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I'm definitely not a doctor so I can't really tell you whether this is indeed the case or not, BUT if multiple official sources on the internet categorize this not even as a "severe" but as a "critical" degree of stenosis, I would look for a second opinion or at least I would ask for a...

Regarding the valve, if I choose to focus on that and it’s quiet enough, I can follow the ticking sound. I have feelings of pulling here and there inside of my heart, especially today after they pulled out the pacemaker leads. The heart itself feels more twisty-turny, and, for exaple during the...

With the drugs and the delirium from them time seems to be flowing oddly. I'm doing breathing exercises with a small device that provides adjustable resistance as instructed by the physio. I got the urethral catheter removed yesterday, and the temporary "just in case" pacemaker today. The...

Hello from the other side! I underestimated how much it’s gonna hurt. But I’ll be fine. 😊 I got a #23 On-X. According to my surgeon my valve was unicuspid 😳. I consider it a miracle that my heart managed to cope for 44 years without failing.

Correction, St. Jude instead of Carbomedics it is. I was kinda surprised initially that it’s missing. Yeah, see you on the other side, on Friday. Definitely not an everyday thing, I’m a bit scared 🫣😅

The guys here are fast! I’m scheduled for surgery tomorrow. I’ll try to get used to the thought and will hopefully be able to get some sleep. 😳🙄🙄😳 The available mechanical options are On-X and Carbomedics and they will take the decision during the surgery, as far as I understood one brand...

Indeed a spectacular demonstration of how one important thing can go wrong leading to a small chain of more things going wrong and I'm now in the not so easy situation of having a broken jaw and eating purees all the time, broken teeth that need to be taken care of (maybe some of them before the...

Hello, Currently at 44, my BAV with moderate to severe stenosis and moderate regurgitation was discovered in May 2022, the first time I had heart ultrasound done in my life. I went to have it checked because a year before that my gastroenterologist mentioned that she hears some kind of murmur...