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So your eye issues started PRIOR to your surgery? mine started right after surgery so it doesnt sound like our issues had a common cause.. i have an eye exam next week so i ll find out then if any damage happened. I dont know how anyone can feel normal with the pulse thumping.. i get it in my...

Thanks Duffey for the input... i supposably had some fluid too but the post chest x ray showed it was gone. Confusing.. I have my first post echo next week so maybe that will show some fluid.. Speaking of lack of communication my last pist surgery apot my surgeon asked when my baseline echo was...

The surgeon also said that i'm taking aspirin so micro clots dony break off my new valve and lodge in the vessals of the eyes. It would be nice to know why things are prescribed and the importance of it.

Hi everyone.. i had AVR on sept 14TH. Seemingly everything went well. Received a 29 mm Edwards bovine model 3300. I didnt gain any fluid weight at all. 2 hr surgery. I'm 44 and mostly otherwise healthy. I am taking metoprolol, about 35 mg a day to slow the common higher heart rate. Since the...

Had a sneezing bout last night. No fun. Getting out today. Gotta say everything does feel weird facing all the changes..

I was mostly concerned because my blood pressure was too low to be started on metoprolo but i got a 12.5 mg dose today and im tolerating it ok so so far so good. Thanks for the replies!! Probably leaving tomorrow. I do have the nagging and painful throat cough i think from the tube and no...

I was mostly concerned because my blood pressure was too low to be started on metoprolo but i got a 12.5 mg dose today and im tolerating it ok so so far so good. Thanks for the replies!! Probably leaving tomorrow. I do have the nagging and painful throat cough i think from the tube and no...

I was going to be going outside today for fresh air but out of the blue i had a fib start. Problem. Is they cant put me on the med for it with my bp lower than is safe and the a fib is considered serious with a pulse of over 100 so its wait and see at this point what my body is going to do....

Did 3 laps today but yes very tired... food is very gross. I just want some zuccini bread from home..

It was a 3 hr surgery & I spent one night in the ICU. I think I got the magna ease bovine tissue valve. Gagged on the breathing tube. Had it in for about an hour after I woke up but being drugged up helped. The worst part for me was the profuse sweating and nausea that the morphine caused...

I did up to about 4500 on the spiromieter testing it pre op. We ll see if i cam do half that post op.. Thank you all for the tremendous support!!! <3, surgery starts at 7 am in about an hour anf a half..

Post angiogram. Arteries are 100 percent clear! So just need the valve done... 7 am surgery. Waiting for dinner now

Im know i need to be positive positive positive... and trying. It is so hard though with the fears... theres been so many hic ups this past month everyday something new. This morning while i was trying to rest the surgeons office called saying my insurance termed out... i had to pay for cobra 2...

Check in today at 1 pm for angiogram then stay the night and surgery tomorrow... feeling icky..

Prayers from oregon!!

I am very glad to hear it went so well! I wonder what the average time with the breathing tube in is? Great job!!!!

I hope your doing well today!!

Thank you all for your prayers, advice and support!!! The latest is ive come down with a cold and im very worried about being well enough for surgery friday. I called the surgeons nurse and she just said to call them next week and let them know how im feeling. She didnt ask about my heart...

Yep i used to live about 2 miles from thr new Intel site. Can't say how many times i've shopped at the winco across the street or ate at the many places around there.. and wow! i wouldn't have guessed they do heart surgeries anywhere but major cities! Don't they give you a diuretic to get rid of...

oh did you have your surgery in Spokan or in the tri city area?