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I thank you. I never got any responses. I spent a full year following every lead anyone ever gave me. None lead anywhere except ACHA had a younger person call me in a lack luster check in , once a week for a set of weeks. It was.. something. I wasn't able to drive for a very long time so in 2014...

I was very impacted after surgery. I could not concentrate to read and I was very very confused about the order of events. But worse than that I could not remember things the year before and now I cannot remember much of the year after. That said, I already have short term long term memory...

Although I did not want a mechanical myself , as a person who very very much likes ticking clocks and background noise of falling rain and crackling fires, ( yes yes it’s true I watch fire place tv to nap) I can imagine if I loved someone with a little ticking noise , it might be quite...

Hi! Hang on! Did you know about the adult congenital heart association? They have Ambassadors - volunteers who will Call and chat with you once a week. Also there is a Women’s heart health group the second Monday of every Month at UCLA. I believe it is at 7pm. It is too long a drive for me. And...

Hello, I am 58 and have a tissue AVR and an ascending stem. I have arthritis that has misshapen some fingers. I cannot tolerate Any opiates . I don’t do well with more than a tiny bit of Tylenol and react to Motrin and Alleve, so I manage pain with acupuncture from a highly trained LAC -which...

I have a tissue valve AVR. I am still working up to gradual fitness gains. You all are the only people for me to talk to. Being a non professional athlete and female age 55 , I have been completely dismissed as deserving of extra targeted help. I know for a fact if I was a male runner or...

I use the lower priced polar monitor with a cloth strap. I don't care to chart what I am doing but I have been able to see improvements in recovery time As I am working back to health after AVR. It also works in the pool. There are glitches. But over all it has helped me train in intervals and...

My ACH dr told me the same thing- my average life expectancy. I am 55 with no co-morbidity . My 2013 AVR is an Edwards tissue and everyone says I will most assuredly Have the TAVR in the future . But I will not count on anything, I also have an ascending stem replacement. My condition was such a...

I am thinking ( and I wish I wasn't ) that 1) if it is true it is diet ,supplement and low fuild intake creating an evacuation problem And 2) leakage is probably a much more realstic and unpleasant side effect of lifting strain. Certainly age, laughter, coughing,childbirth and prostate...

I was told to not hold my breath and to not get into the 150 pulse range. I am female , 53 yrs old. BAV and ascending stem replaced 12/13/13 .I am slow to recover for reasons unknown This is my 4 month in a cardio rehab level 3 gym . I now go 5 days a week. I am almost at the 10 months mark...

Thanks paleo ! I shall look into that book. That is certainly a different ratio 2min :30seconds. It takes my heart 2 minutes to drop back down so 1:3 seems more comfortable but I will read up on it. I sure wish I could talk to a cardiologist at Kaiser who knows! Thanks for your response , it is...

I have been doing small intervals , 3 minutes walking , 1 light jog for 20 minutes then walk 20 more On a tread mill. Then I increased the speed .1 for the jog, then a few weeks later added another Set of intervals and 5 more minutes walking. So slow and gradual increases. My pulse is dropping...

I am in the Pasadena area. I dont really know how to use this forum well. I am not heat resistant yet. So a meet up with a A/C would be excellent. :)

I am continuing to see small improvements. I still have a lot of fear of working out hard Outside of the cardio rehab. But I am really odd man out there. I am going to a second facility that Is run by exercise physiologists. I will start next week. And I am very excited about it. I have started...

Would anyone do a meet up again ?