Johnny Stephens
Well-known member
Hello All
A week ago I had the first cardio consult of my life. I walked out in a daze with a diagnosis of AVS.
I'd turned up with a murmur in '99 which my doctor thought may have been related to a brief flirtation with Redux in '97. I had an echo done at that time and was told that the problems were "not medically significant" and that I should get on the excercise bandwagon. Echo was to be repeated in 2 years.
On Dec 28 last I had a regular physical which included an EKG and the followup echo. EKG showed a left bundle branch block and the echo showed moderate / severe Aortic Valve Stenosis.
I'm currently on Beta Blocker to try to slow my heart down, I've had a rapid heart rate for 20+ years. It appears to be working. I don't go back to the cardio until Feb 21st, but he says he needs to focus on settling my heart down before we talk about when to do the valve replacement surgery.
He believes the valve damage is caused by radiation treatments that I had for Hodgkin's disease as a 21 yr. old back in 1980. Has anyone here ever heard of this?
As an aside, I've been lurking here for the past week, working up my nerve to post. It's great to see people helping each other out like this, when my surgery day comes I'll be better equipped by what I've read here.
Johnny
A week ago I had the first cardio consult of my life. I walked out in a daze with a diagnosis of AVS.
I'd turned up with a murmur in '99 which my doctor thought may have been related to a brief flirtation with Redux in '97. I had an echo done at that time and was told that the problems were "not medically significant" and that I should get on the excercise bandwagon. Echo was to be repeated in 2 years.
On Dec 28 last I had a regular physical which included an EKG and the followup echo. EKG showed a left bundle branch block and the echo showed moderate / severe Aortic Valve Stenosis.
I'm currently on Beta Blocker to try to slow my heart down, I've had a rapid heart rate for 20+ years. It appears to be working. I don't go back to the cardio until Feb 21st, but he says he needs to focus on settling my heart down before we talk about when to do the valve replacement surgery.
He believes the valve damage is caused by radiation treatments that I had for Hodgkin's disease as a 21 yr. old back in 1980. Has anyone here ever heard of this?
As an aside, I've been lurking here for the past week, working up my nerve to post. It's great to see people helping each other out like this, when my surgery day comes I'll be better equipped by what I've read here.
Johnny