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This explains the subscription services I am encountering and not being able to have a home tester covered by insurance. They want you to go through someone who can interpret your results for you to get rid of their liability should someone use the product incorrectly, or just want to make sure...

Especially if you know other users have bought from them and gotten a good product at a decent price. Looking around at random websites I sometimes can't tell which ones are scam sites. Even when you look the site up it is still sometimes unclear with things that could indicate either way.

Great information. I called one of the home testing websites and it seems they are run on a subscription basis. They told me most insurance will cover it. They said you have to be on Warfarin for 90 days before you can use the at home service. Why are you not approved yet? Is it just an...

Yes, except the temporary local numbing they normally do was made less functional by all the scar tissue he has in that area from his previous chest surgery when he was a child. :( I feel bad for him. He said he would feel better if I stayed the night even though he is mostly sleeping. So here I...

He is out of surgery. :0) Dr. Reardon said the surgery went amazing and he should have a good recovery. They just removed the breathing tube a bit ago and now he is being demanding and grumpy.

A good certified refurb would be good. Too bad Amazon doesn't sell them. LOL

We are now in the market for one of these amazing little doohickies. Is there a thread you can direct me to that tells me how to find one at a good price? LOL

My husband made it out of surgery. The surgeon was all smiles when he came out, super positive, and best of all..... Hubby is alive and TICKING! HAHAHA

We are here now. Hubby is in the surgeon's very capable hands at this moment. I am feeling a bit anxious, hoping we don't fall into the bad statistics, even while knowing that the likelihood of that is small.

Hi! This is the wife. Hubby is in surgery now. Not sure which valve it will be as the doctor sounded like it will depend on what he finds when he goes in. Dr. Reardon said at the consult that the valve anatomy was a bit tricky on him. I can't remember the exact verbiage. So now the waiting begins...

Hello neighbor!

He's not replying to the original post, he's replying to a subsequent post. *shrug*

From what you posted: best SECOND choice. If you could do the first choice why wouldn't you? Ultimately this is YOUR choice though. I am only trying to make the best choice for myself and I don't want to choose the best second choice. I don't have any contraindications to anti-coagulant therapy...

That is true. It all depends on the person. This study did mention that it was only a measure of the external sound and didn't measure the individual's inner feeling of the "noise", or something to that effect. That said, the study shows that the external volume of the St. Judes and On-X valves...

I just looked this up and the St. Jude's is a TINY bit quieter, but it is negligible. "Duromedics Edwards (33.5 (6) dB(A)) and Björk-Shiley Monostrut valves (31 (4) dB(A)) were significantly louder than St Jude Medical (24 (4) dB(A)) and Carbomedics (25 (6) dB(A)) prostheses (p = 0.0001) (mean...

Because of Warfarin and risk of bleeding events. The cardiologist isn't a surgeon, so I am choosing to take what he says with a grain of salt. I mean I guess he has experience with cardiac patients after they get their new valves and so would have an opinion based on what he has seen in his...

To be fair I didn't ask him which one he would get if he were getting one. :P If it a problem that we didn't decide on one and surgery is coming up with no appointment between then and now? Or is that something that can be decided the day of surgery?

Good luck!!

My cardiologist also told me a tissue valve would be a better option. He told me that tissue valves were better for people with BAV. HA! I searched for research to prove that, there isn't any that I could fine. ;P My surgeon said it is 100% my choice, that I could go either way. Tissue was a...

When I went in yesterday and they said the doctor had an opening in exactly one week I was blown away! I mean, talk about fast!!