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Thanks for the reply….appreciate your input! You’re right, according to Roselli’s nurse, it’s a department wide policy now not to do...

Indeed, I wouldn't be going out of bounds to say he is one of the tops in the world. I have a friend who goes to him, says he's great in...

I'm glad to hear that. You're going the right way, not an easy journey...which is easy for other people to say, but we've all been on...

that's very interesting - do you feel the shirt has helped you deal with it or is the trigger worse than not? A friend sent me an...

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...

Hi All, This is a "log" of what worked and what didn't when preparing for the surgery. I'm very certain that some hospitals are...

Thank you Eva, I can picture that! One goal so I can see how I'm doing, stairs and breath :)

That's the basics. It also depends on what he sees when they open me up. If the pulmonary valve has issues, I gave him the option to...

I hope everything goes smoothly with your surgery and recovery!

Going into Cleveland Clinic on the 4th for surgery. Bicuspid aortic valve will be replaced either doing a Ozaki or Ross procedure (due...

Thanks Protimenow, glad I'm not in until next week, that ending made me laugh quite a bit. *looking back over this thread, it started...

Actually, after my valve was implanted, I wanted to read. I brought a few books. Back then, the stay in the hospital was longer than...

I sent my list to a friend who just heart surgery within the year. His thoughts were he was in such a haze doing any puzzle or reading...

Some thoughts, based on hospitalizations the last couple years (and, again, some may be repeaters): A powerpack - I brought, I think a...

I made a consolidated synopsis of all the pages into a list if it helps others, some repeats in here but here it goes: I highly...