Recent content by Mom2izzy

Side and tummy sleeper....how long after surgery will i be on my back?? Quick Tip: I was able to sleep on my side fairly soon after my mini sternotomy as long as I had a stiff pillow or cushion to "hug". This kept my chest more flat. As long as my chest was flat there was minimal pain in my...

46 years, Aug 16,1967......ONE valve If my valve repair ever fails I want one just like yours. Congrats!

Is it possible to get off Metoprolol? Yesterday, I finally got a cardio to tell me it was OK to stop taking Metoprolol (1.5 years after mitral valve repair.). She has said, if I feel palpitations or arrhythmias, she will prescribe a calcium blocker, but I'm really hoping I won't need it...

Sometimes I feel overwhelmed and frustrated I was diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse when I was 7, and didn't have it fixed until I was 40. I don't know if I ever went to a Dr. that didn't make some ridiculous comment. As a kid, if they wanted to listen again, I made them pay me a nickel...

I had mitral valve repaired about 1.5 years ago. I had a bout of Afib that lasted about 12 hours (I didn't know that's what it was at the time, but I was wearing a monitor.) I don't remember any similar episodes...I've actually been very happy with my post surgery rhythm (I used to skip beats...

Vicodan - How long? I started taking just over the counter Tylenol and ibuprofen (not normally recommended) about 3 days out. Not necessarily by choice, but because the "good" stuff makes me nauseous. I think it helped move my recovery along faster. The two best pain killers for me were...

Medicine side affects - Metoprolol My cardio has me on Metoprolol because he says he "likes it for me"...I haven't had any weird rhythm issues since surgery. Would really love to quit taking the metoprolol...it feels very mood leveling to me. I don't necessarily miss the lows, but I do miss...

Sarah_Louise - Such a Precious Young Age to leave US. We love You and Yours So sad to hear this...

The countdown begins Sounds like you are in a pretty positive place mentally...That will help! Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Only you guys an understand this I ate a lot of sherbet and graham crackers. I know that I also had a tough time with the breathing tube, but now, at about 1.5 years later it's all just a vague memory. I know it's hard when you are right in the middle of it, but hang in there...you'll be...

Tomorrow, Tomorrow... Welcome to the other side!

3rd day post surgery Great news! Isn't it funny how many people here tell those in the waiting room not to stress too much?...but we all do.

MV repair this fall I had MVP diagnosed when I was about 7...never slowed me down...never had symptoms. I passed out once when I was about 35. I hadn't seen a cardiologist in awhile and the new guy went all crazy about TEEs and surgery. He scared me, so I decided to go to my father in law's...

Other sites. I sometimes forget that I don't fall in with the "young" crowd anymore...It doesn't seem like it was THAT long ago, but I guess it was. Yikes...I'm "old". I like the idea of a mitral valve area too.

Cath pre surgery I had my cath about a month before surgery. It was done in a local hospital. I worried about it, but it was really a breeze. I'm glad it was done in advance because, the "hole" in my groin area would have been just one more thing to be concerned with post surgery. However, I...