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  1. J

    Cold and Valve Problems

    I have had a chest x-ray done and my lungs are clear, just of course my heart is showing abnormal, being mildly enlarged and the pulmonic valve being enlarged as well. Thanks for all the replys.
  2. J

    Cold and Valve Problems

    So I have had this cold for the past 4 weeks now. I have had really bad congestion in my head but mainly in my chest. And I have been to my primary care and on different antibotics, she doesn't know what else to do. She has called my cardiologist to find out if and when he can see me, as I...
  3. J

    Scar Pain

    I am at 11 months out and have the same problem. When I apply a little pressure on the scar it hurts and I feel a dip between by chest bone. When I sneeze I feel a popping sensation on the very bottom of the chest bone. I am making an appt with cardio, as this just started within the past...
  4. J

    Sinus Issues Post Surgery

    Well I had the tests done just have yet to get any results. Slowly out of the blue my nose is starting to get better. My only major problem with it, is that I snore like a freight train at night, which I never snored before. My husband and I now sleep in separate rooms, this is so not right...
  5. J

    Pregnancy

    Ok so I have a major question for all of you. I am 4 months out from surgery, having my pulmonary valve replaced with a pig valve. I am not in the greatest shape right now and have only been on carvdilol for my heart. And with my luck an accident happened and I am pregnant. I found out from...
  6. J

    Sinus Issues Post Surgery

    I have no idea, I will have to ask. Thanks for all the help. I have the MRI tomorrow and can't wait to make it better. I will let you all know as soon as I hear
  7. J

    Sterum not fused together at the top

    I am now 3 months post op on my 3rd surgery. I have the same problem, but the doctors keep passing the buck as to who is going to take care of me. I hear a constant clicking and feel popping. This is the first time I have felt this. I feel it when I move certain ways, lift certain items, and...
  8. J

    Sinus Issues Post Surgery

    I am on none of that. But I went to the ENT last week and he said that I might have spinal fluid leaking into my sinus cavity. I asked him how this could happen. He said that he was not for sure and we should not focus on the why but the how to fix it if this is what is wrong. But he said...
  9. J

    Sinus Issues Post Surgery

    I was only on it for a few hours after the surgery. So there was nothing different about how long I was hooked up. My discharge is clear. Right now we are trying robitussin with codine, until I get to an ENT. I have even done sinus rinses, not the greatest feeling and then I sneeze a lot...
  10. J

    Sinus Issues Post Surgery

    My teeth are clean and good. I had a cleaning prior to my surgery. Juanita
  11. J

    Sinus Issues Post Surgery

    I have a major question. Right after I got out of surgery and my breathing tube removed, my nose started running. Then within a couple of days before being released, my nose still running, and I would get a bloody nose every time I would blow it. Now 10 weeks post surgery, I still have a...
  12. J

    rejection of homograft

    Hi Hi Hello, I suffer from congenital pulmonary valve stenosis. I consider myself luck to have only had 3 surgeries so far in my life, I am 27 and a mother of one so far. My second surgery was performed by Dr. Callazo in Fairfax, VA. I received a donor valve but 3 years after my body...
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