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My dentist has been saying this to me. Maintain your dental health! It is often undervalued and neglected.

I know of a doctor who is 80 and still working. But he is not a surgeon.

I had a mitral valve replacement and double bipass in 2017 and am okay now,, says cardiologist, yesterday. Pot is legal here in Illinois in flower", candy and liquid form. So far I smoked 3 grams and my heart is all right. Maybe every 7-10 days, moderate amount. I'm from the Sixties. For the...

Valve replacement with tissue and double bipass successfully done at MacNeal (Loyola) Hospital, Illinois I always felt very taken care of. Just wish I had someone with me during home recovery.

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Don't say it is common as my friend repeated constantly and annoyingly. Avoid cliches and truisms. If you can't think what to say, say nothing.

I would say no. Why chance it?

Paul, I had a double bipass and mitral valve surgery almost 2 years ago and recovered on my own. A phebotmist came once a week for my warfarin needs. OT came twice. I have NO family and my lone sister never called or came over after 2 weeks. I was scared at night but I am fine now. Lucky me...

I am over 70, never married and alone. I hate to say, but it doesn't get better over time. You get used to it but it worries me. Gave up getting dates long long ago. You may try LoveShack forum

Is he taking anti-depressants? Some of them like Sertaline can cause more vivid dreams, nightmares. Obviously, it might depend what the nightmares are about? Are they related to surgery or health in any way, even symbolically?

I went back to the ICU and met with the nurse who helped me on my first day there. She remembered me and was glad I came. Hugged me.

I wish now that I had brought books with me to read while in the hospital. It was boring all day in bed. Good luck.

They replaced my mitral valve with a tissue valve one year ago. See my "guest" post in anniversaries forum. I also had a double bipass done. I was very scared also but had confidence in my surgeon who I researched on the internet. Unless you have other medical problems or issues you should be...

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ever have post surgery anger? Not at the medical staff but at your family or friend? I have and I wonder how much of it is related to the surgery, perhaps the biggest trauma of my life.. I ruminate too much about the past. Surely not healthy but I obsess about this and other health problems or...

In this forum, rarely does anyone mention how their surgery affected their family, relations with friends or whomever. Why? Also, not much is written on positive or negative emotional or psychological reactions from OHS. Is everyone very private? Is this not a good issue? The forum needs more...

Michelle Honey Bunny, I felt the same after my mitral valve replacement and double bipass last September. Tired, depressed, angry.very angry. No one to help me, at all, except at the start of recovery. Too depressed and tired to do cardiac rehab--treadmill, etc. Very out of shape and...

Sorry that you must go through this again. I was told that the mitral flesh valve lasts 10 years also. It was scary time for me.

Don't even think about the other dimension!

Sorry to read about your depression, also. I am chronically depressed most days. Seven months after double bipass and mitral valve replacement. I take 25 metopol twice a day. Had no problem with Warfarin, not on it now. Mainly I was very angry before and after surgery but no more. I was not a...