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Cologuard is now a standard for low risk patients without a significant family history

If you are low risk with no significant family history consider cologuard.

I’m 6 years post surgery and am in the hot tub about every other day and use sauna frequently. Cardiologist has not advised against either but I’m also in good health and only take warfarin and a baby aspirin. Would agree with almost might be do to overall health or other concerns.

I had On X, 5 years ago, it took me 6 weeks to make 3 miles, you are doing great. Keep up the good work! I keep my INR at 2.5 despite claims I can go between 1.5 and 2.0, not worth the risk to me. Not had any problems and I stay very active.

I had the On-X placed with conduit 6 years ago, it was what my surgeon recommended. Despite the claim of only needing to keep your INR between 1.5 and 2.0 I still keep it at 2.5 to 3.0. Warfarin has not been a problem for me, easy to self monitor. After researching both valves I felt they were...

Or have kids!

My resting HR is 40 to 45 since about a year after my surgery. I’m 5 years out. I also run on average 30 miles a week. I’m not symptomatic and cardio hasn’t been concerned.

My bad sorry read your description wrong, from reading looks like ascending with minimal involvement of arch.

A thoracic aortic aneurysm is different than an ascending aortic aneurysm. So it would be good to get that clarification.

Even though I was given minimal restrictions by my surgeon the advice I was given was to be able to breath through your reps and avoid holding your breath and straining. The other advise was don’t skip follow up echos and scans.

I was placed on beta blocker to keep my blood pressure down, and because of my aneurysm was told to limit my exercise and lifting. Recommended lighter weights and higher reps, was told if I couldn’t do 15 reps it was too heavy. Didn’t want my blood pressure to spike and wanted to keep my heart...

I was placed on a beta blocker to keep my blood

Just to let you know my experience. After my modified Bentall with mechanical valve surgery in 2016 my surgeon did not put any restrictions on my activities including weight lifting, running and biking. My cardiologist recommended not doing “powerlifting” and felt as long as I wasn’t holding my...

I was able to get a virtual second opinion from the Cleveland Clinic before my procedure 4 years ago at the Mayo Clinic. I forwarded my echos, CT scans and notes, it was an easy process.

I had classic migraines with visual aura followed by a mild headache several times a year before my AVR in 2016. After my surgery I have lost my vision 3 times for about 30 to 45 seconds in one eye and my ocular aura that I had with my classic migraines without the headache occurred several...