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Hello all,
Last week I was walking outside in cold weather, at a fairly quick pace, and felt a squeezing pressure and discomfort in my chest. I stopped walking and the sensation went away. Turns out that now I am having angina related to the valve condition. I did have a couple of very mild episodes before that. This one was quite definite! I saw my cardiologist and he advised me to take it much easier when out in cold weather and he will send a report to the surgeon. I will be making an appointment with the surgeon to discuss timing of surgery. The cardiologist agreed that I likely need surgery sooner rather than later.
In some ways I am glad that I encountered this under conditions of 'stress' rather than staying totally housebound and find out only when it reaches the point where I would get chest pain even at rest. I did walk around a large indoor shopping center on the weekend and that was not a problem.
I know that the doctors try not to recommend surgery too soon, but it looks like in my case surgery a bit sooner would have been better. I'm not accusing my cardiologist of being negligent, I just think my valve got worse faster than he anticipated.
Today I took another walk, much slower, and I still had a bit of discomfort. On the way back I was walking very, very slowly. I felt lousy the rest of the day, but feeling better now. I won't be doing that again! A month ago I could have walked the same distance and only felt a little out of breath.
Anyone else been through this?
Alan
Last week I was walking outside in cold weather, at a fairly quick pace, and felt a squeezing pressure and discomfort in my chest. I stopped walking and the sensation went away. Turns out that now I am having angina related to the valve condition. I did have a couple of very mild episodes before that. This one was quite definite! I saw my cardiologist and he advised me to take it much easier when out in cold weather and he will send a report to the surgeon. I will be making an appointment with the surgeon to discuss timing of surgery. The cardiologist agreed that I likely need surgery sooner rather than later.
In some ways I am glad that I encountered this under conditions of 'stress' rather than staying totally housebound and find out only when it reaches the point where I would get chest pain even at rest. I did walk around a large indoor shopping center on the weekend and that was not a problem.
I know that the doctors try not to recommend surgery too soon, but it looks like in my case surgery a bit sooner would have been better. I'm not accusing my cardiologist of being negligent, I just think my valve got worse faster than he anticipated.
Today I took another walk, much slower, and I still had a bit of discomfort. On the way back I was walking very, very slowly. I felt lousy the rest of the day, but feeling better now. I won't be doing that again! A month ago I could have walked the same distance and only felt a little out of breath.
Anyone else been through this?
Alan