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The other day I was (for reasons I can't really recall) poking the side of my right leg above my knee, and I noticed that it made a muscle in my chest (above my left breast) twitch. Highly amused, I showed it to my husband, who thought it was hilarious. I also noticed that when I pushed the...

Well, I finally did it. Last week I went into the clinic and was 2.1, so the upped my dose to 25 mg a week (5 each MWF, 2.5 the other four days) and today I was 2.5. I've been eating reasonably, rationing my heart-healthy wine intake (about 5 oz. a night) and getting a little exercise. I'm...

This is kind of an Earth Day question. I spent some time this morning/afternoon out in my garden, snoozing away with my dogs under a tree. I realized that this is the first Earth Day of the rest of my life, or something corny like that--and I was rather seized with the wonder of it all. Even...

I had my second check this morning and I'm still at 1.7. So the tech has prescribed 2 mg. Mon, Wed, Frid, Sat, and 1 mg on the other days. I test again next Wednesday morning. I'm now nearly two weeks post op. I told her that I still wasn't eating much because of my taste buds, but she said...

Well, this is day 9 post-op and the difference between yesterday and today is amazing. Today I'm sore and stiff, especially after getting out of bed this morning, but feel enormously better and more energetic. My task, of course, will be to keep myself from overdoing it, but so far I'm taking it...

I did a search for "taste" and didn't find much, so I'm askin': when do I get my taste buds back? I had a tough time in the hospital due to appetite (too little for really great food--I feel like a jerk for not enjoying it on behalf of everyone). But the day before I left I started noticing...

Although I had a rough couple of days, I'm doing considerably better today and even had a couple of visitors. Little Owl and Owlspouse have been superb supporters, even though they apparently got the crap scared out or 'em when the surgeon told them I might have had a stroke. My extubation was...

I've spent the last week getting things ready for the folks who're taking over my classes for the next quarter--a process that turns out to be harder than teaching the bloody classes in the first place. But I wanted to be all calm and ready for my cath on Tuesday, fully expecting AVR to happen...

I finally got this date nailed down, but no surgery date. It's both right and left cath, but no TEE necessary. Are there typical intervals between cath and surgery? I'm not anxious to wait very long after they do it--would rather they get going once they've got the info they need. Surgery...

Hi folks; I'm a newbie here, and have enjoyed reading through some of the threads--especially the ones on choices. But I haven't read anything yet from someone in my particular position, and since I'm just in the pre-planning stages (expect replacement surgery in early April) I thought I'd see...