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I have never had a history of high blood pressure - in fact, it has always been slightly low. I had my valve repaired on the 6th of April and my aneurysm repaired and ever since then, I have been required to take 75 mg of Toporol XL a day. Now, as long as I am on the Toporol, my blood pressure...

I came home yesterday actually, but was too tired to do anything coherently on the computer. I also feel like I have been hit by a train and then it backed up over me, though I am very happy and blessed to be alive. :) I would like to thank my family and friends for all their help and...

Well, I am having surgery on April 6th to replace the part of my ascending aorta with a dacron graft and either repair my bicuspid valve (which is in very very good condition) or - as I have decided is my way of placing this in Gods hands, if they can not, to put in a mechanical valve. I was...

Well, I'm stumped and can't make up my mind. My Cardiologist refuses to give me a push in one direction or the other, one Surgeon says to get a Carbomedics and because of my age (33), a tissue valve will calcify in 5 - 10 years requiring it to be replaced again. The other surgeon, based on my...

Well, I think I had a reaction to the Fentanyl (Spelling? A derivative to Morphine) that the hospital gave me for my TEE. The reaction did not occur immediately, but about 5 - 6 hours afterwards. I began to feel very weak, like I was anemic and then quickly developed shaking and chills. The...

Well, right now I have to choose between a mechanical and possibly a tissue valve if the doctors can not repair mine. According to the TEE yesterday, the leakage was very mild. I have had one surgeon tell me the valve could last me another 10 - 20 years, and another told me that in young...

I am fighting a fever and a virus right now with my aneurysm. I am taking 25 mg of Toporol and I can not get my heart rate to stay below 100 and my blood pressure is around 140/72. Can I double up on my toporol to increase the effect? This is my first time taking it and it really has not done...

I am curious, all of ya'll that have been on coumadin or warfarin for years, are you still able to eat broccoli once a week and other similar vitamin k foods, or not? Broccoli is the one magic vegetable which helps me maintain a clear mind. My second opinion doctor today suggested I get a...

For the past five years, the doctors have been following an Aneurysm of my ascending Aorta. It stayed at 4.5cm for the last four, jumped up to 4.65 and in the last eight months has grown to 5.6 cm. I have had a lot happen in the last eight months - my dad passed away in August (who had his...