Suzanne's Posts

Actually I check this site every evening and am so happy to hear about everyone's recovery news. Whenever I read DVB;s entries I feel I should get back in the game. My daughter's wedding is over, it was wonderful! So now I need to focus on my heart issues. I thought I only had AR but now I find out that I have moderate to severe aortic insufficiency, moderate mitral regurgitation, moderate tricuspid regurgitation and mild to moderate pulmonic insufficiency. My cardiologist feels I am not at the point for surgery (according to some flow chart) I really want to believe her. However, I read conflicting information on this site. I thought I read that when you have more than one valve issue you don't have to have symptoms (I don') for surgery to be recommended. I am also wondering if they fix all valves at one time even if not all of them are severe. Is there enough time to do several, given that I read you can only be on life support for a certain amount of time? Should I get a second opinion from another cardiologist or go to a surgeon? I got one opinion from a surgeon and he felt there was "significant regurgitation" and talked about surgery If anyone has any opinions on these issues I would love to have your input.Thanks PS Cleveland Clinic has an on line chat on Wed. July 18th hope to submit some questions there.

Saw my cardiologist this morning. She gave me an EKG and clearance for my endoscopy, no script for antibiotics. Feels it is premature to see a surgeon, that my numbers do not warrant surgery at this time, and to wait and see what the Echo shows in May. I am relieved for now but it doesn't hurt to gather information for when the time comes. We'll see!