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Okay, I'm still crazy, my heartrate had a couple of normal days, and it is still regular, but now walking instead of going to 88ish, thats where it starts and rises up to 95 - up to 100+ after walking up a hill for the rest of the walk. Just walking around my house it is 90, and now rising up...

Hey everyone, I sheepishly return to the board after a long spell of absence, after promising to stick around. Truth is I didn't want to come back here because my recovery hasnt been the positive, easy return to health I was hoping for... quite the opposite... My head is a mess with concerns...

First of all, sorry ive been a bit absent from the forums - some people started contacting me asking if I'm okay, and it really touched me, so thank you all for thinknig about me, I was suprissed! The main reason I've been away is simply because I am a LOT better. Heart operations / problems...

I've not even really heard of this, but this is whats in store for me on Monday :) I was just about to do an update message / video on how great I was doing too :P I went back to hospital today as until a few days ago all the fluid seemed to of gone and I was not feeling anything in my side...

I'm feeling much better, and I'm walking outside for 30-40 minutes a day now - as well as walking around the house a lot, but yesterday evening I started to get a pain in my left side - especially when I breathed in a lot - this morning I think it's worse - I can no longer do the 3 balls on the...

I've just recorded another video as it has been a week today since my surgery. It's not on my blog yet as I'll wait till the "in hospital diaries" catch up, but here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5RdSd25J2k Hope you all enjoy it, and thanks for all your support. If you can't...

in hospital now, its midnite, cant sleep, in bed surfing net. only got2 hours sleep last nite. due 4 surgery in afternoon tomorrow. will make live daily updates to this thred n my blog. mind racing but positive. made me shave my chest and BALLS! damn!

I got a call earlier today for my surgery date, its next Tuesday, so only a few days, which I am sort of pleased about as I want it asap, the wait is driving me crazy, I thought it wasn't a big deal being given an actual date, but in the last few hours it really seems real now... strange...

Hi, Someone just left a comment on my blog saying: In England the Medtronics transcatheter delivery system has been approved.I t doesn't require open heart surgery. Is it available to you? It is a much less traumatic procedure and the recovery period is only a couple of days. Check out the...

Hi again, Thank you all sooooo much for the warm welcomes, I feel at home already :) But now down to a serious question.... or arguably a vain, irrelevant, and narcissistic question: I am not really overly self conscious, I even like to stand out... But I never really tell people about the...

Hi everyone, I want to introduce myself, Ive been lurking on the board for a while :) I'm Dan, aged 25, from Darlington - nr Newcastle, in England. I am scheduled to have mitral valve repair surgery before the end of November. I have a congenital heart condition and had a hole in the heart...