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  1. svAdagioME

    AVR is done. Going home.

    I had an On-X valve put in on Friday morning and now it’s Monday afternoon and I’m going home. Great job by the Maine Medical Center. I was in the ICU for one night and the cardiac care ward for two. It turned out that my valve was worse than expected and my aorta was fine and didn’t need...
  2. svAdagioME

    Delayed.

    I went in for surgery yesterday and waited in the prep area for 6 hours with IV in and shaved from neck to knees, and then got sent home. Before this I was scheduled for last week and that time it got canceled the day before. I guess there were emergency surgeries that came in, so I understand...
  3. svAdagioME

    Warfarin & arthritis: pain relievers?

    I am going to be on warfarin after surgery this week. I have had a knee replacement on one side, need one on the other, and have degenerative arthritis in my neck and back. Oh yeah and the hips. I keep going though, and take ibuprofen and aleve, and have had meloxicam. All of these are no-no’s...
  4. svAdagioME

    Wedge pillow

    I am trying to get ready for aortic valve surgery next week (unless it is delayed again) and want to get a wedge pillow from Amazon. Any recommendations? thanks
  5. svAdagioME

    New here

    Hi, I am having surgery for an ON-X a mechanical aortic valve and possible ascending aorta next week. It was supposed to be yesterday but got kicked out a week at the last minute because somebody needed emergency surgery. I am 58 and have known about my bicuspid valve for years. I was pretty...
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