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Well, 1 year and 2 months after my AVR, I will be going "back under." Only this time, I am merely having my sternum (maybe it's sternal haha) wires removed. I might actually be a little more nervous about this than I was for my original surgery. What I'm not entirely sure about, is whether or...

Does anybody here have the Medtronic Revo MRI-safe pacemaker? I received one of these, so as to continue my annual MRI to check my aorta dilation. I am a bit nervous about my next MRI, as I now have a pacemaker. I know that they must be completely safe or they wouldnt market them as MRI-safe...

Here I sit in the hospital. I had my mechanical AVR on July 9th, a pacemaker implanted on July 16th, and I seem to only be getting worse. As far as my incision(s) and stuff go, I am healing just fine. However, my heart rate stays right around the 100bpm mark at rest, and shoots up to 130-140...

I am here in the hotel near the hospital. I have about 11 hours until I have to be at the hospital. I'm getting pretty excited.

On Thursday, I met with my cardiologist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She said my aortic stenosis is now severe and it's time to get a meeting with the surgeon, for valve replacement. They are supposed to contact me with the date of my appointment. However, since then, this morning...