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I supported him for his stand on terrorism. When allmost all (more than 99%) terrorists are from one particular group and we refuse to acknowledge that, it is too much Political Correctness in my opinion. After what happened in France recently, my support for him increased.

There is a girl in our village who accurately described how she died from snake bite in early life, her parents name and village where she used to live. All the information turned out to be true. Recently she got married, both the families participated in marriage and they shared cost of...

Did they mean don't go to dentist within a specific time window? It has been 6 months since my surgery, i am thinking of waiting for couple of months more before going to dentist( i will take antibiotics for sure). How often should people with artificial valves go to dentist? It seems to be the...

Hi Catie, You are not marching towards your execution. I felt the same before my surgery. It is going to be all right, it is not that hard and you are going to realize this after your surgery is done. Don't let your mind wander too far, otherwise it will make huge chain of "if", "else", "buts"...

My aorta increased from 2.something to 3.6 in 6 years. I did heavy weight training during those years. When doctor told me to give up weight training, it was end of the world for me. Doctors ask us to stop for a good reason. Imagine the kind of stress that it has to sustain during squat or...

Congratulations Again!!. Take it easy for couple of weeks.

That is an amazing transformation. Congratulations!!

It was hard for me too. This fear of death exist only in our mind, it has no existence outside it. In my opinion you could try mind calming techniques like meditation, it helped me a lot. Our brain can make a mountain out of this thought of death if we don't control it. Even if we reach 80...

Nocturne I agree with you here. So many research papers can't be wrong. I had AVR at 32 (couple of months back). I have accepted that my expected life is around 50-55 years. Would be great if i make it to 60. And i have made peace with it. Some people have survived for 40-50 years after AVR, it...

I think it is no. We have artificial valves that could throw clots where as general population don't. This is the reason we are recommended AC therapy and they are not. Even after AC therapy we have more than 1% chance of a stroke(including minor strokes) per year. Verified this in many research...

Have you taken multiple opinions? What do other doctors suggest? Onx is know to prevent pannus growth due to its structure. Risk of 2nd surgery is same as 1st one. Don't worry you will be fine. I didn't even know what a heart valve is 3 years back, now waiting for valve replacement in...

JulienDu I think it very important to make a decision based on as much information and examples as possible. Both my cardiologist and surgeon have advised me against lifting heavy and i am going to follow their advice.

MethodAir I remember reading post here of a runner. His aorta was increasing, then replaced running with brisk walking, aorta remained stable for next 7 years. My aorta was 2.something in 2008. I started weight lifting (deadlift, squat included) after that. It increased to 3.5 by 2013. Stopped...

Your result appears OK to me. How is your blood pressure? Do you indulge in heavy physical exercise? These things can contribute to aorta size increase. At least they were responsible in my case. Only thing i would suggest is to take care of BP and your weight in order to prevent(slow) the...

Congrats on the successful surgery and hope you make full recovery soon.

I agree that term "major fear" was not appropriate. But when your source of bread and butter(and your passion) could be at risk, little fear is justified. Regarding praying to god, I don't believe in god as a person like Ganesha or Jesus. I am more of a spiritual person. I don't desire or...

I am also in software industry. Pumphead is one of the major fears for me. These days i picked up category theory, which is a branch of mathematics related to functional programming. It is considered a difficult subject even without the surgery, i am afraid i won't be able to grasp it...

Best of luck Julien. Would be waiting for your post op report. I will also be going through AVR within few weeks. I have also choose mechanical (I am 32 years old).

Congrats Amy, wish you a speedy recovery. My surgery was also scheduled for 19th Jan, but it got delayed by a month due to other medical condition.

Paleogirl I remember a member posting here with his diastolic pressure of 0(it is not a typo) before his surgery!!!. 30 is not that unreal for leaking valves.