Recent content by HenryCT

I have the most insane news to report. Two years after my congenital BAV diagnosis, there has been a miracle, and it has healed itself entirely! Well, of course that is impossible ... but what I did find out, in my first "echo" since the original one two years ago, was that there was a...

Hello all, I was diagnosed with BAV a year ago, it was found somewhat accidentally while checking for other heart issues, and supposedly the condition of my BAV is "fine", just monitor for now. Over the last several months, I have been noticing something strange. When at work (primarily...

Thank you so much! If nothing else, this points me toward an option, and Yale is about 30 minutes from me.

I don't think it was me that you had a communication issue with, I only have a couple of posts as I am fairly new and still in the partly panicked mode since I only found out I have BAV a few months ago. I do believe I got the drift of your initial reply, and in all honesty, a good chunk of it...

I'd like your advice on choosing a doctor. I am in CT, and I chose a doctor that was local to me. The agency is Cardio Physicians of Fairfield County (http://cpfccardiology.com/). My current Dr. is Dr. Tiano. Originally I had seen Dr. Kosinsky, because he is my father's cardiologist. He was...

Hey all. Still new here - and still very up and down with my "condition". I just found out earlier this year I had BAV. This came on the heels of 38 years of no symptoms, then suddenly the onset of symptoms over the past 2.5 years. Namely palpitations, a few times where my heart seemed to go out...

Hey thanks for the reply. I've certainly considered it may just be reflux and man would I be happy if it was. Same with it just being anxiety. I've always heard with reflux there are multiple symptoms. When I have had this, it doesn't seem to cause any burning sensations at all. No sour taste...

Hey all, just wanted to check in with some updates, some good and some not as good. For starters, I'm still here! :) Months ago I started on clomid - in an attempt to raise super low testosterone. Again, I don't know if the T is low because I'm just going through andropause, or if prolonged...

I'll have to wait until my appointment with my cardiologist in mid-July ... but over the phone he had told me everything looks normal. Spoiler Alert: I have medical anxiety / hypochondria Now that I got that out of the way, I am going to tell you why I think my cardiologist is either wrong, or...

A lot of similarities, Fundy! I can hear my heart beating, and/or feel it beating, but that comes and goes. I can also hear it in my ears when I lay on my sides at night with my ear against the pillow. This freaks me out, but ironically, I am also a side sleeper, so I walk a fine line. I lay on...

Fortunately for me, I was also able to get life insurance a long time ago. I'm 40 now, but I think I was around 27 or 28 when we had our first child and I elected a good sized life insurance policy (term). It's about 5 times my annual income, and I believe it's a 30 year (good through age 58)...

A couple of other points and/or questions: When I did my stress test, they did the Bruce protocol, but they did it strange. They did it in 2 minute intervals. I was able to get to the 4th stage, which was something like 4.5 mph at a fairly steep incline. I was almost to the 5 mph but we stopped...

Yes, I do not have that information as of yet. But I will ask for it in my follow-up next month. When I called and asked about the heart, left ventricle, aorta, he said they all looked to be normal. But there were no specifics, and I didn't know enough to ask at this point, this is all still...

thanks to all of who have chimed in here on this thread, can't explain how nice it is to talk to people about it who have an understanding.

Thanks for your reply. The nerve you may be referring to is the vagus nerve? In putting two and two together, this does concern me. I've had a few "vagus" symptoms. Vasovagal syncope is when you pass out from a reaction from your vagus nerve lowering your HR and BP to a level too low. When this...