Hi everyone. I'm Gael, a 73 year old woman with a long history of irregular heartbeat, apparently due to aortiv valve regurgitation. I also have hypertension and am taking three medications for it. That said, I have not seen a cardiologist in over five years because my husband and I were caring for my bedbound mother. She died a year ago and then my dear husband died a month later. I am thinking of going to the Mayo clinic nearest me to get all of this checked out. The arrythmia causes me panic attacks and makes it nearly impossible to do the things I want and need to do in life. Does anyone have similar experience? Is there anything that can definitively be done to make life easier with this condition? Thank you for any perspective on this.
Gael