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Hi all! I am 3 months post op with a St. Jude valve. I am having a lot of BP issues; possibly hormonal, so doing the tests. I had an echo done yesterday and was told I have mild regurgitation. Is that normal with a new valve? I will be discussing with my cardiologist at next appointment...

Hello! I’m 8 1/2 weeks post op. Things have been well with my heart and all but I’m having some issues I thought I’d see if anyone else has experienced. I’m on my 4th BP med and finally my systolic no has come down but I continue to have high diastolic. Never had that before. I talked to my...

Wow I can’t believe it’s been almost a month since my surgery. I have to remind myself of where I came from and realize that the pain I still feel is not like it was. I still have a lot of nerve pain around my chest and breast area…. I don’t know if being bustier makes it worse, but that has...

I just thought this was interesting and y’all would understand. I had surgery 12/22, just found out about issues in November. So, I definitely feel better. It’s so weird how I feel like my body is working more efficiently now. Even though I’m still healing, I have more energy (if that makes...

So I had 2 echos done before surgery. I did have different statements. one said tricuspid, one said bicuspid valve. I had a ct, and an angiogram done as well. Anyways, I was told my valve was bicuspid. But it turns out it wasn’t. I just read the report and the surgeon notes he can’t discern...

Can we talk post Surgery? I am still in a lot of pain. I can’t find a comfortable place to sleep. I’m so tired and bordering on depressed. I pray daily and have a areknf faith hit this journey ain’t easy. What was your post surgery like? I feel I could find comfort in how others handled...

I made it to the other side! Woo hoo.! I’m in a ton of pain, I miss my daughter, but I’m getting there

Well I’m im icu. I didn’t have surgery yet. I aspirated while they were intubating me and oxygen and BP fell really low so they stopped the procedure. Hoping for Thursday!

2 days out and the nerves are kicking in. I’m grateful for my husband bc his comment to me last night slapped me back to reality. He said “I’m just glad they finally found figured out what’s been wrong with you and they’re going to fix it!” I was like yeah, that’s a good perspective! I have a...

Hi all (please be kind I’m still pretty new to all of this). I have struggled awfully with high BP that my cardio and I have worked to get down bc that’s when I get the most symptoms. I have a bicuspid valve with AVR set for Monday. He has me on edarbyclor. And I was taking metropolol but...

I was at the ER the other night for high BP and symptoms. My surgeon called me today and said if it continues they’re going to push up my date to Tuesday or Thursday. If I’m able to regulate, I wait until next Monday. Not a huge biggie, but my husband is so worried about me he’s rather they do...

Hi all! I’m new and have asked a few questions. Here’s another one. (Surgery December 19). I was looking through old posts from like 2009! The on-x debate. Many on that thread said on-x and I’m wondering if people still feel the same over 19 years later?!? I am still waiting to discuss with...

I’m not even sure if I totally understand this but I had the nose swab done to check for MRSA. I apparently have staph that is asymptomatic (I guess 30 % people have this in their system with no infection) and I’m concerned how susceptible this makes me to staph infection after surgery. Has...

I apologize if this has been asked but I will look through the threads as well. I’m wondering where is the best place to purchase an at home monitoring machine? Is this some thing covered by insurance ? (USA). Thanks you!

I’ve had a whirlwind of an experience. Thought I’d introduce myself. I was very sick a month ago and had crazy high BP with ambulance calls. The ER was no help really, but my doctor was incredible. She heard the murmur, saw the hammer pulse and had me get an echo. I was at a point where I...

Hello! I’m new here and so glad I found this site. Everything is going pretty fast. I was very sick and had no idea what was happening to me. Every time I would stand up my BP would shoot up to over 200. Long story short, I found I had a severe leaky valve and a BAV. I feel like I’ve had...