Mitral Valve Pro-what????
Thursday, April 26, 2007
I saw my cardiologist for a chest pain 2 weeks ago. Long story short, I am almost certain it was just a pulled muscle because it went away after a week and then transferred to the right side of my chest. Nevertheless, because of my MVP (or so I thought), I had myself checked just to be sure. After all, my dad has heart problems so I had better be careful. I had the complete blodd drawing last week as well as the echocardiogram. Their equipment here's really a lot cooler and so much more comprehensive.Today, I saw the docky for the results. Turns out, my heart was totally fine and she did not hear nor see a prolapse in my valves. She pointed out though that, before, whenever something was wrong with the ventricle, they immediately categorized it as a prolapse. Now, she just saw that my valves do some "bowing" action (pronounced like bowling without the L) but they do not have prolapses. Boy was I glad to hear this! The best news EVER? Tell me about it! But I'm not about to smoke and drink coffee again, don't worry. But this just FREES me from constantly having to take antibiotics before any oral procedure. This FREES me from worrying about my palpitations. This FREES me period!! Goodbye, MVP! Hello... er, Bowing! Whatever you are, you are not that big of a problem so bow away!
Oh and, as far as my blood results go, EVERYTHING was fine. My blood sugar which will always be the crack on my wall, is 86! My cholesterol, hemoglobin, fat, liver enzymes and kidneys are fine! Praise the Lord! Being healthy really means a lot to me now. After all, if I do perish for some disease I could've avoided, who's going to feed Hoen?
posted by maudester @ 2:09 AM
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