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I started another thread a few days ago about my long term dry cough. Went to my gp and he said it was allergy and gave me meds for that and said it would be better in about 2 weeks. Saturday I was doing worse not better. I went to see my son at work (he is an Xray tech) My gp did not bother...

I have been up for a few hours now. I have had a cough for 2 months. Went to GP and he gave me alergy med. seemed to be getting better but woke up about 2 AM with a shrp pain in the right side of my chest. It hurt when I take a deep breath or cough. I am going to urgent care shotly. I have...

Just wondering if there are any reunions planed for 2011 yet?

A new anticoagulant has received FDA approval. It is to be a replacement for coumadin and everyone takes the same dose and does not require testing. May be something folks want to talk with their MD about. http://www.stoptheclot.org/News/article242.htm

I has been 14 months since my AVR so I had a follow up echo with my cardio today. He said every thing was perfect and I will see im in a year and unless I have problems he does not see the need for another echo for 2 years. Horaaaaa!

My wife and I watch several of our grandchildren during the week. 2 of them have had MRSA in the past week. I had a red spot come up and got hard and sore in a couple of days. I went to my family MD today and he lanced and drained the spot and took a culture. Culture is not back yet but he...

In an effort to avoid surgery on father's day (my father died of heart problems on father's day) my surgeon picked June 30. After I hung up the phone I realized that was my anniversary. So today is my ana-vala-versary. Every thing is going great.

A year ago I was walking on Canadian crutches. I had no energy and thought life was really going down hill for me. In June of 09 I had AVR and Jan 10 I got a new hip. This spring I have built by myself 2 rock patios. I Have planted many shubs and roses. I have planted a large veg. garden...

I will be gettin a hip replacement on Jan 6, 2010. I hate facing another surgery but want to walk without crutches again. Already have the clearance from my cardio. We bought a motorhome last month and hope to take it to the beach in March. It will be nice to just leave footprints in the sand.

Not AV surgery but hip. I met with a ortho today at Barbes Jewish where I had my AVR. I was disappointed that I could not get my hip surgery scheduled until the end of Feb. I guess that is the price you pay for getting a good surgeon. I will be glad to get through this and get rid of my...

My wife and I are in the Panhandel of FL, Looking at property and walking on the beach. We were 4 days from closing on a place here when I discovered I needed surgery. We backed out and are now looking again. I am wondering I am 10 weeks post op and feel great. I am so thankful this was...

I went for my 4 week post hosital release check up and everything looks good. Dr. Moon released me. I am going to talk with my family doc. and get a cardio set up to follow me for the long term. (I don't want to use the one from the VA) From all I have read here my recovery is going great...

I will be going back to St Louis to see my surgeon Thursday Aug 6. I feel like evry thing is going fine I guess I will know for sure then. The only problem I have now is some pain in my left shoulder. I think it is a nerve or rotator cup but hopefully that will heal.

Last night the strange muscle/joint pain returned. It woke me up at 1:30AM. The pain got bad enough I woke my granddaughter with my moaning. I took 2 pain pills and put heat on it and finally got it calmed down. No SOB or cardio symtoms of any kind. Today I recalled reading the side effects...

Man I missed the board while it was down. I have been doing great til a couple of hours ago. I developed a strange pain in my left sholder and just below my collar bone. It is a dull pain and the muscle feels sore. A pain pill helped but did not take it away. My BP is fine 108/70. I have no...

Thursday the guy who was my boss for 10 years in the military and my best friend came by to see me. We had a good visit. While here he remarked that one would think it would be him having to have heart surgery instead of me. This morning I recieved a call he died of a heart attack yesterday...

Because of my build (big guy little tush) I am developing a pressure sore. I am using as much cushion as possible but after OHS there are only so many positions you can lay. Is there something i can use like tripple antibotic cream or should I call a dr.?

I just made the 3 hour trip back from St. Louis. On June 30,09 I had AVR CEPM Bovine and my assending aorta srunk witha dacron wrap. Aftaer 4 units of bloold I went back ind to have a leak repaired. After that the hospital saty was uneventful/ (Thankd goodness). I was released today July 7...

Well my dad wanted me to post for him after he made it out of surgery. It's been a really long day for all of us! His surgery only lasted about 3.5 hours but he was having a lot of blood output so after several hours of watching and doing some tests to see if it was going to improve they took...

Our government has been involve in several scandals over medical "trials and experiments." One of the more famous is the Tuskegee syphilis experiment. This was where a government sponsored research team took 399 African American men who had syphilis and told the they had a blood disorder and...