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Its funny but I hardly hear my valve anymore. The odd time when laying down maybe. Other people can hear it quite well. I was getting a massage and the therapist was trying to trace where the ticking was coming from.

Hi everyone, I haven't been here in quite a while and its been 2 1/2 years since my aortic valve replacement. With the exception of my weight, my recovery has been just about down the middle, alittle of everything. Well I have a new problem. I went to see my dentist last week and he wants me...

I had a very bad time with infection. At home for about two weeks I had puss. I showed my nurse who came every day and my surgeon. They took samples and that was it. This developed into having to dress it up to 5 times a day with a rather large 3 by 5 pad. A few days a new nurse came to see...

Laura, leave the computer on the start of this post and leave it on so that he can see it and maybe he will read the entire post and he will get the idea. If that doesn't unclog the brain stem a bit, make sure you have a good credit card, a bag of clothes and your meds and take off for a few...

Okay Dayton since no one else will ask I will ...what is the name of that mouthwash and can I swallow it or do I have to spit it out? Oh yea by the way the nurse told me I could floss while I was still in the hospital, about 5 days after my valve replacement. Reinhard

Wow, I am also very surprised how quick you are recovering. After two days I was still watching little black furry animals scurrying across the room and big band music coming out of the walls. All the funnies aside, make sure you don't push yourself too fast, give your body a chance to recover...

Robin Williams I hope he finds a group as good as ours to help him recover easier and faster. Reinhard

Shawn, I don't know which aortic artificial valve I have installed since last June but it used to be really loud, pounding against my chest most of time. Now when I sit here and input I cannot hear or feel it at all. If I do a little exercise it starts getting noisier again. So it seems it is...

Kerri, if you were my wife or daughter I would vote for surrogate motherhood. Your health is still the most important thing. I would then go for the mechanical valve which should be a lot more reliable than your old one. . I have one and it works great. If you were lucky to get a baby...

Be careful with that infection, don't treat it lightly, I had one and they kept me in the hospital two weeks for that. They also stuck a suction machine on my chest for 5 days/24 hours. Then I had IV antibiotics at home for one month. Not a lot of fun. Good Luck with it Reinhard

Lyn I just saw the album. Here I thought my 8 pictures were special. That photograpic journey he had is just amazing. Alot of detail and color. Reinhard

I really would have liked to have had some pictures of the actual operation but I never had anyone before the operation to tell me about it. Even on valvereplacement.com I still haven't seen anything about taking pictures of this experience. Reinhard

Im from the other side of the mountain and had my aortic valve done last year and asked my daughter to take picures. The nurses baulked but I gave her permission. She took pictures as soon as they first saw me in ICU. I was still out and had all the tubes in me. Then when the bandages first...

Jen it sounds like you were on the sixth floor of LHSC just like me except I had Dr. McKenzie. Excellent surgeon. I had a bit of problem with pain so I had some Percoset to start and then I was popping Tylenol 3's with codeine like candy but then realized that they caused worse side effects...

Seth I think a third and fourth opinion is maybe required. Once you are as informed as you can be about your valve go talk to (I hate to say this but) a lawyer to make sure any repair or new replacement is covered by the doctor or hospital.