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Howdy folks, My cardio has no experience with allowing his patients to use home monitoring machines and has always had them have blood drawn at the hospital lab. I convinced him to allow me to get a home monitor (coaguchek xs). He is dubious of the machines accuracy and insisted on compairing...

After my AVR surgery in Aug., I was given lovenox injections for 3-4 days. I ended up with a HORRIBLE rash from neck to knees that didn't peak til 4-5 days after getting home. I highly suspect it was the lovenox that caused this. I looked lovenox up online and it listed rash as a possible...

I am presently almost 7 weeks out from surgery. My surgeon told me that at 6 weeks, I could "do whatever I want". However, my cardiologist advised me not to lift over 25 lbs for another 6 weeks. Deer hunting season with muzzle loaders started today (Saturday). I've already shot a 20ga...

Howdy folks, Thanks to all of you who were praying for me during my surgery and a special thanks to Bob Allen for posting my progress. By all accounts I came through with flying colors. The biggest problems I had was from medications afterwards. The percoset made me nausous and I got a bad...

Howdy folks, I'm fixin' to "climb the mountain" tuesday of next week. What I'm actually interested in is a fitness goal afterward that will help with my recovery and combat the bordum of not being able to to much else. I'm a VERY active person. I have been a runner and weight lifter for...

Well, I had my catherization yesterday. No blockages, so I have a clear shot for my surgery on Aug. 21. I also decided not to enter the clinical trial for plavix or low dose coumadin, so the surgery will be done at Rex Hospital in Raleigh at 8:00am. Feel pretty calm about it all (at least...

Howdy folks, Well, looks like my time in the waiting room has just run out. I'm tentatively scheduled for AVR on Aug. 21. Thanks to the information I've gleaned from this site for the past 2 years, I've decided to go with the On-X valve. Now comes the hard part. My surgeon has recommended...

Well, I went for my second opinion to a surgeon in Raleigh today. As some of you may remember, I had some concern about my left ventrical beginning to enlarge after my last echo. The surgeon more or less agreed with my cardiologist about no surgery just yet. Though my heart is enlarged, he...

I got word that Bob came through surgery about 3:30 today. They were not able to save his valve and he got a tissue replacement. I'll pass along more info as I get it.

Well, I just got the results from my annual checkup and they were less than desirable. Apparently the regurgitation has gotten significantly worse and my cardiologist is more concerned with that than anything else right now. My EF went from 71 to 45 since last year. I've been put on Norvask...

I went in for a TEE yesterday and got unexpected results. My echo done about a month ago indicated some "bad" numbers for my aortic valve. A catherization was done 2 weeks ago, but failed because the doc was unable to get the cath to enter the valve into the heart. He said I was only the...

Although I've been monitoring you guys for about 3 week now, this is my first posting. I'm being told that I have Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stinosis by my cardiologist. I'm going in on Wednesday for a catherization. The Doc tells me i'll know the verdict after the cath. I'm not sure what to hope...