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  1. harrietW

    Re-op has anyone home from mech to tissue

    Thank you Pellicle frustrating is an understatement !! I wonder everyday how it will all play out where will it end. but in the meantime l will check back with an update ..
  2. harrietW

    Re-op has anyone home from mech to tissue

    pellicle Hello hope you are well .. Thank you for your response. No l did not take any legal action 2 reasons 1) l didn't have any fight in me when l was so angry and needed ever once of energy l had. 2) This past 3 weeks is the only time since surgery l have felt somewhat human and not angry...
  3. harrietW

    Re-op has anyone home from mech to tissue

    Patsman07 Hello Thank you for your input. Yes l do believe it's pretty common these days. I had a nurse in emergency tell me she knows if a gal who went from mechanical to tissue. "She misses the sound of the clicking" now. l would need to know for 100 % that l wouldn't ever be back in...
  4. harrietW

    Re-op has anyone home from mech to tissue

    Palicalle hello Thanks for weighing in .. Yes nothing has changed its been the worst ever. I thought this was a one and done deal .. Guess l was wrong. I believe it is certainly possible however going in the first time my odds weren't really in my favor to begin with. I'm in that catch 22...
  5. harrietW

    Re-op has anyone home from mech to tissue

    Warrick Yes ! Thank God for Blood Donors I would be dead 10 times over at least I am very grateful and very blessed. Thank you Xx
  6. harrietW

    Re-op has anyone home from mech to tissue

    Paleowoman hi thank you l will keep you posted. I shutter to thonk about it. I haven't recovered from the first one but we are running out of options if you can call it that. I am in the mind set to go til l can't anymore ..which might be sooner than later. Xx.
  7. harrietW

    Re-op has anyone home from mech to tissue

    Has anyone gone from mechanical to tissue Hello old friends it's been awhile. Sorry re spell check I've been kind of busy since the last time l posted .. Getting blood lots of Blood .. Since my Jan 5 /16 aortic valve replacement and mitral valve repair so much has taken place yet nothing at...
  8. harrietW

    4th OHS for valve replacement in 8 years

    Oh Shirley Dickey You and l seem like a match made in Heaven Although I am afraid l don't really have much or any advice for you but most curtainly know what your going through as l am the transfusion queen. Last week was my most recent but l do know l am already in need of another .. l will go...
  9. harrietW

    Say it isn't so .. Hello friends !

    jwinter l just spent 20 minutes responding to your post and my phone rang ... went back and your post response was gone. Forgive me l am exhausted l read of your troubles and l will try responding again tomorrow after my Interalist appointment! Xx
  10. harrietW

    Say it isn't so .. Hello friends !

    Ups ... lol ! Got carried away with the post button :Smile:
  11. harrietW

    Say it isn't so .. Hello friends !

    Paleowoman very comforting to know thank you for that. I suppose l just kind of vanished trying to move forward and so tired of the whole mess. I just worked at what would keep me preoccupied and pushed to rebuild my business. Honestly l don't know how l did it. There cam a point where I just...
  12. harrietW

    Say it isn't so .. Hello friends !

    Paleowoman very comforting to know thank you for that. I suppose l just kind of vanished trying to move forward and so tired of the whole mess. I just worked at what would keep me preoccupied and pushed to rebuild my business. Honestly l don't know how l did it. There cam a point where I just...
  13. harrietW

    Say it isn't so .. Hello friends !

    Warrick Thank you .. so much love and encouragement here. I can't believe l stayed away so long .. l think sometime after surgery we just want or hope to put it all behind us and move on with our lives .. That is atleast what l tried to do and here l am again staying nice and close .. support...
  14. harrietW

    Say it isn't so .. Hello friends !

    ZechariahLi Honestly. . What a beautiful message to wake up to on Mother's day ! I cannot thank you enough. l also cannot tell you how much love that brought to my Heart and how many tears rolled down my cheeks. Thank so very much for believing that all things are possible. Your words are kind...
  15. harrietW

    Sternal Pain 5 Weeks Post-Op.?

    Homeskillet Although my incision healed very quickly like within days l had alot of lower right sternum pain for months literally but was off pain killers into my second 3rd week. Although readmitted do to other complications and back on pain meds within week 4 and for several mths afterwards...
  16. harrietW

    Just saying hi, I'm new

    Welcome ! So much support here. I was so terrified. You found a great place to hang out!
  17. harrietW

    On jthe

    Yes welcome to the otherside may your recovery be strong and steady!
  18. harrietW

    Say it isn't so .. Hello friends !

    Midpack Thank you ! Heres to being indispensable !
  19. harrietW

    Say it isn't so .. Hello friends !

    carolinemc So sweet of you maybe to some it sounds like l have given up but let me tell you l have put up on Hell of a fight. My heart isn't the healthiest thing l've got and l'm not operable my mechanical aortic valve is good howevery my repaired mitral valve is not. My heart is enlarged and...
  20. harrietW

    Say it isn't so .. Hello friends !

    dornole Thank you for refreshing my memory. I believe now that l read this somewhere along the way a yr or 2 ago. The heart catherization l had 2 yrs ago through the groin to measure pressure no ballooning at all of course. I am a level 4 now for the second time mitral valve regurgitation. So...
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