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I'm self diagnosing here, but I've been having these vague feelings of pressure since my AVR surgery last May. A few times per week I would have these, and feel a slight pressure and uncomfortable anxious feeling (best description, like running your nails down a chalkboard). A few nights ago...

I've been taking 20 mg of Lipitor for about 8 years now with very good results and no noticable side effects. My new primary care physician wrote a new prescription for my mail order pharmacy and when I recieved the medicine they had replaced my Lipitor with the generic Simvastatin. I haven't...

Hi all, Just thought I'd let everyone know how I've made out so far. A little recap for those who don't know me, I was diagnosed with BAV at an early age and was told it probably wouldn't need attention until my 50's, if at all. Well here I am at 42 on the other side of AVR surgery due to...

Hi all, Well my May 11 surgery date got cancelled at the last minute because of a respiratory infection. During the weekend before, I started getting ill quickly with a cough and decided to call the on-call Dr covering for my primary. That Dr put me on Zithromax and I started getting better...

Hi all, It seems that my waiting stage is quickly coming to an end. I spoke to my surgeon Dr. Bolman at Brigham and Womens today and he let me know that my latest echo (4/23/10) was even worse than I thought it would be. My AVA is now down to .7 square centimeters. Just one month ago it was .84...

Hello all, I'm a 41 year old male with a BAV. I was diagnosed in my teens, before that time it was thought to just be a murmer. Around this time I was also clinically diagnosed with WPW syndrome. I do not have WPW symptoms very often (maybe once per year) but thinking that I'd need AVR in the...