What you need to focus on Judy is your condition and not all the maybes you speak of above. MR associated with symptoms of fatigue or shortness of breath needs prompt attention to sort out if it is the valve regurgitation that is causing the sympotms, and if so, then there needs to be consideration given to repairing the valve. A mildly leaky valve, even two mildly leaky valves in the heart will not cause such symptoms, however the evaluation is a bit more complicated than that. For those with MR, there should be regular follow up with the physician for physical exam and often an echocardiogram once a year or two to reevaluate. I hope this information is useful.
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