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I found out today that a man from my husbands hometown passed during valve repair (not sure which one). I was told his blood did not clot and he passed. I was surprised to learn this-is this common? I guess when my mom had her mitral valve replaced this did not occur to me. I feel so bad for his...

Hello All! My mom's 6th valveversary is next week! Boy she has come so far...she literally could not walk across the street without stopping before surgery and she can outwalk me any day of the week and she is 70 now. I am so grateful she has had the opportunity to see my kids grow. Best wishes...

Hello All! My Mom went to pacer doctor today for recheck after her getting a broken pacer wire fixed last month. Dr told her she is retaining water, double up on lasix and come back in a month. My question is the cause...could it be something from the surgery, or extra stress she has been under...

Hello Valvers! Thank you all SO much for all of your thoughts and prayers. My mom had her pacemaker worked on yesterday and she is home from the hospital. The broken lead is still in there...too risky to remove it. The pacer is now working smoothly-I will know more on Thursday on her follow up...

Hi All! My mom is having a bivent pacemaker wire replaced Thurs morning-we knew her wires were on that lovely Medtronic recall list, and sure enough one of them is broken in two places. The dr will try to fit another wire in and not remove the old one if at all possible. My mom is very prone to...

Hello! My mom was out of town with my family this past week, and when she got home today she got a message from her cardio's office to call immediately. She does not have a cell phone, I am going to get her one! She calls cardio on call today-he says there is a wire problem and to call the...

Hello! I was just curious-I have not read much (thank God!) about anyone needing to be on a heart pump before their surgery. My mom was because her heart was so weak before her valve job-did anyone else have this issue? It is basically a pump inside the heart to assist it until it can pump...

Hi All! My mom had checkup with cardio today-says he is happy with how she is doing. Woohoo! He also wants her to have a treadmill stress test. She had a nuclear one a couple years ago and about killed her-the adenosine in it was a disaster!!!!!! Will this be better, do you all think? Any input...

I was just wondering-my mom got a pnemonia shot last month-is this common for VR members? Probably not a bad idea.....Thanks! Deb

:(:(Okay...so I go to my dr's office today for yearly appt...get on the flippin scale...I was looking forward to it because my last weigh in was 169 for the Throw down...it said 182.:eek: How is this possible? My scale can't be that off, can it? My clothes are fitting MUCH better than last...

Hey All! I would like to get a new scale-can anyone please let me know what scale works well for them? Electronic or regular? Big thank you!!! Deb

Hello! I was just wondering-we are taking my mom to San Diego in January for a vacation.:cool: Is there anything we should know about flying, etc? She will be also taking with her a Medtronic home heart monitor, as she has a biventricular pacemaker. Any thoughts and /or suggestions would be...

My mom has had sob and water retention for a few days.She upped her lasix and today called her cardio as soon as they opened. She waited ALL DAY and they never called. I called the service tonight and the card on call called her. He told her to come in tomorrow for a chest xray and blood...

I had a quick question-my mom broke a bone in her foot recently and lately she has had mild chf symptoms-not super short of breath but enough that dr upped her lasix a bit. Her foot has been swollen and my mom has been pushing it(walking on it) lately. Could the foot deal be a contributor to...

Hello! I was just wondering-I had a big lunch at Applebees today (I know-I am so lame-o!!)and after I felt just bad-full, yucky. Also could not finish so that was a good thing. Since starting this-I am not as hungry(at least most of the time!) and I feel better. Before-I would get hungry to the...

Hello All! I am very excited-my mom went to the Cardio today and got her echo results. Her Dr said her heart was NORMAL!:eek: We were in shock because that is never a word that is associated with her heart ever. Her EF was 55%-a year and a half ago it was 20-25% range. Only trace leaks. Said...

:cool: I was just reading her posts about having to be an advocate for Joe for all those years-and that is so darn true. Years ago (30+) my mom had major abdominal pain for quite awhile. Dr's couldn't find the cause-they wanted to put her in the psych ward. Finally they found out she had a...

Hey All! I was wondering how much Lasix and/or other diuretics some of you may take...my mom has chf and usually keeps it in check but had a setback this week. She grows tomatoes and cucumbers and ate them after she loaded them with salt:eek: Needless to say she felt like garbage and called her...

Hello All! Mom got her new biventricular pacer last week-very tricky getting it where it needed to go. After a bit of adjustments to program it correctly-she is lovin' it:cool: She has hf issues, and she says she feels a lot better with it-hope that continues. Says her heart feels normal!:)...

Oh my! My mom is getting a biventricular pacemaker next week, and had to have a nuclear stress test today. NEVER AGAIN.:eek: Thank God it didn't kill her. She had chest pain, needed oxygen-begged them to stop and didn't for the longest time. Her cardio said to never have it again. She has had...