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Two things: #1 You have claimed in the past that getting 15 years from a tissue valve makes one a statistical outlier. If this is the case, is 60% of an outlier a relevant argument? #2 Do you have any statistics on how many mechanical valvers: A. Will still have the cognitive ability they...

My mom used to tell us this when we were kids, it may help clear up your confusion: "First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend's eye."

It seems some people have a need to put others down to feel good about themselves. My best guess is they are probably low self worth individuals and were bullied as children. Why they choose to bully others and believe rudeness is somehow "cool" after what they have been through in life is...

Too funny! I can still hear the chi chi chi chi sound when the bionics kick in. And what kid didn’t make these sounds when they ran back then? (The sasquatch episodes were the best!) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047637421001123 A little something on the general...

Google Senescent cells and Senolytics. I was just talking to a friend still in the business yesterday and you may soon be pleasantly surprised about what’s coming up, especially in the cardiovascular area.

Science is obviously necessary but there is more to a decision than reading and citing studies or a fear of future surgeries. There is a human element in people's decisions and quality of life issues that have value and weight too. I'll give you an example: There is a gentleman on here that...

It's interesting that you say that. I watch a lot of TED talks and your comment brings to mind one particular episode where the speaker was an autistic woman describing what it was like for her being autistic. She explained that in her case, she experiences multiple realities simultaneously...

Enjoy Rosie, we lost our friend of 16 years a few months ago and our house and lives have not been the same since.

Hard pass but thanks.

I only had pain killers the day of the surgery while I was under, no more for me either. Not worth it and truth be told, I was lucky and the after surgery pain was easily tolerable without them. And so you know, I've since talked to several other people about this who have seen very similar...

With all due respect, the thing you don't seem to realize is that you may not actually be the smartest person in the room that you think you are and you may not even want to be if you were. You assume that people make different choices than yourself because they are somehow ignorant or don't...

After fighting nurses and the breathing tube when first waking up, I did have another unexpected event that was a little disturbing so beware if you continue reading this post. It was on day 2, and every time I closed my eyes I would find myself flying through a world made up completely of...

Looks like we are of very similar minds. This forum is great for everything but the medical advice/valve choice advice from the "grumpy old men" playing doctor. They need to leave that to the medical professionals as they could really harm someone or reduce the quality of their lives in a very...

A few more questions I may ask are: #1 If you had cancer instead of valve disease, would you seek advice for cancer treatment from random members of an Internet forum or would you trust that your doctor/surgeon's advice may be the better path for success? #2 Would you take the newest cancer...

Congratulations and thank you to Duffy, johnnycake23, BAVD John, Squashplayer and readsforfun for posting this positive news for all us tissue valve newbies (only 4 years for me). Continued good luck and best wishes to all of you and I'm looking forward to following your journeys on here (and...

I see the Dunning-Kruger team has arrived…

Pellicle, I'm not sure if you guys get Saturday Night Live in Australia but for some reason this character, Debbie Downer, reminds me of you... I don't know why... maybe I'm wrong... who knows...

Hello Luckyguy17, Very glad to hear you are doing well and I think we are a lot alike. Both fast healers and both thankful for the extra quality time modern medicine as gifted us. No complaints here. It's kind of crazy but the first moments after I awake each morning, I look around, see the...

Great advice Tom. It can be many, many years until you need any intervention. In 1984 I first learned that I had a heart murmur and that I may eventually need to have surgery to deal with it in the future during a routine physical for a job with the US Forest Service as a firefighter. (It did...

Hello Andrew, I was 54 years old when I received this valve. At the time, after visiting this forum, I was leaning toward a mechanical valve but after the surgical consult, my surgeon explained to me that with my lifestyle and other medical issues (Barretts Esophagus that sometimes bleeds...