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Best of luck Fred! Hope everything goes smoothly and you get a great result.

Music to my ears as I am headed to surgery real soon! Glad to hear you are recovering well.

So it’s two weeks ago today since I had my bicuspid aortic valve replaced with a mechanical valve. I have to say that the whole thing...

I've felt the emotional turmoil in my run-up to imminent surgery -- I was actually about to start therapy anyway, but I postponed...

Definitely rooting for you Gail! Hope the path becomes clear at the right time.

Yeah, I know your situation is complicated. : ( I wish you had more options. Totally get that you would be hesitant about a trial...

So - a clinical trial for a new TMVR valve? Are you not a candidate for one of the existing ones? My original cardiologist who did my...

Congrats! Wishing you many more years of life and health.

I am 56 and having mitral valve replacement within a month, pending scheduling. I'm getting a mechanical based on my surgeon's strong...

Brief update, I'm back home from Cleveland Clinic. Surgery was Sept 4th. It was awful and it was great. More pain than I expected but...

I am glad that you were able to see your kids grow up, he needed that as much as you did. I am still getting accustomed to the acronyms...

I mean, valve in valve is a thing, but will leave you with a smaller valve opening which is not ideal. I still don't see how old you...

feel free to reach out if you wish to get a leg up on handling it (once you've started) Best Wishes

It’s interesting, since being put on Eliquis due to afib (vs the 325 mg aspirin I was on before) I actually have fewer problems with...

Welcome, I hope everything goes well with your recovery! I had a valve repair via balloon 22 years ago and the cardiologist DID tell my...