Recent content by macdaddy

I'm more encouraged every day this thread rolls around. I was supposed to have my aoritc valve replaced in January, but insurance complications with Medicare has forced me to hold off. The catagorized me as "severe" back in July of last year, but other than the tests, I'd never know it. No...

This worked ne as well. No AVR.. yet. They're thinking Jan 2024. The mag did the trick, none since I started it. Good luck to you on this.

Congratulations!!! I'm going in January to most likely begin the trek to replace an aortic with severe stenosis. They're recommending bovine, partially due to my age (will be 72 next April). Starting to see more and more successes and it's definitely making me more comfortable...terrified, but...

That helps a lot; thank you for that clarification Superman.

That's very interesting. I did see the expandable ring feature in the Resilia, but didn't realize it was there to allow for a potentially larger valve-in-valve at a later date. Sounds like you were lucky to have such a valued surgeon; hope mine goes as well, when the time comes. Thank you so...

He didn't mention not having trained on the Resilia, but said he'd need special permission from the hospital to use that device. He said his group has done one Resilia under special permission; but also said the manufacturers are always touting the latest and greatest treatments to the tissues...

Yes, the he Carpentier-Edwards PERIMOUNT Magna Ease is what he mentioned as their preferred go-to for my situation. Everyone in here is so knowledeable; it's great to have this resource, and the community is great! Thank you for your input.

Update, first appointment with the surgeon went very well. He took his time, left all the options open to me with his thoughts based on medical research as well as that of all the heart surgeons in Scottsdale. They meet every Tuesday morning and discuss every case they all have and what the...

Hi Paleowoman, Thank you for this information. I was just reading a report on the Resilia treatment, no real good long-term data, as it's not been out here in America for all that long...but it sounded promising. I have my first appointment with the surgeon referred to me by my cardiologist and...

Thank you to both of you for you reply. My Dad's name was Mac so hence the name. Since I'm new to blogs (my first) and this forum, please don't misunderstand my initial impressions, they were mearly my uninformed thoughts. There seem to be a lot of really well informed folks in here and I'm...

So I'm going to tip toe in here. I've been watching this site since I was diagnosed with severe Aortic Stenosis, about 6 weeks ago. It was difficult trying to translate all the acronyms and medical jargin, but I've slowly started to catch on. My initial perceptions here were that "mechanical...