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Happy New Year everyone. Just wanted to report that one year after my Mechanical aortic valve redo and aortic graph surgery I am doing well. Have gained a few pounds that I shouldn't have but that is what New Year's resolutions are for.;) Since I opted for the Mechanical valve to try to avoid...

It is 3 months today since my AVR redo and have been feeling great and really seem to be making some progress on the treadmill. Wanted to stop back to thank all you on the forum for the great information leading up to my surgery and the support offered before during and after my hospital stay...

Had the staples (33 of them) removed from my incision today... it feels soooo much better now. I know it is a silly little thing but for me it is another step down the road. Simple pleasures! Nick

I'm two weeks post AVR surgery and am taking warfarin. My pain has been manageable but I would really like to a motrin or two when the aches start to build up and prevent me from being able to get comforatble. When I asked they gave me Motrin in the hospital but now I get different answers/...

And not a day too soon, I can usually sleep anywhere and anytime but this time for some reason the most consecutive sleep I got during my 10 day stay was probably about an hour. When I got home yesterday I think I layed down and passed out for about 4 hours straight. Everthing went about as...

hi everyone, nick's wife here. nick's surgery went well, however longer than anticipated. he is scheduled for surgery tomorrow to repair or replace a lead to the internal pacemaker, currently he is still on the external one. this surgery should take only 45 to 60 minutes. hope you are all...

Strange as it may seem a buddy of mine and I both had AVR surgery back in the summer of '98 and now both will have redo's at the same hospital by the same Doctor within about 2 weeks of each other. I was suposed to go first but because of rescheduling mine to Jan. 2nd my friend got to go first...

Well here is my story, believe it or not: Went into the hospital Tues 12/3 for a 7:00 am appointment at the cath lab, didn't even get to sit down. They brought me back to prep area and they starting getting me ready almost immediately. After not much time I was prepped, briefed, and signed off...

Have been hesitant in posting my AVR surgery date since the last one was rescheduled with about a week to go but so far everything is still looking good for the cath on the 4th and the surgery on the 5th of December. The last few days has me wondering if going through this a second time is...

Well the date has been set and have to admit that I am getting a little more anxious about this then I thought I would. Going in on the 23rd for a heart cath and then having the AVR surgery the next day. Since the surgery is a redo of a homograft I know it is a bit more involved and will...

Hello everyone I'm new to the list I had need to schedule AVR surgery very soon and was looking for a few opinions. I had previous AVR with a homograft back in 1998 which was necessary because of endocarditis subseqeunt to viral meningitis. Anyway the homograft is giving up with severe...