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Thanks Thanks Hi guys. Am 3 months out from my AVR and think I am catching my first cold. Thanks for the advice....I had wondered this too. Something is going around in our neck of the woods. My hubby and 2 kids have all had it, now it's my turn. I sit here at work with a low grade fever and...

Eloise- I totally understand how you are feeling. I am 45 and Allison and I both are moms with kids facing this valve replacement. Let's be friends and talk about it all. My kids are 9 and 6. I just tell them what they need to know in language they can understand. "Mom's heart needs to be...

Thanks Chris!! I appreciate it! Maggie

Hey everyone. Met the cardiac surgeon today here in Kansas City, MO. Very nice appointment. He answered all my questions. Met the very nice Nurse Practitioner and she could not have been any more helpful. Talked to me like the nurse and mom I am. Overall a very positive experience. I am...

Hey all, I am so tired today after my cath. It went well. My coronary arteries are fine, clean as a whistle. My husband and I were able to talk to the cardiac surgeon a bit yesterday and ask some preliminary questions while I was recovering from the cath. Leaning toward mechanical, though...

Thanks Greg!

Hey all- Just an update on me. I went to see my cardio this morning as I am having some really difficult fatigue, brain fog, fuzziness and generally not feeling well. My BP was up for me - 150/90, and I had the results of the CT Angio I had yesterday. I have a mild coarctation of my aorta it...

Thank you thank you thank you!!! What a great place to be and I am so thankful for you all. Even the ones who talk over this educated nurses head!!! Much thanks and see you on the boards! Maggie

Thanks Al and everyone. Very good advice. I think I will continue to investigate with some other docs. Makes sense to see or ask a GI doc. Will see what the surgeon says... thanks so much again.

Hi I'm Maggie. I was diagnosed with a BAV about 5 years ago after a stress echo. I was very heavy at the time. I'm a nurse and used to recover babies in the PICU who had heart surgery, so I found it hard to believe-now at the age of 40- I had a congenital heart defect. Three years ago I had...