JaneyJJ
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When I was 5 I thought I had asthma, as I was puffed out after running.
But after being checked, the GP noticed my heart wasn't beating properly and described it was a woosh rather than beat. My oxygenated and non oxygenated blood was mixed up as the valve couldn't push it thru.
My heart grew to almost double the size on one side to compensate, but I needed open heart surgery to fix it.
ASD and patch up leaking valve then few yrs later
Mitral valve replacement st Jude value in 1986 ( now 43) Sydney Australia
under Mr. (Dr ) Wright and Prof Beverage Prince Henry and Prince Wales hospital.
Ok for 33 years, amazing full life and sports, travel, but had TIA incident 2015 as INR was low after a period of not monitoring properly. My fault.
Mountain biking , running , travel
But after being checked, the GP noticed my heart wasn't beating properly and described it was a woosh rather than beat. My oxygenated and non oxygenated blood was mixed up as the valve couldn't push it thru.
My heart grew to almost double the size on one side to compensate, but I needed open heart surgery to fix it.
ASD and patch up leaking valve then few yrs later
Mitral valve replacement st Jude value in 1986 ( now 43) Sydney Australia
under Mr. (Dr ) Wright and Prof Beverage Prince Henry and Prince Wales hospital.
Ok for 33 years, amazing full life and sports, travel, but had TIA incident 2015 as INR was low after a period of not monitoring properly. My fault.
Mountain biking , running , travel
- Surgery
- Congenital heart disease diagnosed at 5 yrs old.
First surgery - Asd - hole in heart defective mitral valve - (1982) Sydney Australia
Second surgery - Mitral valve replacement st Jude ( 1986) Sydney Australia
Dr Wright
- Medications
- Warfarin
- Occupation
- Work in medical administration
- Referral
- I have a INR kit my test strip stopped working - gave an error, so I googled to read on your forum the strip was out of date! So then I thought I'd sign up.
Looks like a great resource.