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    Neck and Shoulder pain

    Today I am 4 weeks post op getting a mechanical aortic valve and graft. Everything was going wonderful and yesterday I started getting pain in my neck and left shoulder blade. I had to take Percocet to sleep and once again in the morning. I had stopped taking them 10 days ago and was doing fine...
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    Will I feel cold all the time?

    I am getting a mechanical valve on 1/11/12 and will be on anticoagulants forever. Some people tell me I will always be cold. Currently, during cold winter months I keep the house 68 during the times we are at home and awake. Usually sleep with it around 65. Summertime I cannot sleep unless the...
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    Scheduled for AVR Surgery 1/11/12

    After 6 years of waiting I am finally scheduled. Had my pre-op meeting with surgeon and all testing done on 12/29. Spent 5 hours total. No more bloodwork, CT scans, nothing until surgery. We will arrive the evening before, stay in the hotel next to the Hospital and be in the surgical center by...
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    Thought I had my Mind Made up

    I am 52 yrs old. I have been 6 years in the waiting room for BAV. Now, scheduled to meet surgeon of 12/29, and finding out yesterday that I likely need shoulder surgery after healing from AVR, I am waffling. How will the coumadin affect rotator cuff or similar surgery? My fear is not the OHS but...
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