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This is the strangest thing...for the past 8 months I have been developing a bone spur/plantar fasciitis. I was afraid to go to a podiatrist because I am a giant wuss and I thought they would give me a cortisone shot, so I was just kind of ignoring it. But my foot was getting worse and worse...

I got so sick of them jabbing me with needles that tied up my sheets, scaled down the side of the hospital and ran (shuffled) away. Actually, they totally let me go because I am doing so good after my surgery on Tuesday. It feels so wonderful to be at home, even if I do look like something out...

Hey everyone. I just had my surgery on Tuesday morning, done by Dr. Malaisrie at Northwestern in Chicago. I had my bicuspid aortic valve replaced and a big section of my aorta, up into the hemi arch replaced. According to all the doctors and nurses I am recovering very quickly. I'll just...

I was all set to go ahead and have surgery. I talked to 2 surgeons who agreed that it is time. One of those surgeons said that surgery is not immediately necessary, but since I would like to get pregnant I should have surgery now to avoid my aneurysm growing any larger and dissecting during...

I just posted on here once and ran, but I'll try to do better now that I'm officially having surgery. I called a few days ago and scheduled my AVR and aorta repair. It's just 6 days after my birthday, which kind of sucks, but they wouldn't kill me during my birthday month, right? :o I'm going...

Hello all, I just started posting yesterday and thought I should introduce myself. I've known about my BAV my whole life, but about a year ago found out about an aneurysm too, when I went to consult with my cardiologist about getting pregnant. I have a valve measurement of 1.1 with severe...