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hello again long time away , 9 years ago had a mitral valve repair with st jude ring , i was told by cardiologist to have antibiotics 3g amoxicillin before dental treatment , my main dentist at present says its my choice but she couldnt treat me for an emergency extraction for infected tooth...

this time 22nd oct ,5 years ago at age 46 i was on the table having my mitral valve repair being done ,touch wood still feeling good , still weight training and now taken up cycling in the last 18months , even though i have never smoked hardly ever drink , have exercised my whole life i am now...

only just remembered .....i forgot my valve anniversary so busy doing my sons flat up that it completely slipped by ,only 4 days and 4 years ago i was having surgery ..... 4 years is it really that long ago cant believe it :-) thanks again to this forum for the support through one...

3 years to the day , at this very moment i was having my mitral valve repaired in Papworth , time has flown by , when i got told i needed surgery i had no understanding at all, i had known about a problem with one of the valves a heart murmur! but had been told it would probably see my days...

hi just celebrating my 2nd year after mitral valve repair today , it only seems a few days ago i was worried sick now 2 years have passed will be eternally grateful the great NHS ,Papworth Hospital and Frank Wells and his team as well as all the cardiac nurses ,the whole thing...

thought i would check in with an update ,had another check on my mitral valve repair today, had an echo and consult with the cardio to discuss the results which were all good Dr Lynch siad the surgeon has done a really good job on my valve ,Dr lynch also said i am now discharged to doctor...

cant beleive its a year today since my mv repair all yesterday and today i have relived every minute , cant beleive how quick its gone by . going to have a rare beer now to celebrate Dean

Hi all sorry not posted for a while but been playing catch up with all the jobs that needed doing! finished the cardio rehab ,i found it really good would certainly recommend it ,still continuing to exercise daily ,all in all feel back to normal ,also had my 6 month check with the...

hi all just got back from my 6 week post op meeting with Mr Wells my surgeon. had an xray prior to the meeting, which he showed me that all looked good .He explianed about my op and said he was very pleased with the repair it involved a resection of the valve, two new cords to replace the...

got cardiac rehab starting dec 3 said to allow 3 hours ,what can i expect ?they did mention some tests but not sure what else it entails

i have been put on amiodarone since surgery i will be on it till my 6 week check at reduced levels as follows. i beleive i started on 4 X 200mg tabs a day but not absolutely sure so could of been 3 all along or which was poss reduced to 3 at some point in hospital till the 30/10 then reduced...

any news of Debbi ( mamanordy) she was due surgery same day as me oct 22 hope alls gone well and shes recovering now

hi just wanted to get on here quick to say a big thanks for the messages of support before and during my surgery time , so just a quik one to say im home and glad to be posting in the post surgery now. what a relief!:) i have only just got home ,so going have a bit of a sit down sort out my meds...

hi guys its amanda deans wife again ,been posting on pre surgery ,i thought dean would be home today ,but unfortunatly his INR is to low its gone down from 1.5 to 1.4 even though they have uped the dose to 7 mg. They said they wont let himgo home til its at least 1.8 but prefferably 1.9. This...

i have just had a call to say my date has been moved to the 22nd oct so can you please change it on your calender thanks .some one more urgent needs the slot , will have to go in at 10am on the 21st so they can retake bloods as my original pre-op was on 22nd sept so they will need to be...

just got my date for surgery sheduled for 6th october 2nd op of the day,also got to go to Papworth hospital on the 22nd for xray and blood test and then a nurse is going to give a talk to a small group of us all facing the surgery and show us round to take some of the anxiety out of the whole...

something i totally negelected to ask my surgeon was about my asthma! i take 3 inhalers daily flixotide,oxis turbo and salbutamol, how does asthma affect surgery and how do i and they manage it before during and after surgery any fellow asthmatics share there knowledge is it going to be a...

just seen this on the web any one on warfarin may be at risk of strke if they are on warfarin article below http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jt7dQZAOcTgtGBLLcxJVW8Mtm5VQ

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1190126/Me-operation-My-faulty-heart-valve-rebuilt-stem-cells-hip.html and another from yesterday.this ones more worrying ! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1201713/Heart-valve-patients-recalled-infection-deaths.html

just had another go at trying to view this operation, but found these feedback questions on the site instead this one in particular strikes a cord as i am due to have full cracking open, although it scares me i find myself agreeing with the reasoning, just wondered what others think who have had...