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Thanks everyone. I had my visiting nurse look at it, and he said that it doesn't look out of the ordinary to him, and there are no signs of infection... so I'm just going to keep on keepin' on, and seek attention if it gets any worse.

Hello everyone, I'm a proud new owner of a St Jude's mechanical aortic valve and a new aortic root. It will be two weeks ago tomorrow. Over the last couple days, I've had a substantial amount of swelling taking place at the top of the sternum, above where the clavicles tie in. It looks like a...

Thanks everyone! :thumbup: I'll start making some phone calls to see what I can come up with. I'm in the greater Flint MI area, if anyone knows of any exceptional doctors around here; but keep in mind that I'm not afraid to drive if it comes to finding the right cardio/surgeon!

Hi Everybody! I've been reading this forum for a few days now, and this is my first post. I was born with a bicuspid aortic valve and they watched it very intently when i was a child; they told my parents that surgery was a very real possibility. Once I got a little older (around 12), they...