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I laughed when I read Tom's comment about "the syndrome known as sudden death". That line would certainly get most people's attention. Rambo and Arnie dish out "syndrome known as sudden death". Fortunately, this syndrome is relatively rare unless there is also coronary artery disease or there...

I think that the topic of symptoms is difficult. The current AHA/ACC guideline (America's 2014 guideline) uses the presence of symptoms as their first indication for surgery. They gloss over what counts as "symptoms". Since these guidelines were published, there have been several studies...

Thank you LondonAndy. It is encouraging to hear your journey. I agree that we probably see a distorted view on these forums so some balance is welcomed.

The marketing sounds great. I could find only limited information online about it. It is a new “biopolymer“, the valve is called a “Tria heart valve”, and company producing it is Foldax. They plan to produce versions for open heart surgery and TAVI. I could find no animal or lab studies in the...

That sounds distressing. Is it the sound or are you feeling a knocking sensation or something else?

There is a big business selling these products regardless of whether they work. Even if high quality studies show they don’t work, the market continues. Advertising is more effective than evidence.

It is unclear to me whether: 1) altered gut flora creates disease 2) disease alters gut flora 3) both (what I suspect) The classic example is helibacter pylori creating gastric ulcers. No one thought that gastric ulcers could be treated with antibiotics until an Australian scientist decided to...

Yes, those arms (of my icon) do look suspiciously like scopes. But what are the clamps for? Beware of the happy scope robot.

Some teams are experimenting with faecal transplants. I am not sure that I would put my hand up for that without strong evidence. Definitely wouldn’t want to be the poor person actually administering it.

Best wishes rich01. Hopefully the bruising resolves by itself. Distance is a challenge with medical services. Increasing pain, redness, shortness of breath, fever or feeing generally unwell might be signs of something more than bruising. Regards

That‘s great, you’ll save 9 test strips 🤔

Best wishes extraordinary. Glad to hear that it is finally being treated seriously. Good luck

Congratulations on your new valve. The recovery with the TAVRs is amazing. Best wishes

The American Heart Association recommends (2017), “For bileaflet tilting disc valves in the aortic position, the target INR is 2.5 (with a range of plus or minus 0.5)” “For valves in the mitral position, older mechanical aortic prosthesis, or mechanical AVR with additional risk factors for...

Glad to hear that you are doing so well. It is amazing what is possible now. Best wishes Ladybug.

Kinda sounds like they administered an 80 year old dose of pain relief rather than a marine dose.

3GUN Glad to hear that you are going well. No sugar coating with this forum. Whatever I go through in December, there’s always someone with a worse story. May many, many years (hopefully never) pass before there is a part two of your story (or maybe part two will be delightfully easy compared...

Thank you John and everyone else who has replied, for sharing your journey and decision making process. These discussions have helped me settle on a mechanical valve for my surgery (December). My surgeon said that he would have a mechanical valve at my age. However, through the conversation he...

Good luck with the migraines. Hope you are gathering strength after your ordeal. Sorry about the double message. Can’t see how to delete. Anyway, best wishes

Good luck with the migraines. Hope you are gathering strength after your ordeal. ;)