Recent content by mrfox

I’ve seen this a lot and the issue is that cardiovascular disease is such a varied category so without an explanation of the mechanism by which risk of serious illness is increased it's not really possible to assess my own risk (33yr old mech aortic valve no other disease) vs my mother's for...

Thanks for the advice all. Pellicle - I will PM you.

Hi all! For context: I've had an ON-X mech aortic valve since June 2018. I'm on Warfarin and test at home, in addition to being under the care of the anti-coagulation clinic at the hospital where my operation was performed. My INR has been tough to get in check at the best of times. My usual...

Hey carolinemc ! My turn to apologize, I've only just seen your post. I hope your anxiety is being treated or at least manageable. I'm ok, everything had been going well except now I find myself with some wound issues. ​​​​​​ my surgical incision opened up again a couple of weeks after...

I’m sitting here watching the rain pour down out the window at very nearly six weeks exactly since my valve replacement surgery where I had my bicuspid and severely regurgitating (I always preferred ‘incompetent’) aortic valve replaced with a mechanical bi-leaflet valve. Since I don’t believe I...

Overall recovery is going well. Perhaps I'll write a separate post about the full picture. Today I walked for an hour solid up and down some decent hills. Pain is still present but significantly less, no longer requires managing with meds. There is an issue with the wound healing improperly but...

A quick update here: five weeks post surgery now and I still have ectopic beats occasionally but no pain.

carolinemc Yes i've been home for about a week now, recovery is up and down but I believe that's pretty normal. Definitely improved a lot in the last two weeks - and each part of recovery then brings it's own challenges. When you're just out of surgery you feel grateful to be alive (and full of...

Thanks, what I meant more is: what were you looking for? Time in a certain range? Peaks and troughs?

No exercise is very much still the goal! In what way did you monitor your HR pellicle ?

Well, I'm back home and the consensus was that everything is fine. They took a couple of ECGs and some blood, then compared results with the docs at the hospital where I had my operation. They are happy with all the results and the pain and ectopics are apparently the valve 'seating' itself -...

A nurse at the hospital where I had the surgery asked the ward doctor for me. He had no answers and recommended going to a&e so that's where I am now. 5 hour wait to see a doctor bbu they have triaged me quickly so whether or not it takes that long depends on how whoever looks at my bloods and...

The pain is in my chest and the level of pain varies from a 1/10 to perhaps 5. It is a sharp pain that lasts the duration of the heavier beat. On previously mentioning it off hand to a doctor on the ward he suggested the pain was the sternum being disturbed. I do not know how to evaluate...

Hi everyone, hope you're all very well. I'm two weeks post op now and at home with my pets and family, everything generally good or getting better and it's largely a positive experience. Something that is worrying me right now is the fairly frequent occurrence of heavy, painful thudding heart...

So sorry to hear about your tricky recovery! How's it going now?