My experience with heart disease is a long one. I had Rheumatic fever when I was in second grade. At that time they gave me penicillin and bed rest in a hospital. The damage done to my heart by rheumatic fever involved the mitral valve. In 1956 the best they told me I could hope for was to live to about age thirty, never have children, and always need to curtail my activities.. I grew up, had three kids ,was extremely active, until 55 years of age, when I had a tooth pulled. The bacteria from that tooth destroyed the mitral valve and I needed an emergency valve replacement. I hadn't recovered from that surgery when My INR dropped too low and I had 4 strokes. Sooo...I'm recovering slowly from open heart surgery and the effects of the strokes. I've tried a number of things to assist in my recovery; among them acupuncture and chiropractic, and have finally managed to find a job that I like and am capable of doing. I hope to learn more about recovery from others here.
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