Recent content by CameraGuy

If they are doing a sternotomy during your surgery, you don't want to be lifting your body weight into the truck using your arms/upper body! Look into getting a small, lightweight box to step up onto before getting into the truck, with a rope of some kind attached so you could pull it up into...

I chose a pig valve when I had mitral valve replacement surgery when I was 44. I was told it would last 10-12 years, then I would need another surgery to replace it again. The pig valve lasted 18 years- BUT there is a catch: the valve presumably started to fail after 10 years from...

Well, I got 18 years from the current pig valve. Just wondering if they have improved the durability at all. FWIW, I'm now 61 years old.

Hi, I'm a 61-year old male. I had my first MVR back in 1998 at Kaiser Los Angeles. I had been with Kaiser my whole adult life up until last October when I changed jobs and got new insurance with a PPO and I was free to go to any doctor. I think this fact has saved my life. Backstory: In...