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57 years! I'll take it! That will get me to 93! His actual words were that the valve would probably last forever, but the general...

My surgeon was more optimistic when I had the surgery in 1967 and told me my valve should last 50 years...."but they didn't really...

sorry, but for a starter I value higher independent studies, not studies by the makers (which may well have biased) This...

Hi and welcome really ... in Canada? That's interesting and weird. If you were in (say) the 3rd world, India or Eastern block Europe...

Welcome YogySue. Like you, I am here only because of technology. In 1966, when I was 30, my Cardio and Surgeon told me I would not...

Welcome to VR Sue! Glad that you found us. #metoo Although mine is only 3.5 years old. Glad to see another long term St Jude...

Just stumbled across this organization recently. My first open heart surgery was 44 years ago on my ninth birthday; an aortic valve...

57 years ago I had my first OHS coarctation of the aorta. The surgeon offered me the choice of opening up from the side or front. As I...

Sheesh you guys are so old!😂 But then I check the calendar - 45 years since my first OHS. Full sternotomy for the sub aortic stenosis...

I just thought about my own experience. My first surgery also was 47 yrs ago. So congratulations to both of us. I was 29 at the time.

I was looking at my calendar this morning and I completely missed that yesterday was the 47th anniversary for my first open heart...