I went though the same problems and know how you feel
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At the time my valve was replaced they did not know of the connection with the aneurism. It was not checked. I still have the aneurism and when it was found, my cardiologist told me I had 2-5 years to live PERIOD. Even when I ask about some form of operation to fix it he told me NO THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE and he retired the next week. He told me I was to old for another open heart operation. Two years before that there was a paper about 1000 over 80 patients that under went open heart and only 2 died (0.2 %). Plus there were new ways that did not need open heart. I have come to the conclusion that at 70 or above they look at it as a resource allocation problem.
The point is DONT EVER trust any ONE source about a life and death problem. at this point in my life its all up to the man upstairs
Let me pose a question, when someone tells you something that is NOT TRUE is it a LIE even if they were told it by someone else ?
BEST of luck
Dave