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Does anyone know of a forum like this for heart attack survivors? Someone I know had a heart attack recently. He is only 60 and in otherwise excellent health (not overweight, nonsmoker, no diabetes, runs and lifts weights regularly) so this was quite a shock. He is doing well now, but I can...

Interesting blog post here, by a family physician who has experience with patients on warfarin: Three Challenges in the Art of Prescribing Warfarin He makes the same point I've seen Pellicle and others make here about avoiding overcorrection.

Adam Pick has posted a link on Twitter to a short interview by one of the authors of a recent paper entitled Asymptomatic degenerative mitral regurgitation repair: Validating guidelines for early intervention. The interview link is here: Patient Research Alert: Is Early Surgery Recommended for...

Five years ago today I had my mitral valve repair surgery. I had been mostly lurking and learning for months previously. When I made it out of the waiting room and knew surgery was imminent, I posted about being "deeply freaked out" and got lots of support and encouragement from the community...

Can anyone point me to the picture that has been posted here a few times of the difference between what doctors consider a "young" patient and what the rest of us consider "young"? I wanted to send it to a friend and have been unsuccessfully searching for it. Thanks, Claudia

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet. On June 4, the San Francisco Symphony made the following announcement about its conductor (text is from his website): "Michael Tilson Thomas has announced that he is withdrawing from all engagements beginning June 17 until September 3 in order to...

A physician blogger shares a nice analogy here: https://acountrydoctorwrites.blog/2018/11/05/how-often-should-doctors-check-labwork/

This is a lovely story about the benefit of support forums like this one: https://www.statnews.com/2016/11/30/coming-to-life-after-death/

My surgery is now four months behind me and I'm wondering what people's experiences have been with the second three months of recovery. After the first three months I was feeling very good, walking briskly for 30-60 minutes a day and feeling my energy come back more every week. I thought I was...

The mother of a friend of mine lives in the small Hawaiian town of Kailua, about 30 minutes from Honolulu. She apparently has a "leaky valve" problem (I don't know any details) and has had an echo but doesn't have a clear recommendation on what to do next. My friend would like her to get a...

I saw my surgeon today (19 days post-surgery) and he says I'm healing very well and my heart sounds great. BUT: I can't play clarinet or tuba for three more months, can't do any exercise except walking for three or four months and can't lift anything more than "a few" pounds for three or four...

Hi all, I'm going to test the forum post length limits here... I had mitral valve repair surgery via port access (minimally invasive incision) on Friday August 7, 2015, at Kaiser Hospital in Santa Clara, CA, by surgeon Dr. Robert Gordon. I am a 53-year-old woman who was previously very fit: I...

Hello everyone, I've been reading the forums for months and thinking I might never need surgery, but learning all I could just in case. The posters here, especially the long-timers like Steve E. and Pellicle, are wonderful and I really appreciate their efforts. Suddenly my MVP with...