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Hi All, One year ago on Thursday just gone, I had my Mitral valve repaired at the University of Wales hospital in Cardiff. So much has happened to me since then and it feels really good to be sharing news of my one year valveversary with you. My wife and I moved to Ontario, Canada to live last...

Hi All, Just wanted to update you all as I just passed my 5 month anniversary and things are great. My valve is performing well and have just been taken off Bisoprolol so only on Perindopril now, which they say I will be on for a while as it helps to protect my valve. My scar is fading nicely...

Hi All, Just after a bit of advice. I am now 11 weeks post op and am hopefully coming of the Warfarin in a few weeks (mitral repair). My INR was stable at 2.6 (taking 5mg 5 days and 6mg 2 days) and was at the stage that they put me to 4 weekly tests. I had a test last Wednesday and my INR had...

Hi All, Nine and a half weeks after my Mitral Valve Repair surgery, I today had my first follow up appointment with the surgeon who carried out the procedure. I had a number of the usual tests including ECG and echo and was actually seen by the surgeon's registrar. It seems that my Mitral Valve...

Hi Guys, For those of you in the UK or who are able to access the channel 4 website, there is a live mitral valve repair on at 10.25pm tonight from the papworth hospital. By the sounds of the description of the operation, it is almost identical to my procedure so I'll definately be tuning in...

Hi All, Thought I'd update you all on my progress as yesterday was my 6 week anniversary of my Mitral Valve repair. Firstly I have to say how well I feel compared to how I thought I'd feel at this stage. I really thought that I would be very limited at this stage but apart from the lifting...

Hi all, Andrew's wife here again. Popped home for a while to fetch a few things for him so can finally post an update for you all. Andrew is doing so well and everyone is very impressed with his progress. His op was a great success and went exactly as planned. Von Opell was able to repair...

Hi All, Just had the phone call that my surgery is going to be next Wednesday, 25th March. I'm just glad to know now as the waiting was really starting to wind my wife and I up. So unless I get bumped (fingers crossed I don't), I'll be going to hospital next Tuesday. Andrew

Hi All, Had my pre-op yesterday which all went fine but they weren't able to give me a firm date. I was told that I would be given 5 days notice and it could be as soon as next week (in which case i'd know by Thursday this week) but it would deffinately be in March. The case Manager said that I...

Hi All, I've been reading these forums for nearly a year and the information you guys give is a wonderful resource and I'd like to thank you all for that. This is my first post so I'll introduce myself. I was diagnosed with what was originally described as a heart murmur in Sept 2007 during a...