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Get it done asps. No delay. You need this surgery like yesterday. No running.

Neither am I.

And does Medicare cover the strips used, or the Medicare Advantage medicine coverage?

My murmur was heard before birth, as they thought I was going to be twins. Back in the 1960's. And there are heart issues that was never checked for that they are checking kids nowadays. Needs work but they are doing better.

I have had to change providers at the teaching school hospital I go to know. I have a regular Nurse Practioner that does her part, and the Cardio comes in to look over Echo results. I get those done once to twice a year. Right now, they are watching my mitral valve calcification progress. And...

I had several of them in my life. Also no problem. And I had to stay still for three hours after my last one in 2001. Like it better than staying in the hospital overnight.

Heart disease and heart defects is at all ages. I was born with my heart defect, heart murmur and the Birth defect of the aortic valve. Not from old age.

I love my scare of honor. Proud of that for it shows I went into a battle for my life and won. Twice now.

You have to know who have right to perform the surgery there is you have a choice surgeon. Not all are allowed to work in certain hospitals. And here on the board go local to save travel distance. Best to look at the online directory at the hospital and go from there.

Mine fluctuates depending on antibiotics and physical activity. Or nothing at all. But always do what you do to dose yourself.

Good wisdom of advice. For many try to rush the healing and it does not fare well when it is soon after. They do not get it that the chest muscles have to heal first and takes a year. They feel better and think they are ready to push it, but they do not realize rushing does more harm than good...

My aortic valve is a St. Jude's leaflet and have had it for 22 years, on warfarin and doing fine. I have yet to be looking at surgery for the mitral valve, they are just watching it closely. On bypass, it was the old crack of the chest and placed on the heart and lung machine. The time was less...

Amoxicillin takes care of Infection not swelling. Aspirin or other aspirin like helps the swelling.

Congrats.

Yes it can lower the INR and increase the INR, depending on the exercise and intensity. Dancing is a great Cardio-Vascular and blood circulating exercise. You go do some dancing for it also helps you lose weight and helps the heart and lungs to be strong and healthy. Hope your wife keeps nagging...

or it can increase, depending on the activity and intensity.

yes it is.

Well, I have been busy in other chats, but got to get you all caught up on my other health issues. First, need hearing aides. Two, got neuropathy in my left foot and feels like it is trying to be there in the right foot. And have Mitral valve calcification, but the cardio folks are keeping a...

To all that may have heard this, I suffer from what is known as Pump Head. There were times when I returned to work and had to retrain on everything I used to do very well. Had to take many notes or I would forget. I would forget how to do things and it was frustrating. Not as bad since I have...

He loves to argue. He thinks he can't be wrong. So sorry, he has attacked me also on this message board. Just ignore him.