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Hi all, I still lurk here but haven't posted in about three months. Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm doing great after AVR. I do still have some bouts dizziness and frequent nose bleeds. Other than that I am feeling wonderful, I've lost 22# since surgery because I am able to walk...

Hi all, Sorry for my absence of late but life has been busy. Yesterday was my 6 month anniversary post op. I feel fantastic and life is everything I want to be. I had an AVR on July 20 of this year. Before my question a little background. My AVR was rough and I coded twice during the...

Last Thursday my wife and I embarked on a five day trip to a friends wedding in Green Bay. This is the first trip since my AVR. I had worked up to about 1/2 mile of walking a day prior to this trip and I was/am feeling very good. We left last Thursday and decided that we would go to...

I have a number of medical problems due to diabetes. One of them includes maintaining an erection. I have been prescribed viagra from my PCP. Of course I was taken off viagra two weeks prior to my surgery. I am on very low doses and require only 1/8th of a 100MG viagra. So, the question. I...

I had the breathing tube and feeding tube in my throat for 5 days. I was operated on the 20th of July. My voice is still extremely raspy and I cough constantly. Dry coughs mostly until I lie down then clear foamy mucous for a hour or so before it begins to subside. How long will I have to...

I had a breathing tube for a respirator and a feeding tube for 4 days. My voice is just gone and in it's place is a sort of croaking version of my original self. My wife assures me that I sound like a heavy smoker in a bar full of smokers when I talk. Additionally I continue to periodically...

I had a rough go. I had surgery on the 20th and was not released from the hospital to home until the 29th. The valve replacement was put in and in recovery I arrested, twice. They had to "reposition" the valve to make all work properly. I also had problems with adequate oxygen levels in my...

Hi, Some of you may have seen on the pre-surgery thread that I am to receive AVR surgery next Wednesday the 20th. However I wanted to inquire about frequent nose bleeds? Is this a symptom? They seem to coincide with my diagnosis a month ago. They are also getting worse and more...

Washington Regional Medical Center - Walker Heart Institute, Fayetteville, AR. My surgeon is Dr. James Counce. The surgery is to start at 11:00 am on the 20th. I've concluded that a bovine valve will be my replacement based on my involvement with Motorcycle Adventure riding. I frequent...

It looks like I will be in surgery on the morning of the 20th. This may change a day either way depending on my surgeons work load. I also decided definitively that I will have a Bovine replacement valve. So, seems were done except for some testing the day before and recuperation. I am so...

Ok, so I am in the waiting room now and will have AVR in the next two weeks per my surgeon. I am a 61 year old male. I'm not in bad shape for the shape I'm in, I have had extensive damage and surgery to my back and neck but I remain a VERY active person given my limitations. Perhaps I should...

Hi all, I'm a 61 year old male living in the wilds of Arkansas near Eureka Springs. For most of my adult life I've been told by different physicians that I had a heart murmur. I am career military (retired) and it never stopped me from doing my job nor did it prevent my entry into the military...