Rob's Posts

I had AVR and AAA replacement surgery in November 2013, all has been well until this past month. I developed shortness of breath, had a regularly scheduled cardiologist appointment on the books, so I waited until then. I also had a TIA back in July, and saw a neurologist for that, who asked my cardio doc to do a TEE and for me to wear a Holter Monitor for 24 hours. I had the TEE last Friday, they found scarring on my new valve (horse tissue), but no clots were being formed in the heart, which was the reason for the TEE. I'm having a stress echo this afternoon. I'm a bit fatigued, breathless speaking in long sentences, singing (I play guitar, fairly well after doing it for 50 years) is weird as I have to take breathes inside of lines instead of normal places. I'm really disappointed in how things are going. I had a terrible, world class upper respiratory infection in May of this year, and I wonder if that caused some damage. After today's procedure I have an appt with my cardiologist on 11-2, I suppose that's when I'll know much more. I guess my question here is has anyone else had a valve damaged after this period of time? If so, what were the symptoms, and what was the outcome? Thanks in advance.....and I'm ok, just a little pissed off actually, but that will pass.....