I've been struggling with this for some time. In June I got a call that the MD wanted to bring my case in front of a panel of 19 MD's. It was at this meeting that they determined I needed a valve replacement NOW rather than later. Apparently I'm at 43% regurgitation. Huge surprise to me since I really have no symptoms. In about a month, I will be headed to have this done. I needed to have a CT done to measure the valve, so I had one done in July. That was messed up, and needed another to get it done properly. This was done a couple weeks ago. I'm a rad tech in real life, and radiation doesn't really get me too excited, but honestly, 2 CT's in a month is really not my idea of a good time. I got the call last week that the second one worked and that we're a go. So, here we go on this life adventure. Should be one night in the hospital. Another in town to make sure I'm OK and then I head home. Not really my idea of a good time, but it will keep the good times rolling.