Mary's Posts

I had OHS and then 6 months later it was determined I needed another one. They waited for 10 months because they said 6 months is too short. But I still got "buy one heart surgery, get a second one free" (I already maxed out on my insurance payment). It happens. Can't do much about it. The only thing you should look into is if there are some underlaying health issues that might have caused the new regurgitation. I should add, if you have symptoms just walking to the kitchen, you really need to see a cardiologist quickly. Like within days rather than weeks.

Hi Mary--good to hear you're doing well. I'm coming up on three years and would prefer to have an annual echo. I needed an early recheck at the 6 month mark, then waited 18 mos. before the next one. My cardiologist told me sometimes insurers won't pay for one more frequently than every two years. But I'll try for one this fall, a year after my last echo.

Hi Mary. I had my first valve surgery in 2010 & had echos annually. A few years ago the echos started showing an increase in insufficiency & the echos were increased to every 6 months. I recently had another surgery to address that as I was in the severe range. If your murmur is slight, waiting a year seems to be in line with what my cardiologists felt was appropriate. Take care.