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Diagnosis: Mitral Regurgitation

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Lisa Ferguson posted an update

7 years ago (November 7, 2018)

I am almost 2.5 years out from my mitral valve repair. I did not have symptoms before surgery, but after I was scheduled for surgery, I had some swelling in weird places - my left forearm and my knee and lower thigh. The swelling is back, and I have noticed... Read more.

Tracy Fallu

Iâ€™m sorry to hear of your newest symptoms. The â€œwaitingâ€ game is the hardest. One one of the many things I have learned from this site is to try your best not to worry. It appears your doctors are making sure to have the needed test to help understand the... Read more.

Marie Myers

The TEE will tell you if it may be heart related. The weird swellings may be totally unrelated to your heart. What does your primary doc say?

Susan Lynn

Lisa - I'm sorry to hear that you're experiencing symptoms. Since you describe that you're tired when climbing stairs, you may want to request a stress test. It is possible that you still have some leaking - I understand it's very common. but since you also have swelling, your tired... Read more.

Lisa Ferguson posted a photo

7 years ago (September 26, 2018)

Finally, after 2 years, I got to see a chest x-ray! I wanted to see where the ties were on my sternum, but the ring and atrial appendage clip placement is really interesting!

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Judy S

I would love to see mine at some point too to know how my sternum is healing!

Rita Savelis

Cool. I got my xrays 10 min after they were done. The large circle is the mitral I assume. The sternal wires are cool. And i admire how clear your lungs are! I had lots of fluid in mine. Take care.

Lisa Ferguson posted a photo

7 years ago (June 21, 2018)

Senator's office at Capitol Hill. Campaigning for heart disease research!

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Emily Rowley

Lovely photo of you girls all in red fighting for research into very important area ~ being Heart Disease. Keep up the great work! I'm curious about what future advances in heart problems, as I do medical research in Uni and we have a research centre too. ðŸ’—

Kathy Blank

Keep up the campaign! I am so grateful for the research that allowed my to have robotic surgery but there is so much more research can do to help save lives!

Lilly Black

Lisa, thank you for your hard work !ðŸ˜ŠðŸ’œ ðŸ™