Mitral valve prolapse and update

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Hi all! I don't write often, either. Not much time btw part-time work

and full-time recovery. I'm 6 mos. post-op and still having headaches and

neck and back pain and muscle spasms. It seems like if I get things done one

day, I'm completely knocked out the next...very annoying!!!

Anyway, I was also diagnosed with MVP at the age of 8 or so. I don't

have problems with it often anymore, but I am supposed to take antibiotics

before dentist appts. My GP recently put me on beta blockers, not for my

heart, but as a preventative (Hopefully) of headaches (it's a peripheral

vasodilator). I think I've noticed a slight decrease in the pain, but I'm

too scared to go off them to know for sure.

I'm also having a very hard time mentally allowing myself to think of

myself as a disabled person. I just always bought into my family's belief

that, " Jeni's just always sick " and the subtle insinuation that I was

subconciously getting sick for attention. That ticks me off now more than

ever. Reading a lot of your stories, I can look back on my life and finally

get some validation that it wasn't all " just in my mind " . I was going to say

head there, but realized that it really is. Ha-ha. But, with that

validation comes the realization that I will probably never be " normal " and

that scares the crap out of me!! I'm also getting very scared about vet

school approaching very quickly (August) and me not being able to sit at this

computer for more than an hour, even with stretching. How am I going to do

it for 40 hrs a week?!!! BUT.....I WILL. Whatever it takes, I will be a

veterinarian. So, there, huh?! Sorry for rambling so long. It's just good

to know that ther ARE others out there who know what I'm going through, all

of it. Thanks so much for everyone's support.

Jeni in FL

age 27, decompressed 12/98, vet-to-be

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