Recent content by Deborah C

Where I am having surgery Where I am having surgery clay_from_nj: sorry, I just realized your "where are you going" question probably pertained to my doc and hospital, not my valve choice. :smile2: my surgeon, who is quite highly rated (thank goodness) is Dr. John Mehall; my surgery will be...

My valve choice My valve choice clay_from_nj: after a lot of back and forth, I've decided on the tissue valve. While I am not fond of the idea of going through surgery again, my cardiologist and surgeon both seem pretty confident that by the time I need another that it will be percutaneously...

Thank you for these! I am 45 and scheduled for replacement on July 11, 2014. I'm trying to research as much as possible before making my decision on type of valve, but also trying to prepare myself for this whole process, as I do NOT do well with anything that can remotely make me squeamish...