Recent content by Marcia58

Hi! just to refresh everyone's memories, i had mitral repair in 2009, and had a freakout in icu. my neurologist has always thought it was an adverse reaction to one of the meds they used, but nobody ever determined which one. now, it's beginning to look, to me anyway, like i may be in for...

Aggie, I think his theory was more along the lines of, "When the mitral was weak not much stress got put on the TV so it didn't show its weakness. Once the MVR happened, and it began pumping better, that put more stress on the TV and its problems came to light." Does that make more sense?

hello friends! well, my dr told me a year or so ago that i now have regurg in my tricuspid valve--probably as a result of the strain put on it by the prolapsed mitral. at that point, he said all that was necessary was to keep an eye on it. but.... the last month or so, i have been retaining...

leah, i had a mitral repair via a mini thoracotomy. i was under the care of anesthesia from 6:30-2:30, but that included prep and recovery time. Travel? i live in indiana and had my surgery in late march. in late august, i flew to portland, oregon ALONE. in october, my husband and i flew to...

Alison, have you talked with Lynlw? she would be a good resource for you, i think.

BABY PARKER IS HERE! Parker Gene arrived at 12:44 this morning (12/26)! Apparently, he couldn't wait until Sunday. 5 lbs 9 oz, 19 inches They made it safely to Duke. More later.

i love that parker is smiling for his picture!

I rarely look at the pix of me in ICU, but I'm glad I have them to refer to. Otherwise, that time would feel like some kind of long, weird dream.

Some of you may remember Orangebrittainy, a young mom who had valve replacement a few years ago. She and i are FB friends, and I have her permission to share her very exciting news . . . she is going to be a mama again! 🎉 She has found a very dedicated medical staff who deal with high-risk...

What helped me: 1. learning as much as possible ahead of time 2. communicating w/medical staff as much as possible 3. get as much allowable documented ( I have photos of me in ICU and a video clip from the surgery cam) 4. get a copy of your medical records 5. have someone you love and trust...

I'm totally different story. AccOrding to my medical records, anesthesia signed off on me at about 2:30 pm. I remember being transferred from the gurney to the bed in ICU. I clearly remember being extubated shortly after 6:00 pm. In between those two events,, I remember repeatedly giving my...

Hi, all! I remember that sort of feeling, too. For me, it was apparently the thought of something so life-altering, so personal, so invasive--so "intimate", really--without my conscious participation or recollection. Almost a violation. I only pinpointed it this year, though, when I heard a...

Same for me as for Adrienne! ETA: ...and now I almost never get migraines!

Hi, all! I haven't been here in a while, but something prompted me to stop by today. thoughts and prayers fir comfort and strength for Ross' family. Marcia58

Malteser, I think we've talked before. I believe you said earlier in this thread that if you were in Malta, people there would tell you to "get over it" so I will try to be kind but firm. You are a man of faith, so I will address you as such and call on you to act as a man of faith. I will not...