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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?

I had my 2nd visit with my "new" ACHD cardio yesterday. I met him for the first time a year ago. At that visit, he referenced echoes etc. done by my previous cardio, and ordered a cardiac MR last October, but this was the first echo I had done at his office, with him reviewing the results of...

I had occasion to visit with a cardiac surgeon last week. Among other things, we talked about his predictions concerning percutaneous valve replacement in the "near" future. I won't even try to do justice to his explanation as to why, but he does not believe that this will be an option for...

Last week I had a cardiac MR as requested by my new ACHD cardiologist. I was a bit surprised to be called back to have more pictures taken of my heart. The cardiologist who heads the imaging department here in the region was not sure if he could see a bit of fatty tissue in the septum between...

Well, I don't know if anyone would be interested, but I thought I'd share what my new cardiologist (director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease clinic here in the region) had to say about "stuff." It's very interesting that there are about as many opinions as there are patients and...

What have I done...? After my visit with my cardio in July (bumped up because of our employment/insurance situation), and after some thoughtful responses here -- especially one PM by Arlyss -- I wrote an e-mail to my cardio. Long story short, I explained to him that I have little concern about...

Last month my husband learned on the 28th of the month that his job would be eliminated effective the 30th. He was given one month's severance pay and health benefits through July. Therefore, I bumped up my annual echo and visit with my cardio that would have happened in October. I just met...

My next appointment for an echo and to see my cardio is in October. I have a question that I want to ask him, but I'm hoping that I might get some feedback here in the meantime. There was a question last fall about my having pulmonary hypertension because of changes in the numbers between two...

Quite often in these posts is a suggestion to go to a "teaching hospital" for a definitive answer and/or treatment for various problems. I actually have a bit of skepticism with regards to going to a hospital where one of the purposes is to allow medical students an opportunity to learn and...

Papahappystar's poll about the heritability of BAV promted me to ask for a response from this forum to another question that I have. I wonder what the experience of vr.com members is with BAV, coarctations and aneurysms. I am curious if, in your experience, the connective tissue problem...

I've been interested that costochondritis has come up so much in various posts lately. Several weeks ago I searched for "costochondritis" in these forums and was amazed at how many of you have had diagnosed episodes of this. But I don't read that it has been an ongoing issue with most of you...

I understand that echos do not definitely show whether or not a person has an aortic aneurysm and that a CT scan with contrast is the test that would be done to check this out. But can a heart cath detect an ascending aortic aneurysm? I'm scheduled for a right and left heart cath for next...

I was concerned about hijacking Bob's thread -- stenosis pathology without valve damage -- so I'm posting in this new thread a few more questions about pulmonary hypertension. Nancy said that "on this site there are several with PH." Sometimes I feel a bit like Chuck, expressed in another...

Yesterday I posted a question in a thread by Nigella that has been bumped off the New Post page. According to several of you, aspirin therapy is "standard procedure" following valve replacement. My question is, is that true for tissue valves as well as for mechanic valves? And what would...

I have learned so much about valve issues in this forum! I appreciate everyone's willingness to share what you have learned through your own experiences and research... I know that some of the answers I'm looking for are in other threads. I spent a long while yesterday looking for them! But...

I have a question I didn't think to ask my PCP last week. I don't know if it belongs in this forum, but I'm hoping that someone has at least an opinion about this question... and maybe even some reliable information. I have been taking Voltaren (diclofenac) for my costochondritis since Vioxx...

My cardiologist said something last visit that I found interesting. In commenting how "surprisingly well" I was doing, he said that, just as it is a "law" that people need eyeglasses for reading by age 50, it's unusual to get to age 60 without needing aortic valve surgery in patients with...

I have been visiting this site for a week or so. I'm impressed with how knowledgable so many of you are on your heart issues. I am hoping that someone can shed some light on one of the questions that I have after my 2nd annual visit with the cardiologist... Although I have always had a heart...