The good news is that for now my heart is healthy. I do have a heart murmur. It is caused from my aortic valve not functioning properly. It is supposed to have a tricuspid valve and it has a bicuspid valve. Two of the ‘flaps’ are fused together. The Dr. said I was probably born that way. Since my heart has to work a little harder to pump the blood through it has caused a little hardening of the valve (called stenosis). So he says I have MILD Aortic Valve Stenosis. But he seems to think that if I keep my cholesterol and blood pressure at healthy levels and stay healthy otherwise it shouldn’t give me any problems. They will want to monitor my blood pressure (It was high when I was in the office) and cholesterol periodically and do and echo ever few years just to make sure it isn’t getting worse.
He said he doesn’t think the condition is advanced enough to be causing the chest pain I have been having so he suggested it might be a pinched nerve in my spine. He said that the ribs being out of alignment can cause the kind of pain I have been having and he wants me to see my chiropractor weekly for a month or so and see if I have any improvement. I went for my first appointment the following day and my chiropractor said I was way out of alignment and my adjustment was quite painful. So, I’m thinking maybe we are on the right track? I guess time will tell…
My lungs were healthy, too. And my heart monitor readings were normal as well. So if the adjustments don’t take care of the problem, which I think they will, then I think we will have to assume that we are looking at something stress related.
That wouldn’t surprise me at all. It wouldn’t be the first time I’ve had problems of that nature. My dad and sister are both being treated for anxiety disorders and I have been in the past, so it’s not out of the realm of possibility that I am dealing with something like that.
Anyway, just wanted to catch everyone up on what’s going on with me. Still trying to figure out what I’m doing, will keep you posted as I figure things out…
Well, that sounds interesting…Glad to hear you are mostly healthy!