| How was your PFO diagnosed?
I don't normally get headaches but after a deep dive I get a pretty nasty one as I get out of my kit on the boat.
Someone mentioned tunnel vision...
I had this once when trying to keep up with a jet propelled buddy whilst finning against current in search of a wreck. pretty impressive it was too, but I put it down to CO2. Is it a PFO indicator?
I had an echcardiogram today as I get ectopic beats. I mentioned about the headaches being a PFO indicator and we had a good look on the ultrasound, but even with a valsalva nothing showed up. Just the expected slightly dodgy mitral valve.
Was your diagnosis by echocardiogram or was a more invasive method necessary?
PS
To reassure people waiting for the op. The odds of 0.1% fatalities given on this site are only raw figures and don't come with any medical referencing. They cannot give the odds for all individuals. It could well be that the fatalities are people with other conditions who are elderly and not in the best of nick anyway. Stats are often notoriously mis-represented and poorly understood by most people. (Myself included, alas.)
Stuart  |