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Hi Guys! So these past few days have been a little tough on me. I have just been really stressed with school (I?m in my second semester of college) and raising my son by myself, plus dealing with my heart condition. I mean luckily I have been doing well since my surgery (I had open heart...

I had the worst experience a couple months ago, and thought it was time to share it with you folks here at VR. I don't know if you remember, but I had my open heart surgery just over a year ago (Aug, 2005) while I was having my surgery, I developed pnemonia (sp?). So of course I had a very...

Hey Everybody! So lately I have been finding that all of my friends are having little babies, and with my son turning two in a couple months, I have been thinking about what it would be like being pregnant again. Now, I am definitely not ready yet, but in a couple years, after my heart has...

Ok, now I am getting very confused. I have been taking coumadin for about 3 months now, and my INR has been pretty consistant. My range is 2.5-3.5 but the last couple weeks my INR has been much lower. Three weeks ago, I went in to get it checked and it was 3.0 (perfect) then the week after...

Ok, here is a question. I got my handy-dandy mechanical valve (and the coumadin along with it) in August, and since then I haven't had any "green" things. But now that time has past, I'd like to start enjoying those things again. I know that everyone says you can eat as much of that stuff as...

Recently I went to see my cardio and we talked about how I have been doing since my OHS (which was in the middle of august). Everything seems to be going fine except my voice is still very raspy. It sounds like I have larengitis (I'm not very good with the spelling :p ) My cardio said it could...

I have been going through alot of the threads to find the answers to the following questions, but somehow I keep getting thrown "off-track"...maybe my brain is just a little slow after surgery ;) But I do have a couple questions for you all and I hope when I ask them it doesn't spark any hard...

A couple days ago I went into get my INR checked..well I was in perfect range so I was pretty excited about that...but when I talked to my Dr's nurse she told me that I didn't need to get rechecked for another month...since I had my surgery only six weeks ago and am "brand new" to coumidin...

Ok you guys...I'm gonna need your honesty here... So I had my surgery about six weeks ago and everyone says my recovery is going really well...but lately I have been having wierd feelings...like I don't believe it's all really over... This is now my third OH surgery and I have also had back...

First of all, my doctors keep talking about going to some sort of cardiac rehab...what is this? what is it like? how many of you have gone? It makes me a little nervous because I'm not real big on exercises and I'm only starting my 4th week Post-Op, I don't know if I'm really up for it... My...

So my surgery is scheduled for Friday, August 19th. I am getting pretty nervous...I got my "tour" through the ICU and the "step-down" rooms...I think the worst part will be the ICU...having all those tubes and wires in me...YIKES! I am hoping that I will be out for most of that as well...I...

Alright I'm not really sure where to post this, but I had a question. Last week, when I was sleeping I woke up and felt like my heart was beating really hard. Like I almost felt that I was moving with my heart beats...I thought maybe I was just freaking out because my surgery is coming up in a...

Ok, I have been browsing over both the pre- and post- operation stories..and I was wondering if you guys could give me your feelings about a few things... The first thing is the breathing tube...now I have had a TEE done (where they stick a tube with a small camera down your throat) and was...

Ok..This might sound kind of lame because I'm gonna be 24 years old soon and I should prolly start growing up, but is it alright to go on rollercoasters after you have had a valve replacement? I mean I understand not for a long time...till everything is all healed up...but I was wondering if it...

Does anyone here have Shone's Syndrome? I was recently told that I have that and am not very clear on what it is exactly. I think it has something to do with a combo of things not working correctly...like in my case it would be my coartation, my bicuspid aortic valve and something to do with...

I just wanted to say...is it just me or is this site totally addicting :p

I hope this doesnt cause any problems :p but i was wondering which people prefered. I have heard about only three...INRatio, CoaguCheck, ad ProTime. I will be getting a mechanical valve soon and wanted to discuss this with my doctor because I know you need their approval before home testing.

Hey Everyone...I'm new to this website...I was recently told that I need to have heart surgery to fix my aortic valve...so I have been going back and forth on which kind of valve to choose...(so many things to consider) I know this might sound a little lame ;) but I would like to know how noisy...