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Sit down with an empty sheet of legal sized paper and a pencil - on the left side of the sheet start writing all of the reasons that you should not drink alcohol (there are at least 10...). Then on the right side, list the reasons you should drink alcohol - not very many. A radical...

Hey - to suggest you are better off dead is a very sad way to feel. Look for an alternative activity or activities. Change your mindset - try biking for an adrenaline rush.

Hello Everybody, I am not sure why some of us have difficulty walking away from alcohol when it causes so many life threatening problems - just do it...

Hi - 32 days after MVR and all is going well so far. No issues with the prior prostatectomy done last November. Good luck with AS for the prostate - wish younwell. Mike

I have a long overdue routine follow up colonoscopy I need to schedule. It has moved out three times due to: prostatectomy, COVID-19 resource issues, and mitral valve repair. Cardiologist says OK to do in3 months. Anybody else have any special prep or problems doing one?

At my 2 week follow up with cardiologist yesterday after MVR on the 7th, he told me 2,000 mg of Amoxicillin prior to cleaning scheduled in two months is a must.

All my drips and lines and hoses have been disconnected. They pulled out what seemed like 25 feet of chest drainage tubing. That went OK. Just got moved to a step down room from the ICU. Two days here and then home. My room in the ICU was directly across from the nurse’s station. I...

Hello Everybody, Got out of surgery at 12:30 pm yesterday, and just got out of bed for the 1st time at 1:00 pm today. Not feeling too bad. My throat was not bothered by the ventilator too much - happy about that. The drainage tubes placed in each lung and the heart surgical area are painful...

Hi! I will try my best to avoid an infection. I don't have a prostate anymore... and don't usually have a problem with tight bowels. However, I will be on the "look out" for them thanks to your warning.

Hi All, My first post was titled "16 Days Out And Getting Scared". Now it is 3 days out and I am scared...haha, just kidding. All of you have made me feel a lot better about the surgery.

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Great - good for you! Excellent detail. I am 6'6" and weigh 212 pounds. I have never had a comfortable hospital bed yet! Thanks for responding.

If my my surgery is scheduled for 8:00 am on Tuesday the 7th, and all goes well without any major new discoveries and/or complications, when do you think will be the earliest time I am able to get out of the bed and try to walk? MAJ

Interesting...that was never mentioned as something I should have considered doing.

Thank you! All of my scans, tests, and bloodwork are complete. Everything is a go for the 7th. They will do a full front sternotomy given the inward shaped breastbone. I have been expecting that to happen given feedback I have received here on this forum. My heart catheterization two days...

Thank you! All of my pre-op tests, scans, and bloodwork