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check "Like" on our company's webpage to add another $5 for Marine's Toys for Tots Hi everybody! Our company has pledged to donate $5.00 to our local Sanford Marines Toys for Tots drive for every new LIKE to our facebook page up to the total of $2.500. If you could visit and check LIKE to help...

I just thought that some of you might be interested in watching this program tonight. Our business (Homes by Vanderbuilt) along with Nationwide homes were involved with the makeover. It is a truly touching story. Our youngest son went and helped with our set-up and carpentry crews. I know they...

A few weeks ago I came down with shingles and got right on prednisone, valtrex, & pain meds. The rash is actually resolving but the pain has really escalated. In addition, I've got muscle spasms in my right rib cage. It feels just like the muscle spasms I had there after my valve replacement. I...

My grandkids have always liked helping in the kitchen. One day I was using one of those choppers that you see advertised on TV all the time. The slap-it ones. My 9 year old grandson wanted to try it and before long he was looking for other things to chop. In just a few minutes Cole came up with...

My husband hasn't been doing well for several months. Just when it started we don't know for sure but he has rapidly declined and I'm not sure we have the whole picture yet. We have been through so many specialists and so many tests and Dec. 23rd he is having cervical spine surgery. He has...

This is the archived webcast on the Ex-Maze procedure for atrial fib. I think you may find it very informative. http://www.or-live.com/FHC/2379

I was looking up some information on our local Heart Institute in Pinehurst and came across this video I thought was very well done. It is lengthy but it covers many of the questions that are commonly asked about aortic stenosis, rate of progression, timing of surgery, and even shows a minimally...

This has been just one of those days. A week or so ago I got a call from my GI doctor's office that she wanted me to come in and talk to her. The appointment was this AM. I woke up at 4 AM and knew I was in rapid atrial fib. I took my meds early and hoped it would go away on its own. It didn't...

I don't think I've ever posted any pictures of Ginnie before. She is five years old and started kindergarten this week. I'm supposed to choose which pictures I want from these proofs. I have about six favorites. I know how biased I am but I think she is really photogenic...

Several weeks ago I had a pretty bad bout of diverticulitis and a lot of bleeding, fever, and a white blood count over 20,000. Two weeks of antibiotics cleared it up but still needed a few weeks time to finish healing before a colonoscopy could be done. We had discussed warfarin and whether or...

I'm sitting here looking at my calander and trying to pick a date for yet another orthopedic surgery. This one is to have the subtalar joint fused, a bone graft and pins inserted. I was hoping I could have a tendon transfer or something that would heal within a few months period of time...

I got back a little while ago from Pigeon Forge. I had an absolutely wonderful time and I'm really glad I was able to attend. I finally got to meet so many wonderful members and left there with that nice feeling you get after having spent a few days with good friends and lots of laughter...

I ran across this today. It is a well presented tutorial on an EKG and related definitions. It also addresses some arrhythmias and heart blocks. http://www.learntheecg.com/free/p_wave.htm

I just opened an e-mail from Jim's wife, Shirley. She wrote that Jim is in the hospital with internal bleeding from his stomach. He is in that situation where he needs coumadin but can't have it in his circumstances. Many of us have been there. Shirley was having difficulties signing in to post...

I hadn't really thought too much beforehand about this check-up appointment since I've really had a lot going on the last few months. Not only was there no sign of cancer returning but this is the first appointment that I didn't have to have anything biopsied, removed, or treated in some manner...

Well, this is a quick note for others who will face spinal surgery like this sometime in the future. 1. I stopped the warfarin 7 days before the scheduled surgery. On my own I decided to double up on my last dose in hopes of staying in range a day longer. 2. My doctor wanted daily INRs so I...

Here is an interesting abstract from the UK Copyright © 2006 The European Society of Cardiology Published by Elsevier Ltd. Case report Use of intra-cardiac ultrasound in the diagnosis of prosthetic valve malfunction Faizel OsmanCorresponding Author Contact Information, a, E-mail The...

Well, I saw my PMC today and armed with my Lovenox syringes I am proceeding on track for my c-spine surgery. Tonight was my last warfarin before surgery which makes it seem more of a reality. I get my pre-op lab work, chest x-ray, EKG, and another MRI tomorrow and then I will be all set to go. I...

It is real confusing but it is actually my sister's sister in-law who leases the home next door to me. It remains vacant most of the year since my neighbor (Pete), her mother (Henri) and her daughter Candy actually live down in Florida the majority of the year. This past summer, 87 or 88y/o...

Hi everyone. Saturday while out with my husband and grandson I just barely twisted my foot on uneven ground and heard the crack. I hopped/hobbled out to the car which was only about 25-30 feet away and put my foot up on the dash board to take a look and I didn't like what I saw. We went home and...