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Forgive me for the plethora of posts. This recovery stuff is always on the mind as I lay at home hoping to be better each day and this site is helping me get through it! Today my concern is fever. I guess it's still considered low-grade right now as it's only been as high as 100.6 F. Still...

So what are you doing about a bra post-op? I had my husband go buy some sports bras that are a little on the big side. I didn't want them too tight so that it was messing with the incision. But, they really don't provide enough support - normally I prefer an underwire. It's a catch 22. If I...

I am a 35 year old female and had a tissue AVR. I am 1 week and 1 day post-op! I'm still in a lot of pain, though, and wondering if someone can give me an idea of how normal this is. I'm still taking large amounts of Norco, especially at night when I need to sleep. I try to space it out...

I just need somewhere to vent, I think. I was supposed to have my AVR this Thursday. Yesterday I got home to a message on my answering machine that my pre-op urine sample came back with bacteria in it. So I had to go in at the break of dawn this morning to give another urine sample and hope...