart was my aortic valve, maybe it just made... Read more.
Thanks everyone. I do feel better and maybe not raring to go but close to that I think! So grateful for the notes and my family will be traveling with me. A different kind of Christmas but all together is a blessing!
I hope everything goes perfectly for you and that you have an easy recovery! Sounds like you are in great hands. You may be surprised, like I was, that the whole experience was not as difficult or painful as my mind expected it to be. Though it was a big... Read more.

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