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I broke my hand about 15 yrs ago and had to have it straightened and thats when they picked up a murmur, had an echo a few months later. Told over the phone results were everything fine. Went 5 yrs no doctors and then 10 yrs ago this month I had a medical to renew my heavy drivers licence (...

Congratulations! Go go St Jude, my fathers did 34yrs and was still going strong when he passed.

Definition of communism- “a theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs.” Sounds like a forum to me 😂😂🤪

Yep warfarin tastes yuck if you dont get it down quick enough. Might be a silly question for everyone but could you dissolve warfarin in warm water and drink it? Guess you could. Also if you hold your nose you cannot taste, so maybe if its a taste thing you could try that? I do that when I...

Doubt that very much, sounds a bit fantastical

Sorry to hear of your wifes injury Bob, very best wishes from NZ.

Before St Jude changed to Abott on their website I recall they did list the range for a St Jude Regent in the aortic position of 2-2.5. This is about all I can find linked on their site...

Interview with the developer/inventer of the Foldax valve with some good insight into the progress they are making- “Our longest patient is about twenty-two months and he’s doing exceptionally well. We can’t quite believe how much of an impact it’s had on him. He is a runner and recently...

Does mild to moderate leakage cause the ventricle to enlarge or remodel? If so then wouldnt that necessitate replacement?

Yep I’ve seen his written excrement.... t’was trying to be nice...😂

I think (I hope..) it was meant as tongue in cheek humour...

Here in NZ unfortunately some doctors are clearly not fit to be doctors imo https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/125605155/the-doctors-trying-to-hijack-new-zealands-covid19-vaccination-rollout...

All I can advise is give it time. Alot of the time I don’t notice it now after 5 1/2 years. My valve sounds to me a bit like coins tapping together. Sitting here now if I focus on thinking about it I could cry, so I don’t. Its bearable, and its only the evenings and laying in bed thats the...

Congratulations!!!

So the expiry date of these is 30th September 2021, I only have one left so time to buy some more... I recall theres something in the meter that reads the date of the strip and wont let it run a test if expired but if you trick the meter by changing the date you can use after the expiry date, I...

I remember the first night I was home I tried to sleep in bed which was terribly uncomfortable and had me ringing up cardiothoracic at the hospital at 3am. So I slept in a recliner with a blanket in front of the tv for the first few weeks or so. I just watched tv until I dosed off and there...

Sad to read of all the covid related deaths. I came across this- https://www.newsweek.com/2021/08/13/doomsday-covid-variant-worse-delta-lambda-may-coming-scientists-say-1615874.html?amp=1 This stuck out to me- “his team's analysis shows that almost every single one of the 100 million...

Hope it all goes well for you, I had lasik eye surgery 20 years ago and would do it again tomorrow. My late father lost sight in one eye from an eye stroke last year so I feel for you deeply. Chin up 😊

In NZ the roll out of 5G technology coincided with the start of infection cases here, so the conspiracy nuts jumped on the 5G caused covid bandwagon... wtf.

Hi, welcome to the forum! There are several posters here who have had TARV so hopefully they will chime in. If you try the search function of the site you will find old threads/posts on TARV. Mick Jagger had TARV 2 yrs ago so I think theres even a thread on that...