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Hello all on here and thank you for all the comments on my original post . Alot has happened in that time , my mother , was rushed to hospital with fluid on her heart , that was drained off , then she was shocked eleven times, resusitated twice , a temp defib pacemaker was fitted then a...

Thanks for thoughts ... off to get a check over ! Am confident cannot be heart related , am moving house , it is so very cold and stress and singlehandedly looking after three children have, I am certain combined to leave me feeling like this .Trouble is, and here is to justify doctor's...

Hello all ... I breeze in and out ... I have coarctation , repaired age six,and bicuspid valve , not yet severe enough for surgery ... with beginnings of aotic small anerysm. Can't spell either...Have had quite an enormously stressful couple of years ( divorce,no need to say more !) Anyway , I...

Hi Lyn ! You are always so on the ball ...knew medically they refer to it as thoracotomy, just could not remeber it for a moment ! I have read the other replies , very interesting ... Yes, Alison , we are rare gems !! My cardio has told me that female patients are rare , the coarc is relatively...

By the way , I did ask my cardio and surgeon when the time comes for my avr , if they will cut into existing scar to replace avr , to this they did not actually reply as question was lost at time in something else they were discussing , out of interest, do you know if they plan to do that with u...

Hello Alison , I do not come on here often , but just happened to see your post . I had coarctation repair , in 1978 or 1979 , sometime then and yes , my scar goes under my left breast , and around to my back . It is quite faded now ( am now 37 ) still, not sure I would call it a beauty !! Ha ...

Thanks everyone ... much as I will feel a nuisance , am going to return to GP surgery ( avoiding the nice locum , this time ) . Nancy , had not thought about dangerous aspect , so seems sensible to go back. Am not on BP meds, and Lyn I eat loads !! Ha , want to sort this out , feel abit cross...

I have recently had four bouts of fainting just after exercise . I have dots in my eyes then faint , out , not for long from what I can determine. I have surgically corrected coarctation , bicuspid valve etc . I have recently seen cardio and he is perfectly satisfied. I have in past suffered...

Coarctation Aorta MRI imaging Coarctation Aorta MRI imaging I have Coarctation of the Aorta , which has been resectedand bav. I have five yearly MRIs with brain scan to check circle of willis for anersym. I have been advised by cardiologist that the BAV and coarctation apperently increase the...

Oh yeah ? Nice to know what get up to over there ?! The first two , well , no that probably not good for you , but last is at least exercise ?! Isn't that what the cardios are always suggesting !

Thanks Ross and Lyn ... I have now sent a letter and hope it will not be an age before I get a reply ! I am sure my cardiologist will give me the answers I want . I do not like the sound of the aortic dilation , but I suppose the MRI S that they send me for make sense and is reassurance that...

Thank you Lynlw and Bina ... Lyn , to answer your question , I have received a cc copy of a letter they have forwarded to my GP . I was not expecting a letter . I had dismissed the whole appointment/ consult as entirely positive. I still think it is ... The difficulty is , having been a cardiac...

Hey ??!! Ross... u trying to trash my easter !!!! That cannot be right , they certainly have not said that ? That is what makes me so cross about information exchanged to my GP and not explained to me ...It comes back to this heart being in my chest , and I fully expect to undertstand every...

Hello all... I have not been on here for a while , have been busy with other matters in my life .I had cardiac surgery as a child and use this site based on my need , which in honesty is selfish but the truth !! I dip in and out from time to time and am very glad to be aware of every one's...

Thank you , Maryka ! I currently do not feel excessively worried about my health presently , am very fit , active and happy . I am currently going through a divorce, seeking part time employment and house hunting and have three children ... All this has happily helped keep me in perspective...