Happy Easter 🐣

[KazSumm]

Go on have some chocolate 🍫

Smash those eggs 🥚

You know you want too.

Here’s hoping everyone’s 💖 is tick icky Boo Happy Easter Kaz💖💕❤️

[skid112 Heart Star]

Hi Kaz thank you and the same to you

[gal4God]

My doctor told me chocolate is heart healthy so I’m now enjoying chocolate knowing it’s good 4 my heart and not just a Easter.

[Numberone1]

Delayed Happy Easter to you.

I remember reading your story and now I know more about my aortic stenosis, I’m interested in your story ie I know it took you by surprise albeit at a later stage than I’m at.It was thought I was severe at 0.58cm and the surgeon at Kings said he would have kept me in had they been correct measurements. However he retested and it turned out my measurement was 1.1cm squared which is double 3 months later and I know it can’t get better. I’m not kidding myself.

You obviously were kept in when you collapsed but I also remember reading that you were kept in for 2 weeks before you were operated on.

Can I ask why they waited 2 weeks? It must have been so frightening for you.

I hope you didn’t mind me asking and also did you have any symptoms before your collapse?

Susan

[KazSumm]

Hi Susan

Looking back now I did have signs, but as I had an operation on my Achilles and been off work for 12 weeks I put them down to that, I started to feel breathless doing the most simplest things like going upstairs, nothing to severe and feeling very fatigued especially after work. Subconsciously I was dreaming about being ill with heart problems, I had tension in between my shoulders, my right arm aches felt heavy, and at night I could hear my heartbeat , these are signs that mostly women get and I didn’t know then. The second time I passed out, for the briefest of moments my heart stoped ,they couldn’t find a pulse then I took a large gasp and came back. My Stenosis was chronic and because I had passed out on 2 occasions after the slightest exertion the next time could of been fatal that’s why I was kept in hospital , the 1st week I had all the tests, angiogram, CT scans, x-rays, lung etc. Once they were complete and sent to Southampton I was put on their list, they wanted some tests repeated next thing I was transferred from Poole to Southampton Wednesday evening and had the operation the next day. It’s not half as bad as you imagine, in fact I was surprised how calm I was. It will be 8 months this Thursday, and some days it’s as if it never happened , life gets back to normal very quickly. I do get tired especially after work and if I work extra hours. Life is different but not in a bad way you just adjust and fine tune.

If you need to know anything else just ask.

So for now take care Kaz 💖❤️💕