Hopefully my journey will give some insight to living with an artificial heart valve. I was diagnosed in sept. Of 2004. From the time I was six years old ...Read more
Hopefully my journey will give some insight to living with an artificial heart valve. I was diagnosed in sept. Of 2004. From the time I was six years old I had a murmur but none of my drs ever went further than telling me “just a murmur” probably nothing to worry about. Then this one dr listened to my heart heard the murmur and encouraged me to follow up with an echocardiogram. What they found was a bicuspid aortic valve with a near aneurysm in my aortic artery. Jan 17, 2005 my valve was replaced with a st. Jude along with replacing a small section of my aortic artery. Other than taking blood thinners and making small adjustments to my lifestyle you would never know I had any thing ever done. I stay active either by walking or riding a bike (air dyne) I do lightweight lifting and faithfully take my Coumadin and Bp meds. But honestly my life changed very little after the surgery. I’m just thankful that I found a dr that encouraged me to find out what the murmur was. I welcome all replies and questions, I’m happy to share my experience with anyone that has been on this journey.
Clint Bayman Congrats on 13 years! My On-X and Aortic Root have been in for 3 weeks. Happy to hear things will con ... Read more
Clint Bayman Congrats on 13 years! My On-X and Aortic Root have been in for 3 weeks. Happy to hear things will continue on with little or no change.
Troy Ainsworth Good to hear, I just scheduled my surgery for March 26th to get an On X aortic valve replacement
Mark Craven Thank you. Your post and message came at the right time for me with my surgery coming up next week.
Willie Radl Thanks for sharing, its always great to hear that this isn't the end of the road!!
I am from: Clovis
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