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I've never heard it called PCIS. Right after surgery I was pretty sore, but they told me it was due to the position on the table, which is pretty much bent backwards enough for your shoulder blades to almost touch, but I don't think that would be PCIS. However, I have recurrent acute...

Fortunately it was negative, just like most of them, but it sure caused a lot of stress. Hope yours is negative as well.

The person that did my breast biopsy deferred to my Cardiologist. I stopped Warfarin 5 days out and began Lovenox, just like for other surgeries I've had. There is no way I'd go 7 days without anything.

My Apple watch picks up my heart rate, does a good job at the resting heart rate and the heart rate when I'm exercising. It doesn't pick up PACs as heart beats, which is a good thing because they're not. Those monitors they put on your finger will pick them up so they don't give me an accurate...

I was told a year before they consider you 100% recovered, but that doesn't mean you can't lead a normal life before then. I had pericarditis beginning 2 months post-surgery (more common with mitral than aortic valves) and it lasted a while because every time they'd take me off prednisone, it...

But then you wouldn't have babies! I had two pregnancies before my valve replacement. The first was against my cardiologist's advice and the second I didn't ask because the first had gone so well. Because of the damage from rheumatic fever and my age (36), they told me no CV surgeon would...

Yes, it's the contrast. There are some rare risks for people with poor kidney function.

Surgeons practicing reminds me of something funny, to me anyway. Before I had my surgery, I talked to my doctor about the clamshell incision, which curves under and between the breasts. I was 36 and didn't want a visible scar. He told me that he had done a couple before but it wasn't his...

All three of them are actually known as very good surgeons. I think you can search Coselli on here and get at least a few hits, not sure about the others because I was gone for so long. I can't speak to what happened, but it was definitely a shock to the heart surgery world.

I'm not familiar with the other surgeons you mention. Sorry, it's a case of not needing it personally at this time so I haven't done the research. I'm very proactive when it comes to my health. When I have a test of any kind, I check MyChart the next day and the next and the next. If the...

I live I lived in Katy for 20 years. I grew up in Lake Jackson, just down 288 from Pearland, and have been back there since 2011.

I didn't read all the comments, but did anyone mention Arnold Schwarzenegger blowing out his aortic valve shortly after a Ross procedure? This was back in 1997 and it's interesting that you can't find anything about it online anymore. That's what happens when you have money to clean up your...

Welcome! You probably shouldn't get ahead of yourself here. Is the "bar" still in your chest? If so, I'm wondering if OHS will be the best option for you. Perhaps TAVR is better? Anyway, that's really for the surgeon to discuss with you. As far as pain, I didn't take any pain medicine...

I live near Houston as well, just about 30 miles south of you in Lake Jackson. I have worked for Memorial City, before it was part of Memorial Hermann, which is where I had my surgery. I chose my surgeon because he had trained at Houston Methodist under Michael DeBakey. I've also worked at...

When I first had my surgery back in 1998, my Cardiologist wrote the prescription for Coumadin and checked the box that said No Substitutions. He said that there wasn't enough oversight of the generics and since Coumadin is so specific and a tiny bit can make a huge difference, it was best to...

How often does your PCP want you to test? Do they insist that you check in weekly because you told them you test twice a week? If so, I would tell them that I'd decided to only test once a month. Keep testing as often as you want, adjust as needed, check in once a month, and you only have to...

I trust my dentist. I've had an extraction of a "6-year" molar with very little bleeding, so it's weird that yours bled so much. I've also had a root canal (endodontist did it), implant (oral surgeon did it), and several crowns without a problem. I do always take antibiotics before all dental...

In the 26 years since my surgery, I've ridden roller coasters, zip lined, and recently did iFly, among other things. I can guarantee that the g forces on a roller coaster are nothing compared to iFly! I've had no problems.

Welcome fellow Texan! I assume you're in far west Texas, but surely there is a facility that can do cardiac rehab closer than 600 miles. Which Baylor facility did you go to? I used to work at Baylor St. Luke's in Houston. My brother had a mechanical aortic valve and root about 30 years ago...

What's causing the improvement? I didn't have the same problem. My mitral valve was damaged when I had rheumatic fever at 14. I always felt good even though my heart function was continuing to decline. My doctor once said that I was the healthiest appearing severely ill patient he had! He...