I Had Open Heart Surgery

It’s not often in one’s life that we experience something so extraordinary that it becomes unprecedented. Maybe even world-class . . . certainly . . . once-in-a-lifetime.

We all have once-in-a-lifetime experiences—right? Our...

Hi everyone,
Last year I found out I had a heart tumour. From the accidental diagnosis to lying on the surgeon's table was a matter of months. I was confused, scared and had no idea what was going on. I had the tumour removed from the...

When i was sixteen years old i was diagnosed with
endocarditis. Its a bacteria that atacks the mitral valve
and then it turns into a veggie (basically its a piece of
a virus growing on the mitral valve) its caused by black
mold...

I started to have problems with shortness of breath, chest pain, arm and neck pain and breaking out in a cold sweat and shaking when I was 38 years old. my father had stints put in on several occassions and I suppose to be honest I...

I was 15 when I had my surgery. It was to repair an Atrial Septal Defect (ASD).

My parents divorced when I was 7 and I guess I did not really start to be angry about it until I was 13/14. I was mad at my parents and I hated my...

My journey actually starts back in 2003 when I was first told I had an Aortic Root Aneurysm. Don't worry, I'm going to jump quickly to the present time and not drag you through every little problem that came up since 2003. Oh, and for...

AH years ago when not much was known compared to now i had heart surgery i was 5 years old i still have the scar today it did not really alter my life that much i played football tackle, baseball basketball the only thing was iwould...

Hi, Im 24 years and just recently had my 3rd open heart. I was what they call the "blue baby", when i was 8 days old i had my first open heart. I had trasnposition of the great arteries, i also have two holes in my heart and vsd. My 2nd...

After 13 stents my Doctor told me I could not just keep eating nitro pills like M&Ms and expect to stay alive. My first few times of having stents put in was not bad. You lay on the little table as the Dr.says something like "big stick...

I am Danielle I am 19 I live in Harrisburg Pennsylvaina I had 2 open heart suguries back in 1991 when I was born and I had my second sugurey in 2007.. I also had Sugurey on my right eye but I do not remember when I had it done.. And I...

i had a mild heart attack a few days ago, ended up in the hospital and now theyve kept me until my surgery scheduled for 11/29/11, and I am scared. Although the fear comes and goes, deep down I am afraid of the what could happen if...

Well, I was a classic heart attack. 4 sprays of nitro got me to the ER and a stent. The other 3 arteries needed a bypass ASAP. So 2 weeks later they sawed me open and snagged a vein from my leg and did a remarkably artistic job of...

I never realize that many people had heart surgeries at their young ages. I am going to have my 3rd heart surgery in less than 2 weeks, I am not worried or scared of death, it seems like i am well prepared, trying to do everything...

I was born with coarctation of the aorta. Aortic coarctation is a narrowing of part of the aorta (the major artery leading out of the heart). It is a type of birth defect. When I was born I wasn't breathing so immediately they gave me...

I was very young when I was told there was a whole in my heart, but my parents were told it could fix it self because it was such a small defect and I was so young. Years past now im about 13 years old and I was noticing that I couldn't...

My story starts in April 2012, when I found out I needed surgery to fix my valve. I have known I had a valve problem since I was 9 months old.
I'll keep this short, I had my surgery on the 18th of December 2012, I was told the surgery...

well to start off I was born with a heart defect and no 1 knew.. the doctor my mom chose said it was bronchial asthma. Well Finally when I was 5 years old in 1983 a new doctor came into town and found out I was about to die. my heart...