Recent content by Matt Livingston

I'm just down the road in Columbus, and had my OHS back on May 23 up at the Clinic. I sought a second opinion from them, and am very glad I chose to have my surgery there. I'm happy to answer any questions about that experience. I had both my mitral and aortic valves replaced with mechanical...

My CC timeline was I sent all testing and medical information in early Nov of '22 in to Dr. Roselli's office. Received call back in early December that I was a candidate for surgery (which I knew from a more local hospital, just sought out CC for second opinion) and that his earliest surgery...

This is great, I would've definitely shaved my arms to avoid tape from IV's, etc.... portions were shaved anyway from heart cath, etc..., so wouldn't have been a big deal. I didn't anticipate needing a shower chair or walker when I returned home, we had to scramble and luckily a neighbor had...

This is so important, and very well put. In a world and at a time when there's so much going on before surgery, most of it you have no control over, it's easy to forget this. The anticipation of surgery is very challenging, many of us here have been through it more than once. It doesn't get...

Thanks for sharing, I just wanted to chime in that I just had my 3rd OHS 2 months ago, at age 43, and had a mechanical valve replace my previous bioprosthetic. So I'm living proof that someone very similar to you just made it through fine. My previous valve lasted 23 years, however, so I don't...

Wanted to share an update, I did have successful avr and mvr mechanical replacement last Tues at the clinic. It's been an adventure post op as I'm still here battling minor complications. But, I'm here battling every hour!

I'm both amazed and encouraged by those that have posted here in these forums. I'm beyond grateful that such a thing exists today, as I had my first OHS in 1989 at the age of 8 due to bacterial endocarditis. It was only through annual checkups that we heard of Marfan's Syndrome, and by the...