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I would check to see if you qualify for medicare at 65. There are Medicare supplemental plans that provide most of what you are looking for. You would have to have procedure done in US, but costs would be minimal with the right plan. So maybe you need a plan for if the valve needs to be...

Will you qualify for Medicare at age 65? Some insurance policies have a 5 year clause for pre-existing conditions (at least they did in the past). If you could find a policy like that, it might be worth buying.

He doesn't have to make a decision until his new valve needs to be replaced. It doesn't make sense to me why his cardiologist would have said SAVR. Trying to decide now what to do in 10 or 15 years isn't practical as one doesn't know what the options will be then. I'm just saying TAVR could...

Let's say you get at least 10 years on your valve. At 68 I would think you would be a good candidate for TAVR. I had mine at age 70. I expect major improvements to happen in the next 10 years, so by the time you need a new valve, hopefully they will have new valves that last much longer.

The problem is TAVR was used primarily for critically ill patients, so there is not a long history of TAVR in patients who are expected to live 10, 20, or more years. There was also the change from 1st generation to 2nd generation TAVR valves, so it will probably be at least a few more years...

Yes, TAVR in TAVR is accepted practice, but I think you are being overly optimistic about a valve lasting for 10-15 years.

Almost exactly a year ago, Medicare starting paying for low risk patients to have TAVR, so the number of TAVRs performed should have increased greatly. Hopefully this means the valves will become less expensive as more are produced. I'm guessing the hospitals also had a hand in not killing the...

If it takes several years before you require surgery, TAVR may be an option. It would be substantially less expensive.

Didn't even know Teddy was a problem. https://www.wric.com/weather/coastal-flooding-along-n-c-outer-banks-closes-roads/

A sleep mask too.

I have trouble falling to sleep at night and take a benedryl. I can take a nap without needing anything, but at night I will just lay there for hours until I finally take a benedryl. Last night, just as I'm starting to doze off, I realized I hadn't taken my benedryl. I decided to see if I...

I'm planning on a trip to Outer Banks in early October, so based on past history, a major rain event is coming and all the campgrounds will be flooded. I'm watching Sally! I also just realized my 1 year anniversary from TAVR is next week - the 23rd. My local cardiologist said there is a small...

It surprised me that the worse part of being in the hospital was being in the hospital. How are you supposed to sleep and recover when they come in every 2 or 3 hours and run one test or another. I asked the nurse when she would be coming in so I could try to schedule my sleep. She didn't tell...

The Garmin was under $100.

I finally gave up on the cheap Chinese smart watches and bought a Garmin Forerunner 35. All I wanted was time, heart rate, and step tracker.

"COVID-19 patients with high blood pressure who were taking ACEi/ARB medications were 0.67 times less likely to have a critical or fatal outcome than those not taking these medications," said Vassiliou, of the Norwich Medical School at the University of East Anglia, in England...

I think what happened is I had a bad case of poison ivy and because I continued to work out in the hot sun for several days after, I also developed a heat rash which I mistook for the poison ivy spreading. They were both red and both itched.

The worst appears over The epsom salts bath caused the worst area to dry out and scab over so it doesn't itch anymore. Still some smaller areas of infection, but they are manageable.

I have poison ivy soap that I use, but it didn't seem to help. I also have some soap called Mean Green Power Hand Scrub which is great for cleaning anything off you arms, hands, and legs. It has always worked for poison ivy in the past, but not this time. It's a scrub type of cleaner like the...

Got a really bad case of poison ivy. It seems sweat spreads it, so I am staying inside today. This is the 8th day, so hopefully the worse is over. Almost went to doctor yesterday, but decided to go to Walmart and buy the expensive poison ivy stuff and try one more time. Had to get up at 2...