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Hi All, The site tells me I haven't actually logged on in nearly a decade! Been fun reading and catching up with familiar names. Quick update on me: finished my PhD at Notre Dame and took a job as a professor and moved to Southern California in 2011. Was happy there, but was unexpectedly...

Hi Guys, I got back from Cameroon a few weeks ago and just though I would post some pics for you guys to look at. It was a great time and I got a lot of good research done...

Hey all, I know I have not posted much recently (I have been reading though), but just wanted to let you all know I will be leaving the states for Cameroon tomorrow afternoon. I likely won't be able to check the board until I get back at the end of October. Hope all the surgeries in the...

Hi All, Just thought that I would share with you some news in my life and ask for any advice. I have found out that I am traveling to Cameroon for 6 weeks -- September 7th through October 20th. I do research on the genetics of the malaria mosquito -- Anopheles gambiae -- and am going to...

Hey Everyone, Just a story of encouragement for anyone in the waiting room that considers themselves an athlete. I have been involved in competetive athletics for basically my entire life. When I underwent my first AVR at the age of 17 I was scared that I would never be able to play any of my...

Hello Everyone, I think I am most likely just being paranoid, but I wanted to run this by you all and see if you had any insights. I woke up yesterday morning with hives all over my body and somewhat swollen fingers. I had been to red Lobster the night before and ate some seafood fondue item...

Hi All, I woke up this morning with some pretty signficant swelling in my feet and hands. This is the first time I have experienced this, so it has me a little worried. My joints in my hands ache from the swelling and in the morning it hurt to walk my feet were so swollen. It has gotten a...

Hi All, Just finished reading all of your warm responses to my girlfriend's update on Thursday night. Thanks for all the well wishes on the recovery process. I had to get my aortic root replaced along with my valve, so my decision was between a mechanical valve with a sleeve acting as the...

Hi, this is Brad's girlfriend, he asked me to post how his surgery went. He went into surgery at 9:30 am this morning and was in the ICU ready for us to see him at 5 pm, nice and unconscious. I just got back from the hospital and they are planning on removing his breathing tube soon. He...

So I leave for Mayo tomorrow afternoon. A buddy of mine is driving me to Chicago because I am flying from O'Hare to Rochester (tickets out of South Bend were just too expensive). Have all of my pre-op stuff of Wednesday including an echo (to make sure my pulmonary homograft is still functioning...

Hi Again All, As some of you may remember I need a second heart surgery to repair an aortic root aneurysm and leaky neo-aortic valve following a Ross Procedure performed a little over six years ago. Dr. Dearani, a surgeon at the Mayo Clinic, recommended a mechanical valve and root replacement...

All, In case you don't remember I had an Ross Procedure back in 2000 that hasn't worked out too well. I went back to the Mayo Clinic last week for a second check-up and my cardiologist recommended surgery within the next few months. He said he thought that Dr. Joseph Dearani would be the...

Hi all, I am new to this site and wanted to share my story with you all -- in hopes of educating and being educated. I am a 23 year old male. I was born with aortic stenosis (I believe I had a BAV). I was fine up until the age of 17 when I went in for my bi-annual check-up and my cardiologist...