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How often does this happen? How often does this happen? Somebody, anybody, help me out with this. I have been active all my life. Been seriously running for about 3 years, and was looking to start upping my training so that I could do half marathons and so forth. Now something like this...

Quick update on Kandice. I talked with her husband this afternoon. He said the TEE went off without any problems. She's all set for her surgery tomorrow. Dr. Petracek told her that there was a 90 to 95% chance they can repair her valve. Said she needed to be there at 5:30 AM Tuesday morning...

Might be able to help on the update Might be able to help on the update Due to the fact that Kandice is having her repair done 6 days before mine, and by the same surgeon, she PM'd me her husbands contact information. My guess is that they are here already. My plan is to contact them...

6 Hours! Wow! 6 Hours! Wow! That's amazing. It seems like the number of hours they want people that have heart caths is all over the map. I'm curious to why that is. My friend that is an MRI nurse told me that I needed to go to St. Thomas for my heart cath, because they used the smallest...

Just wanted to post a quick Heart Cath report. Sorry I wasn't able to get this in yesterday, but I spent most of yesterday just resting... So, here was what went down... Got to St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville at 8:00 AM. Signed in and sat down. 5 minutes later they called me into the...

Anybody able to give me a heads up on what I can expect with my heart cath? Going in at 8:00am to get this done. I'm just not sure if they are going to knock me out the whole way, or if I'll still be awake. Either way, I'll post my experience when I get back home. Hopefully around lunch...

Hope to see you here! Hope to see you here! Kandice, Please Private Mail me your contact info so I know who to ask for when I swing by. Wasn't sure if your name was Kandice, or if that was just your screen name. I'm headed over to St. Thomas Hospital in the morning for my heart cath (just...

Kandice, If I remember correctly from my meeting with Dr. Patracek (or maybe it was my cardiologist), if you get a repair, you still need to be on blood thinners for a short time.

Forgot to post this! Forgot to post this! Meant to post this for you Kandice. This is a video of Dr. Patracek performing a port access mitral valve replacement when he was over at Saint Thomas hospital here in Nashville. http://www.or-live.com/archives.cfm?browseby=specialty&id=5&event=232...

Dr. Patracek was recommended to me by my cardiologist Dr. Hughes. Actually I had two surgeons recommended to me. I met the first one. I liked him, seemed like he would do a good job. Just didn't feel like my wife was completely on board with using him. Over the next month, my wife got to...

It Is A Small World!!! It Is A Small World!!! See below.... WOW!! It really is a small world. I live in the Nashville area. And, to top that off. Dr. Petracek is going to be performing my Mitral Valve repair 6 days after yours. In fact, I had a consult with Dr. Petracek back last Friday...

Incredible News!!! Incredible News!!! At this point in 4 weeks, I should be in the ICU area at Vanderbilt University. Going in for a Mitral Valve Repair on the morning of October 15th. Met with the Surgeon last Friday and asked a boat load of questions. I have tried to exercise consistently...

Thanks everyone! Thanks everyone! I really appreciate everybody's responses to my post. I'm sure I'll be posting more as things get closer. :) Can anybody tell me how I can get my signature to show up under my posts? :confused: Thanks again.

Hello everyone. Just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself and give you my history. My name is Jeff Gibson. I live in the Murfreesboro, TN area (just southeast of Nashville, TN). I have known that I have had a mitral valve leak since I was about 8 years old (39 now). Never had any...