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The docter told me that he could never be a 100% sure that the invection is all gone so he advised to take 2x 500 mg a day just te be sure...

I had the same, first (normal) operation was the Ross procedure in decdmber last year. After the operation i felt weak and had a small fever for aboou 3 weeks. 6 weeks later at my normal chechup the saw that my valve was leaqing a bit. After some more tests they decided that i needed a new...

Thank you so mutch!!

i have to take the same but twice a day

That is a great question and i asked it many many times. My surgeon sad that it is impossible to have that long of a fever for a donar valve. He talked about this with the nurses and told them never to let a patient with that complanes without any farther investigation. But he also sad that it...

Hi, thank you for your reply and i will try to aswhere all your questions. I had the ross procedure the first operation, now they romoved my autograft, not my homograft (sorry i had written it wrong in my other post) and replaced it with a biological (pig) valve. I am 46 years old. So not my...

Here is my update for the one that is interested :) After my second heart rhythms it all got well and i did not had to go back to the hospital. During my revalidation i still felt tired and lightheaded, but not as bad that i did not could function normaly. But after my checkup after 6 weeks...

Blood pressure was in the range of 140/70. Now with the new valve its in the range of 130/80. It was because of the calvication of the valve.that i needed the surgery.

I was 24 years when they found out. It was 47mm, 22 years later it was 49mm. To bad my valve.was the biggest problem and the reason i needed surgery....

Yes, after the first irregular heart rhythms they started amiodaron. I had to take it 3 times a day for the first two weeks and after that 1 time a day. But two days later it started again. Now they give me Flecainideacetaat sendoz and Verapamil. Hope it will do its work...

little update again. So after the first reset of the heart in the Hospital thay also gave me some new medication and send me home the 10th of januari. The same evening the irregular heart rhythms started again en the same night i was back in the hospital. The next day late afternoon they gave me...

Thats comforting to know, thank you!!

Yeah, normal they give propranolol for a couple of weeks after surgery so the hartrate will not go to high. But i probably had some alergic reaction with that and had alot of problem to breath (astma reaction). Thats why wensday the decidid i could stop with that medication. And this morning...

Just had my shock, thank god they only needed one and now my HR is back to "ok". Hopfuly i can go back home tomorrow

Thank you for your replys. The docter stoped my medication (metroprolol) and the breathing gets easyer. This morning i woke up with my heart pounding out my chest. Bought a heartrate devise and saw that my HR is whay to high. Now i am back in the hosptal and they will give me some eletroshock...