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Good Luck! Good Luck! Keep us posted. I'm following your post as I have been dealing with valve surgery induced afib. I'm taking 3 meds to control the afib/aflutter and they work really well, but I don't want to take all those extra meds the rest of my life. We are gradually stopping them to...

Welcome, Kevin~ You may have a little post traumatic stress going on from the tubes. Probably (I'm speculating) since you were only 5 young, they didn't explain what was going on and your mind created it's own explanation for what was happening. Children go through all kinds of phases...

1. drivetopless/Tracy 2. 47 at surgery 3. Mech Aortic Valve (On-X) in 2011. I chose Mechanical for several reasons, but one factor that I haven't seen mentioned--family history-- My Grandfather and Uncle both have AVR--St. Jude mechical. My Grandfather had his 26 years with no futher issues...

Yay for Ovie! Yay for Ovie! Glad the surgery is over, and he is on the road to better health. Thanks for letting us know.

I don't know for certain, but I would think several reasons: 1. anesthesia is out of your system 100% 2. your heart has had time to fully recovery and stabilize. the surgery can set up a lot of inflammation so I would think they would want that to settle down before they hit it again. 3...

Hi, Barron- I can tell you pre-surgery that I often felt weak, like I had low blood sugar. I could not do inclines or stairs well. I would even get dizzy standing in line at the store if I was holding something that weighed more that a pound or so. I also had heavyness in the center of my...

Similar to everyone here -- the first 3 months were very erratic. Then is started to be more stable. It has continued to improve and the range of fluctuation is much narrower than it was 9 mos ago. (I'm 1 year postop). I do eat a salad and take a multivitamin with a small amount of Vita K...

I'm only on my first VR, but it is an On-X. Just wanted to wish you luck. ACT is not bad, especially if you can get your own home meter. I really haven't noticed much difference when I nick myself, etc as long as I'm in range. I do bruise just a little easier. I'm sorry your first valve...

I had my surgery during flu season and was worried about that,too. Plus aneasthesia as always made me queasy--another worry. RE/ anesthesia-- Hospital managed it very well with medications and I did not hurl once. I warned them advance so they were ready. RE/ Flu/stomach bugs -- I got a flu...

Welcome back, BW. Your doctor's have the best input for you on your surgery, but you should definitely seek someone you trust but who is kind. Just make sure you are not still in denial. Your weight and current health is definitely a factor on how the surgery goes. I can tell you that I...

Bev- glad you got a diagnosis. My dermatologist explained that if you are experiencing hair loss today it is probably because of a stress that happened 3 to 6 mos ago. It takes a while for it to show up. I do have a lot of new growth (short hair growing in) all over, so hopefully this is...

Yes they did-- thyroid levels were perfect. My cardiologist thinks it is the warfarin causing it.

I got my On-X on Jan 13, 2012. I am not officially part of the PLAVIX study, however my surgeon put me on 325mg Aspirin a 1.5-2.0 range of coumadin. I am now on a 2-3 range of coumadin because I got a-fib shortly after surgery. As an FYI, tho, I found the 1.5-2.0 range to be really hard to...

I don't know where you live in GA, but if you can't get to Cleveland Clinic and you live on the north side, check out the surgeons at NE Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. I think they are one of Georgia's best kept secrets. They have all the latest equipment. Most of the staff there are...

Did any of you (especially ladies) experience hair loss post surgery? What about low iron? I am about 1 year post op. About 6 months ago, I noticed I was starting to shed and was losing lots of hair every day. It was in the drain, on my brush, on the floor, on my clothes--very disturbing...

I haven't noticed too much of a difference. Maybe 1 or 2 days longer. I would take a wait and see approach and not worry about it yet. You will want to monitor her iron levels, though, to make sure anemia isn't an issue.

I was really worried about pumphead and discussed it with my anestheseaolgist (SP). I even gave him a print out of a Duke study siting the making the body temp slightly colder reduced pumphead. Anyway, 1 day after surgery when they took me off morphine I wasincredibly alert and "with it." In...

Hi, Ovie- Your post really spoke to me, so I had to respond. I've never been a smoker, but I have struggled with food and yoyo dieting in much the same way. It is so hard to stop when it seems to be the thing that comforts you the most. I would imaging smoking is similar. First, I am proud...

If 2 leaflets are bad and 3 are good, then 4 must be fantastic. ;) Do they call is quad-cuspic? QAV? Just kidding. I'm sorry to hear about your brother, but the scientist in me finds this very interesting. I am glad he was diagnosed. Better to know than not know and suffer a dramatic...

"If for what ever reason (natural or man made) coumidin is not available - I'm dead. I can't seem to get that out of the back of my mind. " Well, there is no guarantee you would be dead if you stopped taking your coumadin for whatever reason. . .Just because you aren't on coumadin doesn't...