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Hi all...I have not posted in a long while but i read the forums daily and am grateful for having found this web site and all its wonderful people before my surgery......well its one year ago today that i was just about waking up to a nice nurse asking if id like the breathing tube...

HI all....someone a while back posted the parameters for when it is appropriate to repair and aortic aneurysm, partly based on a persons height and size of the aneurysm. There were also a few examples given using people of different heights and other circumstances. Anyone know where i could find...

HI....I havt posted in a while altho i read the forum daily.....last wednesday Feb 23rd i started having double vision and a headache....I have Myasthenia and vision problems can be one symptom. However i havnt had this symptom since 2007 when i was diagnosed. And at the time, one med treated...

On this Christmas Eve id like to wish all my family and friends love and peace ..Have a Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year. I'm gonna count my blessings on this holiday. I’m HAPPY That my heart problem was caught in time and repaired so that I can be Here for another Christmas with all of...

Have a great Thanksgiving Everyone. Hug your family, call your friends, forgive your enemies, say a prayer for our troops and their families, and be truly grateful. There are so many who have so much less. God Bless and be safe......Michael

Hi All.....I am 7 weeks post op and am having a lot of sternum pain. I have a lot of summer allergies and even just sniffling causes what i think is more pain than i would think would be expected this long after surgery. I cant pick up more than a laptop without feeling a good degree of sternum...

Hi all.....I had told Ross this but in case anyone else may be interested I will post it here....I received a St Jude Masters series Aortic valve and am always asked a lot of questions about it. I emailed St Jude medical and asked if they had any small plastic models of the valve I have in me...

What is the average time most of you waited till resuming driving? My chest is still fairly painful and i definitely would not want the airbag or even steering wheel in my chest.....Thanks....Heartfelt hugs...Michael

I am at 5 weeks post surgery and am walking 2 1/2 miles a day. I cant use my upper body or arms much because I also received a pacemaker and have to wait 3 months for the leads to scar into my heart so that they will not pull out of place. I am wondering if I really still need to go to rehab...

Now that i am a member of the Aortic valve replacement club....things seem to catch my eye.....I saw this and realized I had never heard this about Bobby Darin...... "In 1973, Bobby Darin's ill health took a turn for the worse. After failing to take medication (prescribed to protect his heart)...

HI all...Just wondered who monitors your INR and adjusts your coumadin levels. Is it your surgeon, cardiologist or primary care doctor? Thanks and stay cool all. Its another hot one outside Buffalo NY. ...Michael

OK LOL....Have a new question.....I have seen posts saying that if one hears cracking or popping sounds in the chest to report it right away. I wondered what the significance of that is. Last night i slept in bed for the 1st time since June 8th (surgery was June 9th ) and as i slept on my side...

HI all...I am 3 weeks post surgery tomorrow and I still have a lot of chest pain which is made a lot worse when i cough. I also have an abdominal pain which i feel when i inhale and seated in certain positions. It seems to be in the area of where i had a drainage tube and they had removed...

HI all.....I wanted to ask some of those ahead of me in the recovery process......how long before you think it is safe to sleep in a bed? Ive been sleeping in a recliner since surgery and don't want to try our bed before its safe and wont put strain or pressure on my unhealed sternum. I know it...

Well here is my new chest at 7 days....they say all looks good and its coming along nicely..you can see the pacemaker pouch in the upper right side of my chest.........Mike

HI ALL....had anyone else had any experience with having their INR being initially too high ( mines 6.9 today, Im new on coumadin) .. and having bad headaches? I know one of the Vets here has had experience with this.....Thanks all.......Lots of love.....Micheal

HI my heart friends!!!!.....did anyone else experience headaches post-surgery in the hospital and then continuing at home? I have had a headache of varying degree since I woke up after surgery. And it may seem weird but my vision does not seem as good to me, which i notice most when reading...

Hello all my heart friends...i posted from an itouch in the hospital but was so loopy not sure i did it right....I had surgery on the 9th....and by the 11th my heart hadnt woke back up fully so the surgeon implanted a pacemaker.....he also had to do a fairly long sternotomy as opposed to the...

Hello all. I had my surgery. Doc says my valve was a mess worst he has seen in a while also. My heart did not wake up so today I got a pacemaker but i am alive. I'm typing on an itouch and it's pretty small so I'll sign off for now. Talk more when I get home. Thank u all so so much. With...