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Well today i go another migrain., felt dizzy etc. I went to see my family physican today and my blood pressure was again high 185/105. She said your blood pressure it terrible. I told her it had been that way for awhile. SO she is doing alot of blood work on me tomorrow and i see a...

Hello everyone. I had my valve replacement 11months ago, and it has been a struggle for me. Lots of ups and downs. I had to get a copy of my medical records from my cardiologist, and i sat down and read the whole record today. I read the part about my surgery and everything they did to me...

Its been awhile since ive been on here. But i do think about the heart valve everyday. I received a mechanical valve about 10 months ago, the doctor said it would last me the rest of mylife. But like any piece of machinery, it could wear out over time. So i sometimes wonder if it really will...

well i had my appointment with the urologist today and he has scheduled the lithotripsy for monday sept 22. The stone is blocking the tube and i have been in so much pain the past 2 days and urinating blood. The doctor has me on vicodin. I talked to my cardiologist today and he is going to...

myurologist did a complete work up on me, 24 hour urine test etc. and he said my body produces too much calcium. My stones are calcium oxalate. I drink lots of water, and i take 2 diuretics already. But i will try the britta water as im willing to do anything to help not to produce these...

Well ive been off all the extra blood pressure medications now for a few days and my blood pressure has come up and i feel alot better. the first day my blood pressure dropped to 80\50, but it finally started coming up. Today it was 120\70. I did wind up in the ER last night, I was in severe...

Thanks for all the support everyone. I went to see my cardiologist this morning. My blood pressure was 92/50, and she could barely find my pulse , she finally did and it was 49. My cardiologist said that i am on way too many blood pressure pills, so he took me off all but one. He said that...

thank you everyone. I am on metopropolol 25mg twice a day, itake 40mg of lasix twice a day, comadin, micardis hct onece a day, potassium, clonidine, Klonipine, celexa for depression, prevachol, etc. I am suppose to have an echo on the 19th of sept. I do see the doctor this morning so i will...

Hello everyone, I know its been awhile since ive been on here. Sept 12th is my 6 month mark since the surgery, and i have had a hard time since the surgery. Sometimes i wish i had never had the surgery, but i know i had to have it done to save my life. But For the past 3 months, i...

Hello everyone, Its been awhile since ive posted. June 12th is my 4 month mark since my mechanical valve replacement. Ive had alot of ups and downs, but so far im still haning in there. I keep having problems with my blood pressure and heart rate. I started back to work 8...

Well i had my surgery Feb 11th and i received my bill last week, not including the doctors and anestesiologist, the surgery was 65,000, icu and 2 days in a regular room was 6,000, so im looking at a total bill of about 90,000 all together, my insurance only paid 56,000 and i have to pay the...

the 2nd week after my surgery my blood pressure plummetted to 58/45 and i was readmitted into the hospital for 2 days. the problem was they had gave me to many blood pressure medications and they kept me n the hospital one day to take me off all blood pressure meds and one more day to introduce...

I would also wake up it seemed every 3 hours. And i will tell you all my dreams were about my ex husband and it was always aobut something bad happening to him LOL But it stopped after i stopped taking the vicoden

I did get out today. I went out to the the country to mymothers about 35 mins away to visit her and have dinner. it did help but i had a few crying spells. I think it also has to do with the fact that my mom stayed with me these past 5 weeks and she went home yesturday and i leaned on her...

Hello everyone, Its been awhile since i posted, as it has been one thing after another since my surgery on feb 11th. I had to go back in the hospital the 2nd week after they sent me home as they gave me too many blood pressure pills and my blood pressure plummeted. Then the...