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I have been absent from this forum for quite some time now. I am sorry to those who have been wondering what I have been doing. It has been for a few reasons that I fell off of here. First of all, I was eager to get back to my "normal" life and as I did, I was much busier and found less time...

So anyone out there hit their Lifetime Aggregate Maximum Benefit for their insurance. If so what did it mean to you and what did you have to do for the future. I am now a little worried because I have realized that mine is rather low at $500,000 and I fear that I could be getting close after...

I was thinking recently about home monitoring and whether there was a product that was cheap or if not suggest that it could be made. I know about EKG machines and Holter monitors, however I was thinking that there must be a way to write a program for home computers that could do the same...

I guess I am going to take the easy way out of this and just focus on some of the highlights of my surgery and post-surgery hospital stay. So if you have any questions concerning things that I did not list here please ask. Even so, this looks like it is going to be a long one. So everything...

Matt asked me to post a message here to let people know that his surgery went well today.

Sorry but I needed to vent. So I am one week out from surgery right now. I have spent the last few months dealing with all sorts of issues. I have spent a lot of my time getting my health insurance in order and getting a waiver for the pre-existing condition clause. As far as I could tell my...

As I am going in for my third surgery, I have been thinking about scar tissue lately. I know that it is problematic, but I have now realized I don't know why. So why is it that scar tissue makes surgery so much more difficult?

So this is a question that i have been thinking about lately. Since I will be unable to do regular work. I was wondering if I would be able to do some of the soldering projects that have been stacking up at my house. I work outside so I am assuming that I won't be able to work for 8 weeks if...

They decided to postpone my surgery to find more out before cutting me open. They decided they did want a cath after reading the notes from my last surgery. They are hoping to get me in for the cath tomorrow, but the surgery is postponed until they can reschedule and after they see what the...

So as some of you know who have followed me over the last couple months. I had endocarditis and they were thinking surgery after its treatment. However, in the last month that changed due to my heart appearing to be in good shape minus some problems with A-fib. So the plan was for me to have...

I know that this has been discussed here in the past but thought I would start a new discussion about people?s experiences on different drugs for A-fib. I recently saw the electophysiologist and depending on a forthcoming TEE, I will either have a Maze added onto an AVR or will start drug...

I am about 3 1/2 weeks into my 6 week ceftriaxone treatment for endocarditis. For the last week I have been having problems with A-fib intermittently. I did not have these issues before the infection and as far as I know were not there at the beginning of my treatment. My questions are for...

So I am going to look into getting a home monitor. This sounds excellent and hopefully it will go through no problem. So I basically have two questions. Which monitor is the best? Why is there such a price difference between QAS and the price that physicians can get these...

So I have been thinking about getting a home blood pressure monitor ever since I was feeling faint, luckily it was while my nurse was here and had a blood pressure of 70/40. My father also has high blood pressure and this is something that I used to have problems with but after some weight loss...

I currently have a PICC line for antibiotics which then uses the SASH protocol, Saline, Antibiotic, Saline, Heparin. I am a vegetarian and feel somewhat strongly about not using animal products. I only recently found out where Heparin comes from. This has led me to question if there is...

So here is my situation. I have a cardiologist visit scheduled for early January, where given my symptoms, I am expecting that surgery will be recommended. I am a student and my income comes from a fellowship. When I informed the director of the program of my situation, he told me that they...

I am currently 30 and I have an artificial aortic valve, which was put in 17 years ago, originally a BAV. I started experiencing symptoms associated with my aortic stenosis for the first time in 17 years a couple of months ago. Recently they have gotten worse. I have a cardiologist...