Marguerite53
Premium Level User
Yes, I remember sort of idling on the take-off runway with you back in 2006!
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I want to respond to your queries..... I have been having echos every year. My most recent echo (9 months before flail event) showed some calcification, but mostly, as it turns out, failed to show something might be amiss due to scar tissue build up. Maybe some people grow more scar tissue? I know that my scar has always been keloid and quite visible (ha! and this one is not 3 inches longer and crooked). I, too, was noticing that at the top of the hill I was breathing harder. I had started walking with a very tall and athletic woman who really pounded the pavement and I was a little worn out, but okay on flat ground. I don't remember doing anything special that would have caused that leaflet to break open and stick. No heavy lifting, no special exercising. Just one gorgeous summer night, walking around a fairgrounds to a concert -- I had to stop every 20 feet. Sitting through the concert I was fine. But as soon as I got up to walk.... no pain, no gasping... just the body kind of saying, "hey! stop, you fool!".
Anyway, feel free to ask questions. I'll do better about getting back to the forum sooner.
I want to respond to your queries..... I have been having echos every year. My most recent echo (9 months before flail event) showed some calcification, but mostly, as it turns out, failed to show something might be amiss due to scar tissue build up. Maybe some people grow more scar tissue? I know that my scar has always been keloid and quite visible (ha! and this one is not 3 inches longer and crooked). I, too, was noticing that at the top of the hill I was breathing harder. I had started walking with a very tall and athletic woman who really pounded the pavement and I was a little worn out, but okay on flat ground. I don't remember doing anything special that would have caused that leaflet to break open and stick. No heavy lifting, no special exercising. Just one gorgeous summer night, walking around a fairgrounds to a concert -- I had to stop every 20 feet. Sitting through the concert I was fine. But as soon as I got up to walk.... no pain, no gasping... just the body kind of saying, "hey! stop, you fool!".
Anyway, feel free to ask questions. I'll do better about getting back to the forum sooner.