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Steve, it's so good to see your progress of the past few days. Keep it up! Karen

Steve, it is soooo good to hear from you. 'So sorry for the diversion from the 'plan.' Take care and only positive steps from here on out... :)

Best wishes to you Steve!! :)

Congrats on one week of recovery behind you... 'Hope everything continues to go well!

I had coarctation surgery in 1967 and have a scar like you describe. There is still a kind of "numbness" about it that can be especially uncomfortable at times - kind of a prickly sensation. After some 43 years, I don't expect that to change... Another consequence that has manifest itself for...

Whoa!!! That can't be THIS Karen, right? 58?!?! :) I don't often post these days, but still check in once in a while to see how y'all are doing... 'Glad for all I've learned and continue to learn about heart "stuff" from this group...

Good information, Luana. Thanks. Are the COBRA subsidies a temporary measure, or will that be an ongoing provision in the foreseeable future?

Thanks! Good info...

As is the case with many of you, I cannot get health insurance except through a group employer. What happens at age 65 or when a person becomes eligible for Medicaire benefits in the US? Are pre-existing conditions "fully" covered?

Amaaaaazing... Great news! :)

Hmmmm.... I just read your first post a little more carefully. You said the report stated "the ascending aorta exhibited mild stenosis" so maybe the it IS referring to the aorta rather than the aortic valve. Will you have the chance to sit down with the cardiologist to have it all explained...

Hi again... No, I do not have recoarctation. But there IS some narrowing where the coarctation used to be. Probably the same, relatively, as when the surgery was done over 40 years ago. I was 15 years old at the time. A PA is a Physician's Assistant. I thought a cardiac PA would be pretty...

coarctation issue coarctation issue Hi, I can relate to the confusion about the "aortic stenosis" and the coarctation. Seems like it should be the same thing. I also had a coarctation repair many years ago, so I was willing to dismiss the "borderline aortic stenosis" that was in the report...

Oh Praline, I do hope you are home again soon...and that your home and your school will be spared this time! Good luck! Karen

Dick, I'm sorry I didn't make that post very clear. That was kind of my point in stating what my daughter's insurance costs her. My son was dropped from our policy because he was not a student on his 19th birthday. He is now on a mission for our church, and his health insurance is covered by...