Welcome to my day to day journal of having open heart surgery.

When I started this blog I was not sure if I would need surgery but after many tests and doctors visits I had valve replacement surgery on June 23, 2010. I was born with a congenital heart defect, a bicuspid aortic valve. My blog reads backwards (like all blogs)....not like a story in chronological order...so go all the way to the beginning (here) to read about my history and how this all got started.

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Monday, May 17, 2010

One more little Issue.....

The pre-op bloodwork shows I am Anemic......you know a month or so ago if you had told me this I would have been concerned and thought that is a problem but getting that news today really seems minor compared to my real problems.   But I guess I should be concerned because I am very anemic.  I am only an 8 and I should be a 12.   I had an appt with my primary care today and she is concerned.  Started me on Iron pills and wants me to be a 10 before I have surgery to limit my risk of having to have a blood transfusion.  Great.

Read a little more about Anemia

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