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These new guidelines are mainly for the out of the hospital setting. If a patient needs chest compressions whether immediately post op or much later, I believe the protocol is to do the chest compressions, or defibrillate if medically indicated.

I was slightly anemic preoperatively and was actually given iron infusions to avoid intraoperative blood transfusions (despite being told this was covered by insurance, it was NOT! UGH). It did help my health and prevented need for transfusion, but did not help the bank account ;) . I was also...

I had to go off the beta blockers (changed to CCB) due to significant "fog" I too felt dissociated, not clear headed and tired... Has he been on these medications beyond the four years he has been feeling this way? Certainly agree that discussing with the counselor/therapist is important to...

Congratulations on your anniversary!! Best wishes to you both.

I saw this and was going to reply as to when I flew back home shortly after surgery (1 week post op) and had no difficulty, then I noticed you really are in need of disucssion of heavy lifting. There are many threads on this topic as well but certainly this should be guided by your...

Thank you all for your thoughts on this... Ross, Glad the BiPaP is helping you sleep. Hopefully this will bleed into your feeling stronger during the day as well. Wish you all the best

Could something have been knocked/shifted during intubation/anesthesia? Agree, dentist needs to at least evaluate what may be going on based on symptoms and what he/she did preoperatively. Best of luck.. hope this resolves soon for you. Leah

Hi, I am curious, for those of you with history of asthma and AVR who have had shortness of breath.. Are you able to differentiate between the two regarding a cause of the shortness of breath? Assuming an illness is not present to explain it. I have no audible wheezing, no frequent...

Hi, I would suggest calling your ordering cardiologist and askign these questions. They can better tell you what they are thinking. You can also request your clinic notes from that day through medical records to better understand what the doctor is thinking regarding your regurgitation. Hope...

The weekly mega doses of Vitam D like this are used to rapidly bring the level back into the normal range versus doing this slowly over time, and t hen are often followed by a maintinance dosing. Important to make sure Calcium intake is adequate or take a Ca supplement along iwth these large...

My AVR was in 2007. I do Continue to have some occasions of problems with word retrieval, memory difficulties. Sometimes better than others.. still trying to figure this out-for a while had thought it was side effects from medications..It is tricky to really differentiate what is new since...

If indeed this is whooping cough (pertussis), yes it is possible..this has made a come back, as have many diseases that are now vaccinated for, because many people are choosing not to vaccinate-we are losing "herd immunity"

Menstrual migraine is actually quite a common phenomenon.. so as Bob mentioned, very possible this was a trigger...

Great to hear from you.. when I started getting involved again in the site I was thinking of you.. Thanks for the update. best wishes with school! Leah

Congrats on being out of surgery. I cannot believe you are sending emails from the ICU! Best wishes for a great recovery.

Bob, this made me smile.. you hit on something I neglect to apreciate as much as I need to.. Indeed for me, a busy and stressful full time job certainly is likely als to be a significant contributing factor in my optical migraines as well as my overall health.... I am also working on improving...

Thanks all for your experiences.. Ironically, the morning after I wrote this I got another one! LOL.. of course ;) Regardless it seems to be helping. It is interesting the myriad different things that wokr or do not work for people.. It is all so multifactorial. Best, Leah

Hi all, I thought I would share this as I know many of us have had this experience and it is a frequent topic of conversation on this site. I am 35y/o and had an aortic root aneurysm repair and AVR with St. Jude mechanical valve in 2007. Over the past year or so I had begun to have daily...

my empathies my empathies I understand! I am glad you both eventually were covered for some STD. I had The Hartford and was also denied my short term disability as my surgery was anticipated (Argh!) I did not look into this before surgery as I assumed it would be paid given the need for...

Hi, I too recovered on my own. I echo Rachel's suggestions. I would avoid driving-especially if you have a standard; for at least a few weeks. I actually flew to 2 interviews withiin teh 8weeks I was recovering; not something I would suggest doing but they went well! Smile.. People will...