Bad news strikes: systolic heart murmur (Updated with seriously good news)

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Mar 22, 2002
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Ok, first let me open with lulz. I got the echo and EKG today. The doctor comes in, listens to my heart, and tells me "Yeah, you have what's known as an innocent murmur. The echo shows no irregular flow. Wanna see it?" You bet your ass I do. I watched my tricuspid valve, my mitral valve, and my aortic valve work perfectly. I do have a atrial septal aneurysm, which means the septum (wall) between my atria bulges. That's no problem at all though because it doesn't effect flow since pressure is maintained. He showed me what the doppler detected and it shows blood going the ways it was meant to. I laughed long and hard and still have the giggles from 10am.

Final diagnosis: turbulent flow from a powerful heart. So much win. So much. I'm gonna update the OP. There's no way they could've known it was innocent without the echo. That's why my professor and the sports med doctors thought it was different locations - it was turbulent flow that was potentially unlocalize. Eff worrying myself sick. That was horrid.
 
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Nice late Christmas present eh? I'm relieved to hear that your heart is strong and well SC.
 
Mar 22, 2002
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excellent! You appreciate what you have a little more..

A little more? A helluva lot more. I thought I'd never stand in a power rack again. This is amazing. I've had crap news today about my truck and about money, but I still can't be in a bad mood. Health >>>>>>>>> *. Having two MD's tell me I had valve probs had me in a bind. I thought the least I'd get off with was a leaky valve and the most would be something like multiple prolapsed valves or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The outlook wasn't too good. Oh, plus I got the echo on CD. Now I just have to find an EKG analysis program.