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Do any of the men on warfarin know if testosterone is contraindicated for those of you on warfarin? I am considering mechanical and started androgel 5mg a day 2 months ago. The benefits are great. My T was subclinical low about 170. Thanks in advance gentleman! PS--I saw a Dr yesterday but...

My surgery was cancelled 3 days before I was to enter the hospital. No reason was given. The hospital did not say anything about a rescheduled date or refferring me to another surgeon. I am looking at other hospitals. I gave up on them. Shocking but it's Asia--wild west/wild east.

Found a really good hospital here in Bangkok decided not to go down the government route. the hospital is a great private hospital with a 4.9 rating here in Bangkok thailand. The surgeon operated on a fellow American and he's got a track record that's really good plus he's trained overseas...

Probably resilia hope everybody else is doing good

Dear everyone. I know that I've probably offended people l, come across as a victim, etc etc. I don't know what to say other than I'll try to be more careful about my posts. I'm always working on growing as a person. I can only promise to review and edit my post before I put them up there...

Price is even slightly lower than the Inspiria Resilia valve "PercevalTM is a pericardial surgical heart valve with a sutureless and collapsible design that simplifies the surgical implantation" Looks like very precise placement, no sutures, reduced surgical time Estimated life of valve is...

My girlfriend and I may be breaking up soon and I have no family or friends I can count on after surgery..what kind of help will I need? Also afraid of being alone and lonely post surgery

The Norwegian researchers surveyed 245 patients with a mechanical aortic heart valve. The participants' average age was 60. 87% of men and 75% of women said that they were able to hear the valve. 23% said the sound disturbed them during sleep and 9% said it disturbed them during the day. More...

https://www.news24.com/life/wellness/body/condition-centres/heart/news/mechanical-heart-valve-noise-may-cause-sleepless-nights-20170522

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My annulus is only 20 mm and I've heard they'll have to do anullus enlargement. I'm worried about cost plus medical risk of having to do this enlargement. I'm also wonder if I'm going to be a candidate for tissue valve now or Tavi in the future because of my small opening. You need 21 mm for...

Hello Beautiful Cardiac Friends from Thailand my home since 2017, I have some updates and questions after doing a follow up with a surgeon 1) My AVA is .87 cm 2 He recommends surgery in the next 0-3 months. My LVEF is 73%. He said I have a 1% higher risk of stroke than the average person due to...

Interesting link. Also if you're single I would imagine it's going to be harder to get a partner somebody's going to see the scar they're going to have all kinds of thoughts regarding the fact that you've been heart valves surgery etc etc.. I would think it's going to limit your pool of...

Seeing my my main cardiac dr in 2 weeks as she is out of town. Will then ask for an intro to a surgeon and look at surgery dates, things I can and cannot do in the near future etc etc They think I have up to 6 months to do the surgery but will know more in 2 weeks Will probably go for an...

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I suffer from severe lifelong depression that is considered treatment resistant. I am considering Electroconvulsive Therapy as a last ditch effort to stem the tide of my depression which is as risky to my health as my heart disease and severe aortic stenosis. It looks like there is some...

Dear All, I am an American, in Thailand retired and am looking for work right now and working hard to rebrand myself, looking for a job, decide what kind of work I want to do and where, doing interviews, etc etc....I am moderate/severe-severe and am also in the midst of searching for where in...

Anyone thought of not doing surgery ? I'm not afraid of passing away in fact I'm looking forward to not being alive and surgery looks very intrusive. What's the point if you don't have any family or any reason to live and your severely depressed already?

Any idea why somebody would get tricuspid aortic stenosis in their 40s or 50s? I'm 59 and I'm at the point where I need to get surgery it seems like I'm about 20 or 30 years of head of where most people get it. The only thing I can think of in my case is elevated levels of lipoprotein a or a...

Anyone have any luck completely getting rid of their scars using plastic or laser surgery or other means ? Thank you