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Hello all, I received the following letter from Maria (Kevin's finance) about his surgery The two came for a visit when they were in Florida. I am very happy to see he did well! Hi Karen, How are you? Just to let you know that Kevins operation went very well and the surgeon is very...

I have a small question. What procedures do you need to premedicate for after AVR or any valve surgery? I have to have small skin cancer removed and called PCP and he said ask dermatologist....duh...I will already be at the derm and won't have the requisite hour to premed. What other...

I had surgery almost 5 weeks ago. I could say that I feel better but there are still so many issues! and the issues seems to change from day to day. Last week I had terrrible pain in the chest....in the left breast and mainly on inhalation. I went to doc and he sent me for echo, and blood...

We made the long trek home from Boston yesterday. It was tough and I was exhausted but better today. So the surgery went fine with the small? complication of the nip on the artery in my leg. I havent been up to pursuing that yet but I will. I do think I would be alot farther along without...

Hello, I my name is Will and I am Starkone's son. She asked me to post this and let you all know that she had her surgery this afternoon and is now in recovery. The surgery went very well with no suprizes or complications. We will post more later as her recover progresses. Thank you all for...

Hello all, My time is getting close and I find that I feel almost a sense of panic. I even think about not doing the surgery. Did everyone feel like this? I don't know how my husband is going to get me onto the plane to Boston :eek: I can't even imagine getting to the hospital for pre op on...

I have a dumb question. As many know I will be in there the same time as Kaj. Everyone is always talking about having a relcliner....well, I have one but I can't imagine being able to pull up the lever if you can't pull open the fridge. So the dumb question is....can you do it? :eek: I have...

Well, I just got back from Brigham for a repeat echo stress test. Needless to say they didn't do the stress test because my valve was found to be a .4!!! Yikes!! This was not what I expected. To make a long story short....they immediately booked my surgery for March 15. I got to come back to...

I have been in meetings with doctors all week. I am finally accepting that this surgery may be sooner rather than later. So far, I am getting alot of resistence about my request of a tissue valve. The surgeon went so far as to say that I may have too small an opening for a tissue valve to be...

Ok....here is the story...short version for those who are not into it. I went to hosp last week for echo....lasted 11 min. I complained vehemently. The head of echo dept reviewed the echo and said the results were good, pics were clear etc. The echo showed valve area of .6cm and mild left...

I have a question. I am in the waiting room...for almost two years. I had my last echo last April. It showed .8 with severe stenosis. They told me they thought it had been this way for a long time and could stay that way for a long time. Anyway, lately, I am very tired. I am not short of...

Hi All, As long as I have had the AS problem, I still do not understand what is the difference between AS, regurg, and insuffieciency? Do they all go hand in hand? Can you have one without the other? Which one is worse to have? Also, say,valve opening has been designated at .8, with no...

In the watch and wait period have any of you been told to keep your heart rate under certain levels when exercising? If so, how do you do this? I play tennis and have been told it is ok but keep heart rate under 160. Am I playing Russian roulette to get the heart rate higher than this ? It...