05-12-2010, 03:02 PM
About 2 years ago my doctor made a discovery when i went in for a check up, he discovered i have a heart disorder named BAV (Bicuspid Aortic Valve) a BAV is when your Aortic valve in your heart hasnt formed properly, A normal aortic valve has 3 leaves, mine only has 2 (Looks like an actual pussy lol) anyways i was given two different options for sergery.
One: When im 20-35 i have to get sergery, My valve gets replaced with a Micanical Valve. I then need it replaced every 5 years (Heart sergery every 5 years)
Two: same thing, i need heart sergery when im 20-35 but my valve gets replaced with a pig valve. I then need heart sergery every 15 years.
What option would you choose? im also not sure if i want to wait that long to get eather of the sergerys, my doctor said that now that i know about this disorder im going to get a thing called "Phantom Pains" which means i get sharp pains in my chest because my brain knows somethings wrong there, so my brain is creating sharp pains thinking its my heart. So do you think i should wait till im 20-35 to get one of the sergerys or should i get it when i turn 18?
BAV effects 1% of the worlds population, and keep in mind theres always a chance that i could die during the sergery.
If you want to understand my condision a bit more just google " Bicuspid Aortic Valve"
One: When im 20-35 i have to get sergery, My valve gets replaced with a Micanical Valve. I then need it replaced every 5 years (Heart sergery every 5 years)
Two: same thing, i need heart sergery when im 20-35 but my valve gets replaced with a pig valve. I then need heart sergery every 15 years.
What option would you choose? im also not sure if i want to wait that long to get eather of the sergerys, my doctor said that now that i know about this disorder im going to get a thing called "Phantom Pains" which means i get sharp pains in my chest because my brain knows somethings wrong there, so my brain is creating sharp pains thinking its my heart. So do you think i should wait till im 20-35 to get one of the sergerys or should i get it when i turn 18?
BAV effects 1% of the worlds population, and keep in mind theres always a chance that i could die during the sergery.
If you want to understand my condision a bit more just google " Bicuspid Aortic Valve"