I have been MVP(Mitral Valve Prolapse)-free since 2005, but there is still a mysterious mid-systolic click that nudges at my doctor's worry nerves. Which is why I have been on follow-up for 4 years since.
Well, she finally discharged me, albeit with a low level of worry and an open-date referral letter to a future doctor, in which she referred to me as a 'lovely young lady'. ;)
And, oh, I had a free Echo scan as well. But while I'm glad I didn't need to pay a hundred bucks or more for the scan, I was a tad disappointed that I had to go through the pain. Again. And now I also know that the ordeal's actually longer than usual, because they would be, in doc's words, "desperately searching for the cause of the click". Ouch. Roll and press, roll and press. Ouch.
Well, the click could be from my very cute mitral valve. Why cute? Because it does this fluttering/dancing thing. Watching the screen of the Echo machine, we saw that the valve opens and closes alright, but it also flutters a little. Pretty amazing. For a split second, I entertained the idea that being a Lindy-Hopper gave my mitral valve some dancing character. Hah!
The valve's slightly thickened, but yet not definitive of MVP. And it functions alright by opening and closing properly. Only the slight fluttering. So, no MVP, but yet a clear mid-systolic click.
Anyway, click or no click, there's no apparent problem in my living day to day, as far as I can tell.
So, discharged? YAY.
My mitral valve can continue dancing as much as it wants, but just open and close, open and close.
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