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Hi everyone,I have not posted here for a while,I guess it means that I have been busy with life, since my OHS with aortic valve relacement & dacron graft on the ascending aorta,Feb 16,2006.I have just came back from a appointment with the Spinal Surgeon,I was referred to him because I have a...

Hi everyone,I hope all is well with you.I haven't posted for a while and it's been almost a year since my AVR surgery to a Carbomedics mechanical valve and the repair of my aortic aneurysm with a dacron graft.Thankyou everyone for your advice on INR hometesting and a special thanks to Lance for...

Hi everyone. I haven't posted for a while , so I wanted everyone to know that I,m doing well at 7 weeks post-op for AVR and aortic aneurism repair. My resting heart rate is down to 72 and I'm walking further each day. My INR has stabilized; it was (2.4) 2 weeks ago, I've been taking 3.0 mgs...

:) I everyone , thankyou for all your wonderful replies you sent to my mother's thread on my successful surgery. Everyone's prayers for me have been answered. There were no complications in surgery but I couldn,t sleep the whole time in hospital and I started to have trouble with being on so...

Hi everyone , my surgery is this week at 7:35 am on Thursday Feb 16/06. I will be admitted to the hospital at 10am on Tuesday Feb 14/06 and the angiogram will be done on Wednesday. I'm so relieved that I finally have my date and I'm not really having much fear or anxiety right now. I know that I...

:) Hi , everyone. My surgeons office called today and told me my surgery will be next week , either Tuesday Feb 14/06 or Thursday 16/06. Right now I'm having a huge sense of relief but I know that as the surgery day gets closer , I'm going to start to worry and get scared . I'm thankful that my...

Hi , I'm a 51 year old male and I've been on the heart surgery waiting list since Sept/05 when I had met with the heart surgeon . I'm having my leaky bicuspid aortic valve replaced with a mechanical valve but I don't know which type or model I'm to receive . I also require aorta reconstruction...