This Young Man's Heart Ticks Very Loud
By Marlina
@marlina (154131)
Canada
May 17, 2016 1:07pm CST
I just read an interesting article from the Daily Mail in U.K. about this young man of 27 who had a new mechanical valve put in last January.
Now, his heart is ticking so loud that people think it is his watch doing that.
I have a new mechanical aortic valve too and I can hear it but I am lucky that I do not sound like a clock, still I find it annoying when everything is quiet and I can hear it ticking.
But I guess it is better to hear the ticking than being totally silent for ever.
My own brother had an Open Heart surgery yesterday for the same thing and so far he is doing fine. So relieved!
Chris Lloyd, 27, from Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, had open heart surgery as a valve in his heart wasn't working - allowing blood to flow backwards through the organ.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
18 May 16
i had a student who had an auntie, whose heart was also ticking loud.
my cardiologist advised me to take my mitral valve changed to a mechanical one, or the valve of a pig. i am out of funds for the operation (a million pesos) so i just take my maintenance medicines to keep my heart from further damage
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
19 May 16
@ridingbet This is totally unfair for the people of your country.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
19 May 16
@marlina maybe because my country has just a few cardiologist-surgeons and they specialize in foreign countries, so their professional fees are sky-high. we have a charity sweepstakes office that help the poor people get their treatment but i am not considered that category because i graduated nursing and a health care provider as well. maybe some discounts but not totally free.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
19 May 16
I had no idea that mechanical valves made sounds. Or, for that matter, that you had one. Good vibes are being sent to your brother!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
17 May 16
I think hearing it is a very good thing.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
18 May 16
@AbbyGreenhill I don't know about the inner ear giving this trouble.
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
17 May 16
@marlina Sometimes mine beats very fast and I can hear it very clear, but doc said that is caused due to my inner ear being messed up. Could be, I am not really sure.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
17 May 16
I could see that driving a person nuts
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@snowy22315 (182062)
• United States
17 May 16
Well, I guess the good thing is that his heart is working. I hate when I can hear my heartbeat in my ears. That really annoys me..
@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
18 May 16
It sounded like in the cartoon film like "Jack and a cocoo clock heart". So that man might be sounding like that boy from that movie. He could hear the tick-tock of his heart.
Glad that your brother surgery went well.
I just learned you also had that..yes I think so it would be much relieving to hear that tick-tock sound from your heart than silence. For once it get silent,it would be forever.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50614)
• United States
17 May 16
Modern medical advancements are amazing.
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@Dragonairy1 (1722)
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
17 May 16
I'm pleased you are both doing well, it's amazing what they can do now 
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@just4him (317249)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
17 May 16
That is amazing, but like he said, a ticking heart is a small price to pay for being alive. Will the sound ever soften so you won't hear it, or will you always have that sound because it's mechanical?
