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After reading the email I received from this site, not sure exactly what is up, but know this place would/will suffer without Ross' input. ~Amanda

Good job, Ajay. Glad you're home. Let the healing begin! PS My worst memory was while I was intubated, a nurse slid a second tube down my throat. I remember gagging and then it was maybe a suction tube, I'm a bit fuzzy, but I remember for a split second not being able to breathe. As I couldn't...

Thanks, Andy. I will take another pic of the scar at 8 weeks when my kids get home tomorrow. It really does look much better and should be encouraging to the pre-surgery folks. Funny how vanity creeps into open-heart surgery. My neighbor, who is around my age (I'm 44), had the very same surgery...

Hi Larry, Thank you for your kind words and encouragement. I agree with you, my scar is important to me and kind of a badge. When my cardiologist laid on me the terrible news that I needed valve surgery, my FIRST question was how long would the scar be! I still can't believe I asked that...

Here's me and my scar. This is about 2 weeks post-surgery. http://www.valvereplacement.org/forums/asset.php?fid=8573&uid=7454&d=1281320260 If this is too offensive, I'll gladly remove. Tried to show entire scar while keeping it tasteful. The bottom two scars are courtesy of the chest tubes...

Hi Gil, PVC's, if I remember correctly, are pre-mature ventricular contractions. At my appt with the cardiologist a few weeks ago, Dr. Cannom heard them while listening to my heart and ordered an ekg that confirmed the irregular rhythm was PVC's. They are nothing to worry about but if you get...

Hi All, I had my surgery back in June 10th (I had my 8 week anniversary this past Thursday) and all went well. The surgery was at Good Samaritan Hospital in LA and my surgeon was Dr. Ali Gheissari. I really, really liked him. My cardiologist is Dr. David Cannom and he is like a father to me...

OK, I see the main advice is to take it easy. I kind of got a taste of over-doing yesterday; friends came over so i was up and "entertaining" for about 5 hours straight. I didn't think anything of it but when I went back to my beloved recliner, i was sore and tired, a tiny reminder that I am not...

Angel, I started listening to some cd's I picked up at a holistic store about Guided Imagery for Surgery. I started listening 4 days before, and was not completely sold on the idea it was going to calm me, and attribute my calmness to these tapes. I even woke up hungry after surgery because...

Hi All, I wanted to let everybody know, I had surgery on June 10th, it went beautifully, and I'm home and recovering. I DID get cookies, well one, from the cafeteria in one of my lunches. I didn't post too much before but read so much on this site leading up to my surgery. I credit this place...

Bina, Thanks for the input. I'm still laughing. In preparing for surgery, I'm learning things about myself that I'm not too sure I'm all that proud of. The part I am proud of is that I've quit shaking and crying and am now doing work to prep myself mentally and physically for the operation...

Hi, I'm scheduled to have valve surgery in the next month and have heard there is a full-body shave involved, at least for the guys. I understand shaving the guys but not sure it's necessary for women, especially if there isn't anything in the groin area they'll be needing to involve. OK, so...