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This will be a strange story and while I could write a book on the journey I've taken since I had my Mitral Valve repaired for the second time 6 years ago. I'll start with the great fact that the valve is holding up beautifully! On my last Echo Stress test, there was only Trace leakage, which...

I haven't posted in a long time but the short story is my ejection fraction 3 months post surgery around 3 years ago was 45%, the next test three months later was 40% and then again 35% I figured out the cause on my own. And I donated blood to bring iron levels down..but due to the doctor...

Well, I could write a book but the short story is finally I know I don't have a choice to get my lazy couch potato self to the gym. I'm 56, 5 11, 172lbs and have had MV repair 2x..last time was October 2011 and have had some really stupid self made problems and bad cardiologist...and as a...

Thanks for reading this post.. Try to keep the story short but I had my MR repaired 2 years ago. Due to a doctor not monitoring my blood test results and allowing my HCT and RBC levels to go unnoticed (high ranges), my Ejection Fraction got worse and worse..and we coudn't figure out why...

I had my (second) MR repair in October 2011. Long story but due to some stupidity on my part and my doctor really not paying attention, I had elevated RBC, hemoblobin and Hematocrit due to taking too much Testosterone.. The doctor order the tests of course and he suspected the Testosterone me...

I found that my Hemoglobin, RBC and Hematocrit levels were high for reasons unrelated to my heart and got the green light to start reducing the 320 Diovan and 2 x 18.24 Coreg..but he's not gotten back to me on a schedule of it.. I don't see many members with similar experiences but thought to...