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Noted!

Maybe heating pad, cordless tens machine, front open shirt to go with, ginger tea, peanut butter crackers.

Same here next week mechanical bovine only lasted 5 years

Yes, its fluid build up which is usually in the lower extremeties but I have no swelling anywhere except in my abdomen. Ascites can accumulate anywhere and that is why they checked me out to make sure the swelling wasn't because of something else.

I just know what I remember from high school physics! Quit boring but not as it relates to the heart. We are all just sophisticated machines!

I will be having my second OHS August 17. I had a bovine valve 5 years ago at age 57 and now I’m opting for a mechanical. I had no complications the first time and even had a single bypass with it. I was out of the hospital in 7 days. No oxygen no pain just nausea which I despise. This time I...

Yes fluid mechanics and if the valve is stenotic it has deformities which cause turbulence.

It says it has some blood clotting repulsion when used for heart valve prosthesis.

Not really I have insurance that will cover all my medical expenses since so have met deductibles!

Yes! Not pressure but velocity. Thank you so much for that info. My aortic issue is stenosis severe stenosis. The surgeon believes that once the pressures of the aortic valve normalize it will be beneficial to the mitral valve so he isn’t touching the mitral valvue and no need for any bypasses...

I will talk to him again for clarification it’s possible I missed something but my mitral valve has some calcification but no stenosis. He will only replace the aortic valve nothing else.

Yes doctors involved with TAVR keep pushing it but quickly discovered I couldn’t have one which was disappointing. I had a at Jude Trifecta GT tissue valve that lasted 5 years

Thank you! You are doing great! My surgeon is recommending mechanical for many reasons one being a small aortic root that is calcified and can’t be widened and therefore a mechanical will keep it from further shrinkage. I have calcification in my mitral but the dr thinks that will not give me...

Well I had to be rushed to the ER felt like I was drowning I couldn’t breathe! I had an echo done in Feb and was told all was well. I had abdominal ascites but no swelling in lower extremities so thought it was a liver issue. I was hospitalized twice. They tested me for everything and all w as...

Yes It’s horrible. After the hospital I hav been able to sleep but constant ascites, short of breath, can’t climb stairs, can walk around. Getting chest X-rays weekly and seeing the cardiologist. They said the better the lungs get the less chance of a trach after surgery BUT the reason for this...

Thank you I didn’t get the chance to dig and read it all. Will do that because I’m interested in this subject!

Kurnatowska I, Grzelak P, Masajtis-Zagajewska A, Kaczmarska M, Stefańczyk L, Vermeer C, Maresz K, Nowicki M. Effect of vitamin K2 on progression of atherosclerosis and vascular calcification in nondialyzed patients with chronic kidney disease stages 3-5. Pol Arch Med Wewn. 2015;125(9):631-40...

This is about Vit K1 I was talking about K2 I will find some studies on it!

Not just Vit K Vit K2 it takes calcium. Out of the arteries and puts it in the bones but should be used with Vit D3. I asked my surgeon and he gave me a strange look lol

Thank you so much for this uplifting information! I also read that warfarin calcifies the arteries quicker but have also read about vit K2 and vit d3 being able to help that situation. Unfortunately the doctors don’t know much about nutrition and how it effects the arteries. I will look more...