Recent content by ckays82

It seems to be getting better. He wakes up once a night, but goes right back to sleep. He says the dreams aren't near as scary.

Yep, he got a tissue valve since his surgeon didn't want him on warfarin for the rest of his life. Plus the boy loves his spinach! He's only on the blood thinners for a precautionary reasons and hopefully they'll start to wean him off of those. He had a nasty bout of A-Fib before he was...

His was also a AA, so thats good to know. Very glad he never followed through with his scuba tech certification, which typically pushes the 200 mark. Keeping it at much shallower depth seems much more reasonable and safe. Typically all the wrecks around our area are at 60ft, so I don't know if...

He's on a basic beta blocker for high blood pressure, not sure what kine, so it could be combination of both the trauma and meds. He's on blood thinners too and having to get his blood tested every few weeks drives him crazy since he's scared of needles. A nurse said he has a bad case of White...

Oh! I thought I had searched through this forum and didn't find any originally. Thank you! Finding the right doctor seems to be the biggie. He's looking to get in touch with a cardiologist that focuses in dive medicine. One surgeon said that once that new valve graft is on there, its on for good...

This may seem like an eye-roll question but..... has anyone any issues attempting to scuba dive after surgery? My boyfriend and I were avid scuba divers prior to his heart condition. He has a pig valve instead of a mechanical one to replace his aortic valve. One surgeon he met with said he was...

My boyfriend had his aortic valve replaced at the end of August this year. He feels pretty good after 11 weeks post surgery, but complains that he has nightmares almost every night. And he used to hardly dream at all. They're not about the surgery itself, but about things chasing him or being on...