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...and I drove and worked today! Wheeee! Saw my surgeon yesterday, and he was very pleased with his work LOL. He cleaned up my incision a bit (over my right breast) and removed a couple stitches from beneath my breast where the chest tubes were and a couple more in my left chest where they had...

Hey, all...it's great to be back here, able to report that I'm now POST-OPERATIVE. Ha. The third time was the charm, although it came down to the wire once again!!! On the morning I reported for surgery, I was still kinda wheezing from a chest cold and there was some talk of canceling again, but...

They say the third times the charm, right? Well, it had better be! As y'all know, I was first scheduled for 2/16, but I came down with a cold. Then I was scheduled for TODAY at 7 a.m. Well, yesterday at approximately 4:20 in the afternoon, I got a call from my surgeon's office canceling me...

Originally, my big day was February 16th. Arrived for pre-registration the day before with a cold. :( As predicted, the coordinator called the doc on his cell (it was a holiday) and he said to cancel and reschedule. Whew. A small reprieve! But now I'm back to facing the music this Tuesday...

Hi, everyone...I'm new here. First, I want to thank everyone for the wealth of info that's been collected on this site. It's been very helpful to me. Now, I have a question for anyone who's had portal access surgery to replace a valve. I'm a 56-year old female, diagnosed in October with severe...