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Nicely said, dorrnole.

Best to you Brian. Today's medical advances have this operation down to a peace of cake. It would be interesting to see how much faster your recovery goes with a mini thoracotomy than a full sternum split. Let us know how you are doing when you can.

Interesting timing on your question. I had my after surgery visit today with my cardiologist and he commented on how today's tissue valves only get better. My valve, St Jude Trifecta Gt, has a average of lasting 17.5 years. Don't know how they determine that for it has only been approved by the...

Hi SB, Good luck on the other eye surgery. It has to fee great to be able to see without RX glasses, except to read. Like you, I had glasses since age 4, except when I broke them and could not afford to get them replaced for awhile. My cataracts are not bad enough to have surgery yet, but it...

My surgery was July 22 and I guess I'm recovering well since. I can sleep in my own bed now, walk about 2 miles daily, am weaning myself off Tylenol, the only pain meds I have been taking for over two weeks. I do have some questions that I wonder if others have input on: 1. Up until today, I...

You do have some great athletes.

Hi SB, I didn't know about you loosing your dog a year ago. They do become your best friend and loosing one is never without loss. I'm surprised that I'm still loosing weight, now 17 days post op. I'm down to 173. That is 20 lbs under my fluid heavy weight when I got home 12 days ago. I'm...

Hi Juli, I'm trying to figure out how to get tape marks off. The bandages they used have edges like super glue. How is your breathing? I can't lie down flat without having issues with breathing.

This picture was taken five days post op. I'm already making up stories about my incision scars: I was in this knife fight. I showed it to my son and he wanted to know how I got the three bullet holes in my belly. And the hole in the jugular also has possibilities. Can't wait until I can put...

I am pleased that it is not just me that displays that kind of fits over this site. Thought it was a learning curve, browser, or device thing.

Oh, Again, do you think it would be too political if I suggested **** Cheney invite Donald Trump to hunt ducks?

Interesting. When you find conflicting information on the net, who do you trust? Your source says not interactions, Check out these two sources: http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-971-saw%20palmetto.aspx?activeingredientid=971&activeingredientname=saw%20palmetto and...

Now that we got that cleared up, I think I will go sleep with my wife now and work on other stuff. 😉

Update: both my GP and surgeon said I'm ok with taking saw palmetto with Plavix.The both said they could find no interactions. Both webmd and healthline say otherwise. When your docs conterdicts information you get on the web, go with your doc

Sorry, that link is bad. I will have enter it from a desk top.

Hi SB, best of luck with the cataract surgery. Don't be surprise if you can see within 24 hrs. Of course, depending on which sight they get perfect, you may need reading glasses. Like Catie, my execerise went off track too. OHS does that to ya. I was 181 into surgery, 193 peak, ab dynes morning...

Anne, Steve, and Jamieann make good points. I went into surgery at 181 lbs, two days after I was at 193! Came home at 191. Now, six days later I am at 178. Yes I did go a lot, but felt when I hit 178, the fluids were gone. However maybe the frequency is due to the fluids still. In any case, I...

I have had my tissue valve for 10 days. It is the St Jude Trifecta valve with Glide Technology, model: TFGT-25A. My research on this valve shows that it was just got FDA approval in April, 2016. I'm still gleaming information about it, like what does GT (Glide Technology) mean. I find it...

Good question. There was a question that they would send me home on warfarin for three months because my platelet count was too low. Apparently they lowered my platelet count pre-op by giving me Heparin to reduce risk of blood clots. After post-op, they expected the platelet count to rise back...

OK, folks, I feel appropriately scolded. Back to the script and Doctor orders.