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Originally Posted by Hitch
Howdy:
Can't claim to be as unique as that! That's Bicuspid Aortic Valve, right? (In fact, I was always getting checked by Docs for whats-its, that thing that tall skinny folks get...can't think of the name now, the heart thing...) I seem to just have plain-old, plain-old boring clogged up arteries, and apparently, my aorta, too, which is the sore point. (And, man, you want to talk about PISSED. I eat right--never touch fast-food or that crap. I can count on one hand the number of times I've eaten something like MacDonald's, etc., in the past 5 years or more. I do occasionally, 2-3x year, get a hand-tossed pizza. I have exercised the vast majority of my life, cardio, etc. That's just downright damn irritating, arteriosclerosis, for s**t's sake. Of course, given what you deal with, I shouldn't be bitching.)
I was scheduled for a test on that literally the day after Mr. Hitch's heart-explosion, so of course, that got put right off. But, I'm going to head back in. I see how incredibly exhausted and dopey the heart and BP meds make him, (now naps 2-3x daily, which he has NEVER done), and I can't manage that and the business, too, so I literally can't AFFORD to have a heart attack. Assuming I survived, and all that. (That's me--screw my health, I'm always thinking "can I AFFORD to be sick?????"--what a dope!)
Hitch
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Oh, no! I'm so sorry. I was on Almopodine at first and that was nasty for me. The lisinopril, I seem to be handing great. It works better for my blood pressure, so crucial in aorta issues, and doesn't seem to side-effect me.
Marfan's is what you are thinking of, like Abe Lincoln. My cardio said there isn't literature about TS and this particular drug she mildly suggested to lower heart rate but there was with Marfan's.
Sometimes genetics can be a biatch, yes?