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Five years ago today I had my tricuspid valve replace with an oinker at 45. I had my check-up yesterday and all they could say about my valve was that it looked beautiful! No signs of calcification or stenosis, there is a mild leak, but that has been there from the start and has more to do...

There was an interesting webinar this week on the Adult Congenital Heart site about valve replacement in Congenital Patients. While some of it is specific to congenital defects, it discusses a lot about percutaneous valve replacement for the aortic valve too. I hope this link works and you...

Okay, I'm asking this for my neighbor who has an elderly father on coumadin. She just came over and asked if him having diarrhea for about a week now could have any effect on his INR. She is concerned because in the last couple of months, he has had 2 pretty bad GI bleeds, and in fact almost...

I don't know how many of you might be members of the Adult Congenital Heart Forum, but they have these webinars about once a month that are usually pretty interesting. I just got an e-mail today about this one for bicuspid aortic valves and I thought since so many of you on here seem to have it...

Since so many people seem to have problem with a-fib, I thought this article that showed up in my e-mail today might be of interest to those of you dealing with long term a-fib as a new, alternative treatment. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2011-jax/6513.html Kim

My family has had two tragedies this week that have both been shocking and honestly have us reeling. First, my husband's cousin died from what turned out to be a fall from a ladder, but the police thought that his newly divorced (as in 1 day) ex-wife had murdered him. So, that has been a big...

Here's something I read this morning that I think it's easy for us to do when we all go to the Dr. I thought this had some good points for us to all remember. http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/02/03/ep.cardiologist.heart.secrets/index.html

I know there are several of you who suffer from this due to your heart condition. I received an e-mail today from another forum I belong to for adult congenital heart patients and they have a webnar coming up later this month for pulmonary hypertension. I think you'll have to join their site...

For those of you who haven't checked her caringbridge page, here is the latest update from her husband: Hello everyone! Sorry for the late update. HEY, I've been busy alright! Cherie is doing well. She had a little minor issue while in ICU last night, but nothing serious. They kicked her out...

I had a few x-rays taken for a few another problem I've been having and discovered that one of my sternal wires is broken in half. I'm pretty sure that this is a new thing. I have no idea how this happened, didn't even realized they could break. Do you guys think it's ok to leave it like...

or at least I think so. If you have time to read, the priest in this story was a childhood friend of mine. We went to school together from 1st thru 12th grade. If at anytime you are looking for a nice hostess gift or housewarming gift for someone, please consider ordering some of her products...

Can anyone tell me exactly what this entails? I've had a regular stress test but not a stress echo. I'm assuming it will be the whole treadmill thing with an echo thrown in at some point. Is this right? I'm being called in to have one here in the next couple of hours after several weeks of...

My daughter has been trying to get me to look at this web site for days now...I finally did and have to agree with her that it is pretty cool. Ross, I'm sure you already know about this one, but if not, I think you'll like it. stumbleupon.com

I know there are a lot of cooks on here and I thought this chart was really cool and helpful: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2ofkxG/backtable.org/%257Eblade/fnord/condiments.html

I posted a while back about a member on here, Flowergal, who had been in the hospital for sometime and not doing well. Hiafa (her real name) I think was a member on here years ago (Ross can correct me here), when she had to have surgery done on her aortic valve due to radiation she received as...

I don't know if any of you have been keeping up with the flooding in Nashville, but that's where I grew up and the pictures I have seen of it are shocking. Two of my best friends are on their way to try and get back into their houses today to see their damage. Neither of them had flood...

Do any of you want to record a movie for me on Candian TV the next time it airs called 65 Red Roses and send me the DVD (it hasn't aired in the US)? Have any of you watched this movie of the young woman, called Eva, who just recently died of Cystic Fibrosis? I just read an article about her...

I just ran across this article about pacers and defibs. Sometimes I wonder why they publish things like this, it could give the "crazies" an idea that they would have never thought of on their own. http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/04/16/medical.device.security/index.html?hpt=C2

Two years ago tonight, I was sitting in my hotel room, in lovely Rochester Mn., trying desperately to digest the most horrific Indian food dinner my loving husband had talked me into eating the night before my second OHS. I was past the nerves and was just ready to get it over with...

I'm posting this for our member Flowergal. She is currently in the hospital and asked me to post this for her. She wants to know if any of you who received radiation have experience any issues with your upper spine. Specifically, they have done a myelogram and when they inject the dye from...