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My husband is supposed to have his first colonoscopy soon and we were told by the doctor that the AHA and ASGE no longer recommend prophylaxis for this. They said he can have the IV antibiotics if he insists on it but it is not necessary. We will consult cardio next week to make sure. He doesn't...

Well, my husband (valve patient - mitral valve repair) just had his annual appt. with cardio (echo in May) and all is well which is great. The dentist gave cardio a form to fill out as there are new guidlines for antibiotics use and cardio said nothing has changed and he should be on...

Hi, it's now 3 in the morning and I can't think of anyone else to ask this question. My husband's dad had been admitted to the hospital. He had a series of small infarctions and is in mutiple organ failure and septic. It doesn't look good, especially given his age. When we arrived at the...

This is a really nice story! Just hope the pup (Sadie) will make it through surgery all right!! I would really like to know the surgical details - can't be easy.... http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=1a3224c2-9501-4481-972c-ee605b7705b0 astrid

Hello, my husband has been doing really well since his OHS a little over 1 yr. ago and aside from a short bout of post-op A-fib and A-flutter (in the hospital) he always has been in perfect sinus rythm. He is on no meds. The past couple weeks he has been way over doing it, unfortunately...

One of my husband's sports suppliers had a heart transplant about 10 years ago. He is now having AVR for a bicupsid and calcified valve. I thought hearts would be checked before transplant..... Anyone heard of this before? Anyways, this poor man is a higher risk patient because of all the meds...

My husband had his one year echo today and everything looks really good. He was not worried at all but the longer the echo took the more nervous I got. Thankfully cardio put me out of my misery and said that the repair is wonderful and everything is normal. This echo was ordered by the surgeon's...

My husband has sleeping problems since his OHS last year. He just doesn't sleep as soundly anymore and there are days where he'll wake up around 4:00 a.m. and isn't able to go back to sleep for one hour or two. He isn't depressed in any way or worries too much and yet, he can't stay asleep. Did...

Hi, my husband broke a cap off his tooth. Does he need to take antibiotics for this?? They will likely fit a temporary cap and there shouldn't be any bleeding. We will call the dentist later and ask but any thoughts are greatly appreciated! He just had a dental cleaning 3 weeks ago (took...

Hi, my husband had his mitral valve repaired May 8 / 2006. He is not on any medications. He just took his BP - as he usually does in the evening - and we noticed very low pulse readings. He said he felt fine... The reading were taken 2 min. apart (BP and pulse) 103 - 66 - 44 105 - 68 - 51 103...

Hello, I just wanted to say what a great forum this is. What a wealth of information... My husband had his mitral valve repaired May 2006. He had a fairly uneventful recovery. I browsed through the site and it was so easy to find post-op info. My husband is really doing well now (knock on wood)...