Deb's Posts

This coming December 7 will be my 5 year anniversary of Aortic Valve replacement. YAY - it was a success and the valve is doing its job. Unfortunately, July 15 of this year, I had to have my Tricuspid valve repaired with 2 clips inserted to close the valve more which reduced the leaking from severe to mild. Another YAY!!! I had the Tricuspid TEER (Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair) Absolutely painless. The Interventional Cardiologist that did the procedure was DR A.J. (Conrad) Smith here in Pittsburgh at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. So now I am doubly glad to be alive and have my life extended. at 76 everyone doesn't always get that opportunity. So glad to still be here to tell about it on this wonderful site!!

On a Happy note, after a year and 2 months, my left hand fingers have regained full sensation, the PVC's I was having have slowed to a few here and there with a raise in the Metoprolol dose, my hair has grown back in full, the pain in my sternum is minimal now and the keloid incision scar is finally starting to flatten! Its been a long process. And now the final issue is to get my breathing (still extremely short of breath) corrected and see why this new valve is "tight". Other than that - lol I am really doing pretty good. As I always say, glad to be alive. I will tolerate the issues.