Recent content by pnwcoast

He was an inspiration ! He always will be. I wish I could have met him.

You are gonna have a great vacation. Looking forward to a full report.

I pray for a nice speedy/easy recovery! Keep us posted.

I had some kind of Staph infection a couple of years ago. It gave me hard, red, sore bumps like you describe. In my arm pit area on both left and right, and down my sides a little. My family Dr. put me on some kind of very strong antibiotic, I can't remember the name. Anyway, it killed it, I...

When you go talk with a surgeon, ask the surgeon about repair success and failure and how long a repair might last. My mitral repair lasted a whole couple of years. I certainly would have considered a replacement had I known a repair may not last. It didn't cross my mind to ask about how long a...

You must make them understand..... Tell them you need pain relief, tell them not all people are made the same. You need to tell your Drs. that you have pain and you want relief. My surgeon gave me two weeks of oxy and two weeks of vicoden. The oxy gave me such bad nightmare dreams that I stopped...

I would be very worried. I would be sure to ask your cardio about these black and blue marks on your next visit. Remember, you are your own best advocate.

Im on a beta blocker and Benicar and I have had more black and blue marks since going on the betea blocker than I thought possible. I think mine are because of the beta blocker. Sometimes I bump myself and think "well here comes one" most times they just show up. I'm pretty sure the ones that...

Not a jerk. Please keep up the posting and the advise. Its fun to have a trained JD drop a bit of free opinion!

Hang in there , you will beat this I'm sure.

I was surprised at how much Toradal hurts going in unless its injected very slowly. And the BM? not easy......... note to self (eat a light meal the day before surgery) The temporary Pacer. The drain tubes. The heartburn. Getting me on my feet the next morning for a chest xray. How little...

I'm about 30 miles from Portland if you find you need some help with something. I'll pm my cell # to you.

I had my mitral valve repaired 6 years ago today!

The tube was a big concern for me also. My surgeon said to just let it breath for me and to not worry about it. Well, he was right. At first when I started to wake up, I thought I was not getting enough air but I remembered my surgeons words and very very soon I was asleep again. I don't hardly...

I have had more CT's than I want. I've asked my Drs. if we could do MRA's instead, they said sure, they prefer MRA's. MRI/MRA takes much longer and is a bit more uncomfortable, for me anyway, but I like not having the radiation worry of CT's.