Hi! I am 27 Years old and just had a PFO closure on Tuesday. I had
a stroke in February. (Don't go on birth control...that is why I
stroked...you make more clots and with your PFO being active, it
isn't a good idea.) I was only able to get mine closed because I am
not a good canidate for Coumidin therapy. I want to be able to have
children. You can ask to go on the CardioSeal or Star Occular trail
perhaps. They might not let you becuase you haven't had a stroke but
it is worth a try. We are part of a new medical era in that PFO's
are new to the medical field...so they are learning about them more
and more everyday. You might just need to show them how your PFO
interfere's with your daily life and that you don't want to wait for
a stroke to happen.

I hope that helps.




--- In PFOSupport@yahoogroups.com, "linuxgal77" <stanrock@...> wrote:
>
> I am 29 years old, when I was younger I had a heart murmur, then at
14
> they said it closed up and was gone. Now I have a PFO, a couple of
> years ago I thought I was having Tia's so I went to cardio at John
> Hopkins for testing and so forth. I have a PFO, when at rest now
air
> bubbles get through. But excerting myself I have 18 bubbles that
past
> through. The neurologist couldn't confirm my symptoms to a TIA. So
> they didn't want to do anything. Told me to take aspirin , but was
> allergic to it, so put me on Plavix for awhile. I am not on Plavix
> now. When I do exercise I always have a problem with getting
faint. I
> have to sit down alot because of lightheadedness. I also was told
> that I have hypostatic blood pressure. That is going from sitting
to
> standing my blood pressure drops about 8 noches. Most peoples blood
> pressure increasing. I need to find someone to see if It should be
> closed. I don't want to have a stroke at a young age. But the
doctors
> at hopkins didn't recommend it. You had to have had a stroke in
order
> from them to close it.
>