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... I'm hoping someone has an idea of what's going on. For the past couple months, I have been "pulling up" phlegm that has occasionally has fresh blood in it (hocking loogies in terms that I am more likely to use). I see the blood maybe only one time per day, and if I try to replicate it...

I got there when the polls opened at 7:00AM, and I waited 55 minutes in downtown Minneapolis.

Brief History: After my surgery, I was immediately put on a high dose of Atenolol (75mg twice daily). At about six months I was dropped down to 50mg twice daily, and at a year dropped to 25mg twice daily. At about 20 months I started having issues with SOB and lethargy (as well as a resting HR...

By MICHAEL RAND and CHIP SCOGGINS, Star Tribune Sam Maresh, a top Gophers football recruit from Champlin Park, needs open heart surgery to repair or replace his aortic valve, his father, Bill, said this morning in an e-mail to the Star Tribune. The defect could potentially be career-ending...

I have been struggling with an issue over the past year that I am just plain tired of and would like to know the reason for. Hopefully (for me) someone here has had a similar experience. I go through periods (usually a couple weeks at a time) where I will wake up repeatedly during the night...

Does anyone know much about "normal" heart rate recovery after exercise? I have what feels like a really poor recovery time, but I would like some confirmation from some of the other folks around here. For instance, last night I went for about a four-mile run and my peak heart rate got to...

Wanted to post this to see if anyone else has had the same experience. I work in a building that has one of those automatic blood pressure machines where you just need to sit down, put your arm in a cuff, and it gives you a blood pressure reading within a minute. I have also seen and used them...

A couple weeks ago, I posted that I had been slowly weaned off of beta-blockers due to a low HR and some SOB that seemed to be related. My post at that time was about how my resting HR had jumped from the mid-50's to around 80, and my exercise recovery time had gotten terrible (HR still around...

I just got to wondering the other day, what is the relative severity of the risk factors for valve problems, both before and after surgery? In one place or another, I've seen each of the following listed as something to stay away from if you have valve-related heart disease (either before or...

About three months ago, I started getting some SOB. It was not the classic SOB in that I would not get winded during exertion, but I would just become very ?aware? of my breathing when I was just sitting around on the couch, talking on the phone, or walking around. At times it felt like I had...

I am currently about a week away from relocating back to where I was born - the Twin Cities. Does anyone have the name of a good Cardiologist in the area? I'll be working on the East side of St. Paul, so I would prefer someone over on that side, if possible. Thanks!

I had hoped that I had gotten to the point where I only needed to respond to posts, not start them, but I had something odd happen today that I wanted to get input on.. Around noon today, I had a really strange occurance. I was sitting in my boss' office for a meeting and I suddenly couldn't...

Two days shy of my 13-month anniversary, and one day shy of my 30th birthday, I yesterday completed the Orange County half-marathon. My goal was better than two hours, and I actually accomplished that with a little room to spare at 1:59:23. It was by far the slowest I have ever run the...

I have a general group question - What are Palpitations? By palpitations I am of course talking about the "pounding heart" feeling that most people are familiar with. I asked my Cardiologist and did a lot of independant internet research and didn't get a very clear answer. The most common...

Well, one year has passed since "the event" and it both seems like yesterday and seems like it's so long ago that it never happened. Everyday life is an ablsolute breeze (heart-wise), but I fear that I will never be able to run quite as far or as fast as I did pre-surgery. However, that will...

While I was hiking on vacation last week, I was thinking about some random things and a question popped into my head. Here it is: As I understand it, the main reason why people are told to limit alcohol intake on Coumadin is that alcoholic beverages "eat" away a persons stomach lining and can...

How many of the rest of you have had issues returning to "happy-go-lucky" status? Is it possible after OHS to get sick and not be instantly afraid that you have the "Big E" (endocarditis)? I have been feeling pretty lethargic for several days. I have also gotten night sweats 2-3 times in the...

In several of my posts, I have referenced a study on the long-term success rates of Mitral Repair. My old link to the study was lost, but I found the same study now posted somewhere else. The full link to the study is: http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/104/suppl_1/I-8 Here is the...

I have a long-winded question for the group. I believe the very first indications of my valve problems were back about three years ago. I had an issue where the front of my neck started to bother me. By bother, I mean that if I wore a T-shirt, it felt like it was choking me and I would...

I know several people on this site have elected to get their wires removed at some point after surgery. Mine bother me during certain activities, the worst of which being surfing. (Surfing involves putting a lot of pressure on your chest as you lie down on your board and paddle for a wave.)...