Recent content by kate22

thanks everyone for your responses and support, am so glad I found this support network :-) My first instinct had been to go with a tissue valve as that was my surgeon's recommendation and his hopes that a trans-cath would be available in the future ---but after much research -- I'm 57...

thanks ski girl and pellicle. Am not totally adverse to the coumadin, more the cost - my pharmacist told my husband it could cost up to $2,000/mo if injections necessary and we have no pharmacy coverage. Also, one of the reasons for my surgeon recommending the tissue valve was that hopefully...

hi ski girl - thanks for your input, can I ask why you chose the mechanical over tissue? I know my tissue valve will only last 8-10 years, and that is worrisome as I may need at least 2 more surgeries based on my age -- but I thought while I'm still young and an avid gardener and traveller, I...

am scheduling mitral valve surgery - hopefully repair, but surgeon said only 50/50 chance of that so next would be choice of valve. If I go with a tissue valve, which one to choose - my surgeon's preference is porcine - a friend with similar surgery a month ago- his surgeon recommended bovine...