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stick a fork in me....i'm done. stick a fork in me....i'm done. it's no fun anymore. posts get deleted, so you lose discussions halfway through. too many people seem to be complaining about things. it's too racy, it's too sexist, it's too interesting, etc. i don't want to have to worry about...

howdy. other than the bicuspid part, your situation is almost exactly like mine was ten months ago. four years between diagnosis and replacement, athletic - running and cycling. avr at 45. we're at the age where the tissue/mechanical decision is not obvious. i went with tissue for a number...

although we're entering the dry season and humidity is down, it's still very hot. all this week is forecast to be 95+ degrees, with a temp of 105 expected friday.

it's fine to say you'll depend on the surgeon's expertise, but at the end of the day, it's you, not the surgeon, who has to live with the valve. i'll make the final choice since the widget is going into my body, and i have to deal with the consequences. i'll certainly take the surgeon's...

and all marathons are different. albuquerque doesn't give you a medal when you cross the finish line. unbelievable! all you get is a stinkin' patch! we need medals! patches?!! we don' need no stinkin' patches!! in berlin, the schultheiss brewery had the final water stop about 1/2 km before...

how are you taking your blood pressure? are you doing it at home with a mechanical or electronic device? are you doing it yourself, or is someone helping you? how many times do you take your bp? do it five times in five minutes and you'll get five different readings. you have to use an...

good news! it goes away.....well, it can go away, but you're going to have to work on it a little. i'm guessing your cardio said that because in his experience it didn't go away. did you ask him whether any of his other patients were younger, athletic types? anyways, i think i got this...

10-mile run today. 1:27:20, that's like 40% of a marathon, and still felt i could continue at the end. finally, after something like 15 years, able to get into pace that could go forever - assuming there are water stops along the way. that would be the chiang mai marathon.

are you sure it's the computer? why not first try sitting next to the computer for a half hour while your high school senior starts up and uses the system? if no effect, then you need to try different postures or maybe keyboard heights. you also might consider changing the monitor settings...

good idea, at first. but what happens after your 3rd valve replacement with the scars? what are the doctors to think when they remove your shirt and see... "HE-----SU-ES"

you'd have to ask your doctor what it means in this case. but my guess is......you had a valve replacement (probably) due to rheumatic fever, which (probably) led to endocarditis. you no longer have rheumatic fever, nor do you have any endocarditis in your system. my situation is similar...

i doubt nationalized health would push mechanical valves. we in the usa are generally short-term planners. our time horizon is going to be this fiscal year, or at most the next election cycle. we want to cut expenses NOW. any effect on future expenses is a problem for the next...

rich: some of these organizations are going to make a distinction between a congenital defect and an injury and a disease symptom. marcia: there's the problem. health unsurance companies think the same way. even if your surgery is to repair a slight nick in a coronary artery caused by an...

you need to provide more detail to that question. some heart issues are due to an ongoing disease that must be treated for life. in that case i'd say you "have" heart disease. other issues are one-off deals due to injury or a side-effect of another prior issue. once you're fixed, i'd say...

bad heart? can't happen to me. no way. i was jogging, working out, cycling, hiking....never had any symptoms that i was aware of. had high cholesterol, but that was kept in check with drugs. absolutely can't happen to me. but then i went in for a routine cholesterol test, and the clinic...

you can add #7. poor quality of instruction at that medical school either the administration there are voodoo witch doctors, or they've been bought out by the lovely donations from the pharma companies. name brand drug company pays for some major equipment or an expansion, cause they're so...

it's hard to believe that could be the normal situation. i've never had to wait for echo results. VA hospital in texas, about 1/2 hour wait. VA hospital in new mexico, got results soon after i woke up. at four different hospitals in china, wait was less than ten minutes. in india, toe and...

how do they know which reading was wrong?

'they' say without insurance it can be $100-$200K. india/thailand/singapore/malaysia it runs $8-$10K.

good idea bina. i've got a copy of Locky hoLLoL in chinese. woohoo! bLad & JaLet & Liff-Laff!! p.s....bina, if you behave, i might let you see my photos from the 25th anniversary fishnet fiesta held in Tuscon.