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Dear VR friends, I`m still gutted witht he news I got only 2 days ago during a doctor`s visit to discuss my radio therapy treatment. To cut a long story short, the onchologist started by saying that there`s no guarantees that it will work and that it will definitely cause some permanent damage...

Hi there everyone. Sorry I haven`t written for a while but there is a lot happening at the moment. That`s me just out of hospital because of an infection. I had to spend 2 weeks taking IV antibiotics and I was very weak because everything in my blood was messed up as a result of the 3 cicles of...

Hi there folks, to all of you who have known me for quite sometime and know my whole life story, Bruna, my daughter, has a wee sister called Stephanie Maria who is now in need of prayers. She`s coming up for 2 and has dawn syndrome. Anyway, she`s recently had pneumonia and she`s also getting...

Hi there! Remember how I was waiting on this CT scan result to find out how things are progressing? Well, fortunately I seem to be responding well to the chemo as my tumour has shrunk considerably since I started the treatment. I`ve started my 3rd cicle on Friday and after the 4th they`ll do...

Hi everyone. My symptoms are getting worse and I don`t know what`s what anymore, I mean, I get extremmely breathless when I go to bed and I don`t even try to lie down anymore. Sitting on the couch to watch TV is the same. I haven`t had a decent night`s sleep for a couple of weeks now. My chest...

Hi there folks. Although I`ve been reading about warfarin for quite a while now I`m still new at this myself as I`ve only been on it for 4 months since I had a mini-stroke caused by my narrowing tissue mitral valve. Anyway, I`ve had no problems with it and my range has been something between 2.5...

Hi everyone. First of all I want you all to know that I really appreciate you posting on my last thread. From now on I`ll be posting in here for a while as I`m now moving on to the next stage which is the treatment. I had my pet scan last Friday and I`ve already been to the doctor`s for the...

I`ve had to go to doctors` so many times in my life I`ve even lost count, and I`ve always found it easier if I have someone to go along, especially if there`s the risk of getting unpleasant or worrying news. However, ever since I moved to Scotland it`s not been easy to get someone to go with me...

Hi everyone! First of all sorry I never posted to let you know how the wedding went and all that, but I`ve had a few health issues since then and I was trying to get them sorted out first. Anyway, it was a beautiful day and guess what!? My mum came over from Brazil and spent 20 days here. My...

Hi everyone! Just a couple of lines to let you all know that I`ve asked Ross to change my username to Debrinha GT so you`ll no longer find me under deboraginastewart. Thank you Ross!! Debrinha:)

Hi there! I've often posted questions regarding scar tissue on multiple MVR redos as I'll be having my fourth at some point this year. But what i was wondering now is: How does it go for getting the sternum cracked open so many times, that is, is there a chance of it being glued on to major...

Hello everybody. I've had 3 MVRs already, but all of them in Brazil, my homeland. I'll soon be having my 4th, except this time it will be in Glasgow, Scotland, and for the first time I'll be getting a mech valve put in. I was wondering if anyone here has had OHS there and what ti's like so that...

Hello everyone! I'm just back from my visit to the cardio's and yes, nothing can stop me now! He did an EKG and said I'm fit to travel. Thank God for that or what would I do with the two beautiful tickets I got just the other day to go to NZ??!! LOL!! The only thing though is that my EKG says...

:confused: I've seen so many threads where people have written about mitral valve regurgitation with or without symptoms, but up to now I had never stopped to think of how it really starts?? I mean, what actually causes a valve to start leaking? I've had three mitral valve replacements so far...

Hi there everyone! I was wonding how long I still have left before I need to have my fourth mitral valve replacement and I'd really appreciate your opinion on this one. I feel fine in general and here is what really matters in my last echo result done a couple of weeks ago. Everything else is...

Today my mum was diognosed with pneumonia and toxoplasmosis. I've been in contact with her every day, we live right next to each other, but since she's always coughing anyway, neither of us had suspected it until she went to the doctor's yesterday and then went for an x-ray this morning. She was...

Hello everyone, tomorrow it will be a big day for me, and by that I mean that I'm going to get an echo done and then see the cardio about the result. The good things is that I get to know about the condition of my valve right away since it's the doctor himself who does the echo. Anyway, I'm well...

Hi everybody, we've discussed the pros and cons of reoperations on many times on the VALVE SELECTION threads, that I can't help wondering how many of you have actually had to face it and how many times? I've had three mitral valve replacements already and all with tissue valves. The first...

I know this lady whose brother, called Marcos, found out two months ago he has bone cancer. He's in hospital now doing some chemo, but she said he's handling it well. He's only 41 years-old and a bit scared. She also said that if he ends up needing a bone-marrow transplant, he has another sister...

I know I have an enlarged left atrium, but my last EKG showed a left atrium overload. Is there a difference? And if so, what is it? Thanks in advance! Débora :confused: