How much time a patient of "coarctation of aorta" & " transposition of great arteries" can live after the success operation of an arterial switch.......
View 2 RepliesI was diagnosed very late with this condition. An acute GP noticed the murmur and was not convinced that all was normal. Test after test later it was confirmed. Months later i had a stent fitted which is 4cm x 2cm, I was not warned about the amount of bruising or the pain in the legs, 4 months later i am still having pain in the groin and the che chest. The cardiologist does not know why I have this pain that travels from my chest to my back and left arm. MY left leg feels heavy and numb down to the foot which is freezing cold at times again. I have started feeling tired and fed up with the whole ordeal. Yes i know i needed this procedure but through choice i would never have had it - my active happy go lucky lifestyle now revolves around this. When i get ill My poor GP has to send me into the hospital as they are not well versed with this condition. Can anyone tell me when will I feel well and strong again. Do you get back to normal? The hospital and the doctors have been wonderful but they just do not have the answers. They think it could be damage due to the surgery but not life threatening so at least that is something to be cheerful about. I would love to hear from other people that have undergone similar treatment.
View 5 RepliesHas anyone ever had coarctation of the aorta (where the heart squeezes and one feels pressure in arms)? i got this feeling last sunday and a little later felt slight pressure in my left eye. Has anyone has eye pressure due to anxiety/stress? if yes, what have the implications been? i am concerned.
View 2 RepliesDoes anyone here have an ascending aorta aneurysm, and/or aneurysms in any other location in the coronary arteries? What is your experience as far as symptoms and treatment? Thank you.
View 2 RepliesI've started having this phobia in year 7. The teacher was talking about veins and arteries and I suddenly felt faint so I had to go out of the class then I collapsed on the floor. And all my friends thinks it's completely abnormal and they tease me about it!
And also the other day, everyone had jabs but I didn't have them and after my friends had theirs done they were all talking about it with other girls in my year in front of me. I was queuing to get food but suddenly my appetite just went and I felt light headed and I really needed to sit down! I also wanted to go outside because the hall felt really airless and warm! So one of my friends kindly took to go outside but while I was still in the hall I just collapsed in the middle of the room! So i was beginning to wonder has this phobia gone too far with me? I just cry when I hear about veins and arteries or feel light headed!
Well first week went by and doing great. haven't had any side effects to speak of, 11 more weeks and hopefully i'll be cured
View 4 RepliesQuickly my story...First THR went perfectly. It was an anterior approach method and within five weeks I was moving about like I had never had surgery. Second one went wrong within the first couple of weeks. My surgeon tried various procedures to help the situation but to no avail. Then I was kicked out of his practice because I missed two payments on my account and I was left writhing in pain, crippled, for life. That is how it felt. I could not move without screaming and I became depressed. My whole life was changed by this.
THEN I discovered this site and the wonderful people on here helped me go for a second opinion, taught me to research the surgeon first and I chose Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, about five hours from my home. That surgeon found the problem immediately, while the other could not, and it was that my device had come loose and was migrating, twisting and projecting outwards, hitting every nerve possible. So he did the successful revision! Revisions are tough.
Around 6 months post op I began to pray for a part time job and one surfaced almost immediately. A light duty janitorial job for two hours a day. And I can tell you that after laying around deteriorating for two years, it left me MORE than out of shape! The first two months at this job left me feeling that I was going to die! Oh my! I am 57 and never felt so weak in my life. I sweated, I mean drenched with sweat because the physical exertion was so difficult to do.
Then my newest hip began to hurt. An x-ray showed that there was no damage, so I just had to work out the kinks. I was very careful not to break the 90 degree rule and twist while breaking it. Now I am 10 and a half months post op and feel stronger, more flexible than I have in a long time.
It feels good to be back out among the living, earning a little money, and feeling a sense of accomplishment that the bad THR took away from me. And I job share with a friend who covers me when I cannot work. I am proud to say that I just accomplished working five days a week three weeks in a row!
After all that extreme pain I suffered, I want you to know that I am having many, many mornings when I awaken and feel absolutely no pain! I lay there and thank God for moments like this and try to just soak up the good feelings before I have to get up to begin my day.
When I was down and out with all that pain and failed device, that was all I could think about. Life all but stopped and sometimes I wished I were dead. Now I can reach higher levels of thinking. I have even meandered around my yard making mental notes of what needs done in the Spring and actually feeling as though I will be able to complete the tasks.
I want to send the message that no matter how bad off you are right now, it will, it can, get better. Just around the corner there is life as you knew it. And for those who are permanently in pain, know that my heart goes out to you and I admire how you survive. You ONLY HAVE ONE CHANCE TO HEAL RIGHT, so be patient with yourself and your medical team and do what you are told to do. There is nothing wrong with stretching yourself to see where you new boundaries are as you progress, but do so carefully.
I'm a 22yo female. 3 hours ago, I accidentally noticed 2 black veins/arteries showing under the skin of my right arm and 1 on my left arm. There was also a dark area near my right wrist. Then the black veins/arteries disappeared and more dark areas appeared. Also, one very dark bluish purple bruise appeared on my left thigh. It looks like a bruise you get after a physical trauma. It hurts very little when you press it. Other than that, I feel absolutely nothing weird.
I'm anemic and have been since I was a kid. My chest is tight most of the time. I'm not taking any meds regularly. But around 18 hours ago, I took a Brufen 400mg for a nasty headache I had. It's still there, btw.
It's 4 in the morning here so I can't go to a doctor right now. If you can give me an idea what it could be or even what kind of doctor to go to in the morning, I would appreciate it.
I fell 2 1/2 years ago over 14 ft. My foot was injured extremely bad and it was almost amputated. I have had two surgeries and have progressed nicely. Now I am having incredible pain on daily basis.
View 5 RepliesFor years I have been suffering with a pulsating stomach and ibs. That's what the doctor said it was, being that the scan I had done showed up nothing so the doctor put it down irritable bowel syndrome.
In May this year I went for an endoscopy and colonoscopy. A couple of biopsies were taken.
The results were normal, apart from a hiatus hernia and anaemia, the anaemia they put down to the fact that some time ago I was taking anti-inflammatory tablets for arthritis. On a course of iron tablets for the past three months.
Last Thursday I went for my blood test result, and I mentioned about the pulsating in my stomach. She told me t lie down on the bed while she felt my stomach. She told me that it was the aorta pulsating.
My stomach drives me nuts especially in the evening when I am Sat down.I don't know if the pulsating is due to the ibs or the hernia or both.
My younger sister aged 50 was diagnosed with TAA of 5.1 cm in January and operated in February due to her small frame. She is recovering well which is encouraging. I have been meaning to go and have a check myself but kept putting it off. I went to my GP 2 weeks ago and he immediately picked up a murmur. Echo followed by a CT scan confirmed I also have an aneurysm but mine is still at 4.27 and I am 55 years old. Clearly we have a genetic disposition but mine is growing more slowly (so far) . I am in shock and still cannot get my head round it. I am fit, practise yoga, follow mainly a vegetarian diet, don't smoke, hardly drink and do not have high blood pressure. I am now now in 'watchful waiting' and will have another CT scan in 6 months time. I have been advised to take Beta Blockers and was wondering how patients react to them. I have a professional job in sales and need to keep my energy up. I have off course been considering giving up work but sitting at home waiting for my aneurysm to grow will not help me. I would also like to know if aneurysms always grow and if I need to accept that mine will be bigger by the time I have my next CT?
So I am a 34yo male and I was having palpitations and asked the dr to do a work up so he did an echo and a sonogram of my aorta to check for aneurysm. The echo came back good no issues and there was no aneurysm or evidence of one my measurements were all good. However the report said that plaque was found in all the areas of my aorta ascending descending and mid and in my right and left iliac arteries. The doctor said this was unusual and abnormal for my age. I haven't got to actually talk to him it wrote it on the report that I got. I don't have a follow up for about 1 month and I'm curious what the outlook is on this. I smoked for a couple years when I was 18 and completely quit. I have always been somewhat active(not sedentary) the last 3-4 years I have been lifting weights and running I weigh 220 and I'm 6-3 somewhat built. I look and feel healthy? I'm kinda thinking that I can't live a long life anymore?
View 1 RepliesMy 21 year old brother was at the heart doctor today, they told him he had an enlarged aorta. When he was 5 he had open heart surgery for a hole in his heart. Today was supposed to be just a regular check up for his old condition but they found the enlarged aorta. I'm sorry that I don't know much information about his original condition or much of anything else but I get everything passed on from my mother and she's pretty upset with the news. Apparently the doctor is not very worried about this and says that he needs to come back in a year for a follow up. This to me does not seem right....seems they need to maybe look into this further instead of sending him on his way. Any outlook on this? He has always been an athlete and is an high jumper for Washington State University (went to Pac 12 this year) so he is in really great health. I would really like to console my mother and give her some good (better) news.
View 3 RepliesMy father got his xray result just now. An examination on his Chest PA. And the impressions were: Bilateral PTB, Concurrent Pneumonia, and Atheromatous Aorta. Can someone please explain to me what is Bilateral PTB? And Concurrent Pneumonia?
View 14 RepliesI have been having abdominal and pelvic pain for months since my daughter was born in May. I went to the er at 2 different hospitals and both did a CT scan and 1 found bilateral lower lobe atelectasis and the other a narrowing of my aorta valve of the celiac. I asked my family physician about the atelectasis but he said it was air pockets but nothing to worry about. I had a collapsed lung 3 years ago so are these things I should be concerned about because he is not.
View 1 RepliesI'm due to have my ascending aorta replaced, I think with a Dacron graft. The cardiologist and the surgeon seem to think I'll know everything I need to by Osmosis or something. I was wondering if anyone has or is going through this.
View 1 RepliesI am 62 and I have been diagnosed with a 4.2 aneurysm in the ascending aorta. It was found while in the hospital for a suspected heart attack. I do know that aneurysms run in my father's side....one brother died of a ruptured abdominal aneurysm, one died with a brain aneurysm, grandfather died of a ruptured ascending aneurysm and my dad had the same. Of course, they won't do surgery till it reaches 5, but the stress of this is hard on me and my husband. We do know that I did not have the aneurysm two years ago, because I had all the tests done because of my heart rate rate drops into the thirties at times. I do have this sensation in my chest that I had mentioned to my doctor several months ago and I am now wondering if it is related to the growth of this thing. Periodically, I get this stretching sensation in the upper part of my chest...doesn't hurt, but it makes me feel like something is pulling. It lasts a few minutes and then stops...it does this a few times a day. I was just wondering if it was possible to feel the aneurysm growing?
I sometimes have pounding heart along with POTS symptoms. I am diagnosed with POTS. Other findings are very low exercise threshold, multiple atrial couplets and low blood gas oxygen levels. Doctors aren't concerned, but they should be I think.
Just today I had pounding heart with loud clicking sound. This has happened before and you can very clearly hear the clicks along with the pulse. Doctor doesn't believe me, as there is no murmur usually.
I have mental illness and therefore I am not believed. I am 33 years ol male, and have intolerance to neuroleptics, which has caused heart problems.
Has anyone experienced these sounds themselves or know what they are. Nurse mentioned valve's making a sound sometimes.
My father is 58 years old and he complained that his arm is tingling and he felt chest pain few days ago. He is also smoking for many years so I am afraid that it may be caused by heart problems. I told him to visit his doctor but he is pretty stubborn and he told me that he is fine now. I am afraid because of this and I don't know what to do.
View 1 RepliesI am 47 years old and I need some advice considering Viagra use. Could Viagra cause Heart Problems? I do not think that my problem with erection is connected with physical state my body is in, though I am a bit overweight. I think that it has to do something with my daily-accumulated stress. I have been recently appointed to a place of CEO in my company and that is a strenuous job.
View 14 RepliesI am feeling a bit down. I was a healthy man my whole life and then three years ago the disease came and it turned my whole world upside down. I know that it’s been three years since that and that I was supposed to get used to it by now, but I still can’t really accept the fact that I have triple bypass in the age of 40. Anyway, I’m not here to seek for emotional comfort, I just wanted to ask you how much walking can I do, knowing that I have triple bypass? I really need long walks these days.
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