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Last week saw cardio and surgeon and had preliminary rehab session. Cardio will see me again after 12 month echo - otherwise all well. Surgeon removed two stitches which were impeding healing - more bits of nylon sticking out so these are not quite as 'soluble' as described. Step test OK so 8...

I was 6 years old when I first heard this in 1959 and it came back vividly while I spent 30 minutes trying to decide whether to get out of bed post AVR. Hope it brings back some happy memories for the seniors out there. 'Life gets tedious dont it'...

Thu 26 May - Admission Arrive at hospital 3pm. Lots of forms,tests and questions. Most patients are accommodated in 6 bedded rooms, with side rooms reserved for those who are less well. The shower rooms are explained. In accordance with NHS policy they are single sex only, however the signs on...

So glad I was called in early, Planned surgery would have been next tuesday. Surgeon was Mr Akowuah (We do NOT call Surgeons Dr in the UK). His previous practice was 2 years at Royal Melbourne Australia. For those interested in UK valve choice, tissue or mechanical were fully explained, but...

AVR Fri 27th, Home today 1st June. Only the coughing hurts. Usual Bumps, Minor Heart block, Intermittent A-fib, Airlock in drains, double vision, nausea. Before surgery I determined that since I had no choice I would make the most of every minute of it and I was amazed that after 48 hrs I was...

There is a long snaking Queue. I cannot see the faces of those at the front but I hear the shrieks and cheers. The queue moves on. Now I can see the car enterering the station at the end of the ride. People are getting off, smiling, shaking, relieved. I scan the faces of those at the front...

Call from surgeons secretary at 4pm, would I like to go in on 26th, for surgery 27th. So wrapped up work, wrote down 6 passwords (Its bad enough logging on after a week away) and deleted 80% of my mailbox. Thats finished with full time work - 3 days a week from end of July (or whenever I have to...

Well, I am going in at 2pm on 6th June for surgery on 7th (We dont do 5am starts). (Just after my 58th birthday). An aortic valve repair is a possibility (Its tricuspid with a dodgy leaflet) otherwise it will be a carbomedics mechanical. After much poking about Aorta and arteries have been...

Cath today (through wrist- and I had shaved specially!), and it was too short to reach the Arteries (I am 193 cm tall and look VERY silly in in the tiny hospital gown) so hunt was on for a longer cath and second go. Procedure was fairly painless and quite fun (I like all the techie beeping...

Is the sound of a mechanical valve something you hear from 'outside' like a ticking clock, or something you feel from inside, like a pulse. I cannot sleep if there is the slightest sound & have used earplugs every night for many years - so would earplugs work to mask the sound? At 57 my...