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Best wishes to the both of you. Keep us updated if you can! Brad

Nancy, I am very sorry to hear the news about Joe. Your memorial page is a great tribute to the life that he lived. It just goes to show how far strength of will can take someone in life. My deepest condolences. Brad

Glad to hear the fever seems to be under control. Take it easy and have a happy holiday! Brad

You have an excellent attitude Chris! You're going to make it through with flying colors. Good luck!

Thanks for the advice everyone. I can happily report that both my hands and feet have returned to normal size today! and my weight is stable...so it seems all is good for the moment. Brad

Wow, I definitely was too self conscious to be taken any pictures when I still had my chest tubes in! You look surprisingly good though. I have the bump at the top of my scar, it is pretty small. They told me it would not go away for at least a couple months. brad

I had the same thought. I had not been weighing myself because I did not have a scale, but sent someone out to pick one up tonight so i can track it over the weekend... Brad

David, They didn't do it on me, but mine was 6+ years ago. Maybe they should have! hehe I know you were worried about your neck before you went in. How is it doing now? Brad

Hi All, I woke up this morning with some pretty signficant swelling in my feet and hands. This is the first time I have experienced this, so it has me a little worried. My joints in my hands ache from the swelling and in the morning it hurt to walk my feet were so swollen. It has gotten a...

It's great to hear you are doing so well David! Brad

although i just did a pubmed search and didn't find any the negative results you are referring to. do you have a link?

thanks for the info bob...he said it definitely wasn't definitive and up to me if i take it, so maybe i won't

Hi All, Just finished reading all of your warm responses to my girlfriend's update on Thursday night. Thanks for all the well wishes on the recovery process. I had to get my aortic root replaced along with my valve, so my decision was between a mechanical valve with a sleeve acting as the...

Hi, this is Brad's girlfriend, he asked me to post how his surgery went. He went into surgery at 9:30 am this morning and was in the ICU ready for us to see him at 5 pm, nice and unconscious. I just got back from the hospital and they are planning on removing his breathing tube soon. He...

So I leave for Mayo tomorrow afternoon. A buddy of mine is driving me to Chicago because I am flying from O'Hare to Rochester (tickets out of South Bend were just too expensive). Have all of my pre-op stuff of Wednesday including an echo (to make sure my pulmonary homograft is still functioning...

Nice to hear from you again Joe. I'm only seven days away from my Ross re-op and your post really helped my growing anxiety. Stay in touch. Brad

Of course everyone recovers at their own pace, but after my first surgery about 6 years ago, when I was 17, I was back at high school half-days after three weeks and back full time after 4 weeks. I remember feeling completely recovered by the time Christmas came around (3 months post-op) and...

Hi Kristie, I understood you completely when you said "Needless to say I'm devestated." I still remember the helpless, depressing feelings swirling through my mind when I found out my Ross was failing. The Ross was probably sold to you as a "cure" -- the perfect valve replacement that will...

I'm not going to lie, I definitely have been known to throw back quite a few red bull and vodkas. In fact, I probably had 6 at the bar last night and they don't seem to negatively effect me too much, but everyone's reaction is, of course, unique. Of course, there won't be any more of that after...

Thanks for that story Nancy. It is an excellent point and one that my surgeons told me. Each re-op becomes more and more difficult due to the scarring, etc...Having many surgeries is definitely not something I want and is indeed why I have decided to go with the mechanical valve -- reduces the...