Recent content by Clippy99

Oh yeah 100% baby aspirin..really just the coated kind. For whatever reason I have never tolerated it well.

Lost in translation...bit of joke DR. didn't say that it would help with dissection...me saying that dissection is the only thing I am really at risk for. Not a heart attack. So why do I need it? My most annoying side affect is the lots of arm Purpra?.....whatever it's called and some...

My valve replacement was pretty traditional. My arteries etc are clean. I do have a small aneurysm but if that kills me not sure aspirin could save me from a dissection. What is the current thinking. I get more annoying things from aspirin than beta blocker. Thoughts?

Gazza. I'll chime in on that because I think mine was similar: 1. I started out in Feb 2015 just feeling unwell. Like I was coming down with something 2. I would pop 2 Advil and just keep going...almost like a cold. 3. Chills...and they worsened as time went on...like insane chills...

I think my illness is pretty easily and obviously traced back to dental work. I started felling ill about 2 weeks after. I had non-acute endocarditis. I have had mono and that's what it felt like...as a matter of fact thats what I thought it was and the drs. sure didn't have a clue. So I just...

Very similar story...I stayed sick for months. 9 different drs. finally someone noticed a murmur. Hospital then antibiotics. Dumbest move I made was delaying surgery for. a few months. I got a pig valve. Alls well that ends well.

No joke? I used to get migraines as a younger person and they started that way. Then all of sudden just the visual stuff and no migraine. Thought I was gonna have to give up red wine LOL

The tube is so weird it's hard to describe...but does not really hurt. It's all about sleep...100%. It was weeks before I could sleep well and I think that's the number one complaint of most. chairs/couches/ beds...it's just a big challenge. If you can sleep comfortably the rest is very...

Well I live in Greensboro ,NC and had my surgery at Duke after some shopping around. I can't imagine a better outcome. When it came down to it I went with the highest rated...though I gotta say everyone I talked to I think was a pro at all the providers. Dr. Jeffry Gaca did the surgery and I...