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Best wishes for a successful surgery.

Maybe a trip to the dermatologist would help.

Reflecting on this after 19 years the only additional suggestion I have is an adult coloring book and a large set of markers. My brain and attention was pretty messed up and nodding off was a real issue. I couldn't concentrate on reading so I wish I could have just doodled.

Weekly for me. Here are the results of almost a year's worth of testing.

Actually, thalidomide was given to expectant mothers in the U.S. via free samples given to doctors. I have personally met a survivor whose mom was given the drug by her ob-gyn. My husband's father was a salesman for Merrell which was the U.S. distributor. The salesmen had samples to give to...

I am so sorry for your loss.

Sounds like you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. I used to take fish oil supplements and about 10 years ago the cardiologist said to stop taking it. Just eat fish in moderate amounts.

Sort of in line with red light therapy, does anyone have any experience using a vibration platform?

Those spring loaded one-time use lancets bruise me terribly and painfully. I use the SoftClix device and 21 gauge. My boxes of lancets that are provided by me service will last me forever since I reuse one for a couple of months or so.

In case you have not seen this https://wayback.archive-it.org/7993/20170112084759/http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/NewsEvents/WorkshopsConferences/ucm476561.htm

I'm okay with the service I receive through my insurance as there's no cost to me. It's a reporting service. That said, it seems to me that the time may have come for some petitions to the FDA to remove the testing meters and strips from prescription required. Who's up for that challenge?

I had my mitral valve replacement in 2005 and everything there is fine. What isn't fine is my emphysema. I see a lot of ads for Carda Health which seems to be a lot more proactive than the service my insurance (medicare advantage) enrolled me in. Has anyone had experience with Cardo Health?

I agree that this is the most likely reason.

eBay has a long standing policy of prohibiting sale & purchase of medical items that require a prescription unless the seller is an authorized supplier and the buyer has a prescription. That said, eBay often turns a blind eye to those items which are seemingly harmless. Occasionally they...

This is a major point. In the couple of articles I read on the tricuspid replacement and the statistics, they failed to mention the age of the patients. I suspect the average age was considerably greater than 30ish. Makes a huge difference.

Congratulations! Keep on tickin'

I had my OHS for mitral valve replacement at 57. So I wasn't too concerned about the "look" of the scar but I did encounter other women in rehab who looked at theirs (as did I) as victory badges over their valves. A few people in the intervening years have noticed the bit of discoloration at the...

I do have a tip to avoid bruising. Just before injecting yourself touch the tip of the needle to a clean piece of tissue to remove that first drop that likes to sit there. Since doing that I have never had a bruise bigger that a tiny pea (of course following all the other tips - grab fat, inject...

In addition to following the cardiac rehab therapist's guidance he gave me some excellent advice. Massage the areas of pain as it helps to disburse the fluids that collect around the wounded areas causing some uncomfortable swelling. Even now, some 17 years after my surgery I still get fluid...

Yep, every 6 months