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Jeffrey
I just found this site and looks like I'm not alone.
I'm 53 and will have surgery within a month (gotta get over this broncitas first). I found that I have a bicuspid aortic valve when I was 40. The way I found out was that I had a health appraisal when I turned 40 and they found a heart murmur. I was asked how long I had had it, and I said "I don't have a heart murmur". They said: "yeah you do, wanna hear it?" Long story short, they sent me to a cardiologist, they did an echo and here I am.
A month ago when I did my six month checkup, the doc said it was time. Sort of a shock because I thought it would be another 8-10 years orginally. They did a TEE on me, and my valve has closed down significantly in the last six months. I was scheduled for an angiogram this week, but I came down with broncitas, so it has been postponed for a couple of weeks. The valve surgery will be within a week of the angiogram - so within a month or so.
I'm having the surgery at Scripps Memorial in La Jolla, CA.
Any advice will be welcome - this is all new to me.
Jeff
I'm 53 and will have surgery within a month (gotta get over this broncitas first). I found that I have a bicuspid aortic valve when I was 40. The way I found out was that I had a health appraisal when I turned 40 and they found a heart murmur. I was asked how long I had had it, and I said "I don't have a heart murmur". They said: "yeah you do, wanna hear it?" Long story short, they sent me to a cardiologist, they did an echo and here I am.
A month ago when I did my six month checkup, the doc said it was time. Sort of a shock because I thought it would be another 8-10 years orginally. They did a TEE on me, and my valve has closed down significantly in the last six months. I was scheduled for an angiogram this week, but I came down with broncitas, so it has been postponed for a couple of weeks. The valve surgery will be within a week of the angiogram - so within a month or so.
I'm having the surgery at Scripps Memorial in La Jolla, CA.
Any advice will be welcome - this is all new to me.
Jeff