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Thank you for sharing your experience Wanda! I hope to have the same great results you have had 🙂

Yes, it is my choice and I am choosing mechanical in hopes of never having to do this surgery again. As I mentioned initially tissue was the choice, but my surgeon said, go mechanical and avoid this surgery in the future and it was all I needed to hear! It sounds like you have also made a great...

Thank you for sharing and congratulations on feeling great and getting back to the activities you love! I'm so glad you're happy with your choice! I'm definitely leaning towards the On-X and hope to have a similar outcome. Yesterday, I had a Coronary Arteriogram and things look great for surgery...

Good to know! I'm not concerned about taking anticoagulants if getting the mechanical valve prevents me from future OHS. I am grateful my surgeon recommended going with the mechanical valve. I'm so glad yo hear about your success and good choice! I definitely think mechanical is the way to go...

This is very good to know! In the future I will need a lot of dental work (call it genetics), but I have 3 implants and a crown. I will also likely need two hip replacement surgeries and also require a breast revision surgery after healing from open heart surgery. Hopefully, with bridging and...

Thank you so much for your feedback. I am sure I'll be happy with my choice and if it prevents me from repeating OHS then it's a good thing! I will likely go with the On-X valve myself.

Thank you for your feedback! Your experience is encouraging. May I ask which mechanical valve you went with? I'm not going to worry about taking anticoagulants as I haven't heard much negative feedback from anyone. It appears most are happy with the choices they made. Thank you so much! I am...

Fantastic to hear!! I wasn't too concerned. We definitely have area's where falls can occur, but it wasn't really a deterrent from choosing mechanical. Thank you for your feedback and beautiful pictures!

Thank you for your experiences Lynn. Our situations sound similar in many ways. I'm grateful your surgeon recommended the mechanical valve. That's exactly what I liked about the surgeon I chose. It's also very encouraging to know you feel good! I love hearing this and am really happy for you! My...

This is good information for sure! I have read people sometimes have issues with anticoagulants and wonder what they do in instances like this?

Definitely excellent points Chuck! I am setting up an appointment with the surgeon for a Telehealth visit to ask him several questions. We won't be meeting twice although it would have been nice. Surgery is less than two weeks away and I want to get it done as well. I've been pushing staying in...

I will likely require several future surgeries including one within a year from OHS. I see two hip replacements, hopefully no surgeries on my spine or neck but with Spinal Stenosis who knows and I still plan to go mechanical. From what I've read you go off the medication for a period before...

I appreciate your feedback and will definitely consider the St. Jude. Thankfully, I don't like push ups, but love to bench press, tricep dip, and incline chest press and realize all this will have to wait at least for awhile until things are nice and healed. I'm glad to hear you have been able...

I appreciate what you're saying. I've known about the Bicuspid Aortic Valve since my early twenties. I honestly didn't worry about it all these years and instead got Echocardiograms when my general practitioner recommended. Perhaps my outlook will change, but I have been enjoying life climbing...

Hi Dick, I think you're right and I am going to go with the mechanical valve. From what I've read and I've tried to read as much as possible it isn't a big deal taking blood thinners. I don't like taking pills, but I also don't think I'm going to enjoy having my Sternum split in two either so...

I think it's great you didn't dread any surgery, but I'm afraid from what I've read most people would dread this surgery. From someone who feels their life was just high jacked (keep in mind I'm asymptomatic) and my profession involves me being active all day every day this has been as upsetting...

Thanks for your feedback! I'm not used to these forums, but I'll get there since I truly appreciate everyone's feedback!

Hi Lynn, This is so encouraging and I can't thank you enough! I plan on going with the On-X although I do have questions as to what option the surgeon prefers. I just don't want to do this surgery again if I can avoid it. Unfortunately, I don't have a desk job, but work as a personal trainer...

Being active is not why the surgeon suggested mechanical and he did because he asked me, would you like to know what I would do? Of course I said, yes! I have been dreading this surgery for the last 5 months and I dread it still. Yes, I realize I'll die if I don't have surgery, but I hope to...