I am 29. I have had two open heart surgeries, three valve replacements, one valve repair, and an ascending aortic aneurism repaired with a Dacron graft. I can't really explain why, but it's always somewhat comforting to find other people with the rare experience of having dealt with their mortality at a relatively young age. Thank you for sharing this. You are not alone, and your experiences are appreciated.
I know Mary outside of cyberville and shes a wonderful, talented person, who's been part of this community for a long time. Hope you recover quickly and get back to those crazy start-up ideas!
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Hello there Mary,<p>I'd never even heard of you before today but your account has moved me quite a bit.<p>It's really nice to see you hanging in there and having the strength to go out and tell the world what happened.<p>Is the disorder you have a genetic one ?<p>best regards, & I hope you'll be back to your old energy level soon.<p><pre><code> Jacques Mattheij</code></pre>
Fascinating.<p>On a side note: if that happened to me I suspect I'd be ruined financially. Even though I have an insurance: they would have decided to pay for only one or two of those MRI scans and angiograms, because they'd think that should have been enough for a doctor to figure it out.<p>I have a couple of friends involved in cardiology and I suspect those are pretty accurate predictions.