When Does a Leaking Heart Valve Mean Heart Valve Surgery?

A leaking heart valve fortunately, does not all the time mean valve surgery. And, heart valve surgery, if it becomes necessary, does not all the time have to mean that you'll need an open-heart surgery.

In fact, most habitancy with a leaking valve disorder, are totally unaware of their valvular disease. Their mildly leaking valve Health goes undetected because it just never progresses to the point of needing treatment.

Symptoms which might indicate that your leaking heart valve also called valve regurgitation is worsening to the point of needing some form of rehabilitation are: unexplained fatigue, shortness-of-breath especially when you exert yourself, heart palpitations, an awareness of your heart beat, fluttery or irregular heart beat, chest pain also referred to as angina, dizziness or fainting, and swollen ankles or feet.

"I Carry Your Heart With Me," A seminar of the Poem by E. E. Cummings

The poem, "i carry your heart with me," by E. E. Cummings has been a favorite love poem and a favorite choice at weddings for many years. The poem has gained renewed interest since being featured in the film, "In Her Shoes." It is used with devastating follow in the film's climactic wedding scene and again to close the movie. Countless fans have been inspired to relate the touching words of "i carry your heart with me."

The Poet

E. E. Cummings was born Edward Estlin Cummings in 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He died in North Conway, N.H., in 1962. Cummings earned a B.A. Degree from Harvard in 1915 and delivered the Commencement Address that year, titled "The New Art." A year later he earned an M.A. Degree for English and Classical Studies, also from Harvard.