I posted something similar back in February (Check it out here) and this is the follow-up. You see, originally I went to the doc’s office for a sinus infection and wouldn’t you know it, I leave there finding out I had a heart murmur.

At first I was told not to worry. “A lot of people have heart murmurs and they live full productive lives with no problems” says the MD. Which is true but after a couple ultra sounds of the heart, this little heart murmur turns out to be a significant problem with the mitral valve and needs repair – open heart surgery.

There were tons of questions going through my mind. WTF…I couldn’t believe it! There’s only 35,000 miles on this motor and it needs a valve job and tune up? This can’t be right, heart surgery isn’t for young people. Unfortunately, this time it was. Luckily, living in the Northeast I had access to one of the best surgeons in the country (possibly world) who specializes in cardiac surgery and more specifically – mitral valve repair (if you need his name email me, pete@golfstinks.com, and I will gladly tell you.)

About a month ago I went under the knife and had the problem corrected. Glad to say all is well so far. Here’s the downside…friggin’ recovery and healing is really messing up my golf schedule this season. So much that I probably won’t be able to swing a club until September…maybe. That’s right, it takes about 3+ months to recover from that surgery. Son of a…

The point is if I never took care of this problem, eventually life’s pleasures – such as golf – would probably not be in the picture. So, I have been put on the disabled list for this season…but that’s ok because there will be many more to come.

Hit’em long…yell FORE!!! Take care of yourselves.