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Hi everyone, Hope you're all well or well on your way to getting there! I've not posted on here for a long time but I know that over the past decade or so this place has been of great comfort and a font of information regarding all things valvey, and is always my first port of call if I have any...

Hi everyone, I've not posted for a while, I've been getting on with life and generally not been worrying about my heart! Its coming up to the seven-year anniversary of my avr. I went for my annual check-up on Thursday having had an echo in August, the doctor had a listen as usual, looked at...

Hi fellow valvers, I had an avr almost five years ago now, at the age of 23. I've been experiencing spells of dizziness, or more precisely, feeling "off-balance" on and off for a few months, so I went to see the doctor last week. She listened to my chest, took my bp and everything was/sounded...

Hi fellow valvers, I've not been on the site for a while, my last (and only) post was regarding life expectancy in young adults post avr. Since then I've continued to worry about those kind of things on-and-off, but also forgotten about them, been on holiday, worked, gone out having fun...

Hi fellow valvers, When I first had my aortic valve replaced with a St Jude mechanical valve three years ago I didn't really think about the "long term". I was 23 at the time and kind of breezed though the operation and the recovery, maybe ignoring the seriousness of it all. About six months...