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Hmmmmm...., So that's how they came up with the lyrics... "Twisting the night away"

I have used cocoa butter on my scars and it seems to have really helped to fade the scars away. Two OHS and you can barely see them. A farmer down the road told me about this years ago, there is some truth to some of these old home remedies.

Congrats to you Cooker... Hope you have many more ! Rob

I'll toast to that..., soon, almost the end of the month,,., Hmmmm, I should have picked February, it would have been a few days shorter, LOL!! Cheers, Rob

Hi LateArrival, Like you I enjoy a few drinks in the evening, and my INR has always been extremely stable, averaging 2.5 - 2.8, and my dose has almost always been 4 mg/day. This year, I decided to kick off the New Year with a "Dry-out January", I tested after one week, and my INR had dropped to...

Hello Ol' L, I originally had a St Judes mechanical aortic valve put in back in March of 2000. After ten years it failed due to severe aortic stenosis. so, in Sept 2010, I had Dr. Petteresson, and Dr. Roselli perform my surgery. I had to have both surgical teams work on me due to my dissection...

Hi Patrick, I totally agree with all the great comments already provided regarding Dr. Pettersson. He is an amazing surgeon, One of the best! He worked wonders with me, and I was not an easy surgery. You are in the best hands with him. Wishing you a successful surgery, and a full and speedy...

I usually go by the 3 day rule for full effect of my dose, when I test. Each person metabolizes the drug differently, based on a variety of factors, such as diet, medication, etc... If you have been on it, and have been required to abstain from it in the past for a planned surgery, they usually...

Hi Matt, My Dissection caused my aorta to dissect, and the dissection ripped the inner aortic wall from the valve down to my knee area of the left leg. I also, like you, have no known disease that caused this to happen. The doctors said it was most likely a congenital defect. My life then was...

Hi Matthew, Hope your surgery goes well, and that you have a speedy recovery. Your are lucky that they have located the aneurysm before it got any worse. My ascending aortic dissection/aneurysm actually ruptured, and they gave me a 6% chance of surviving the emergency surgery, that was back on...

I had a similar issue after my surgery in 2010. It was a long 13 hr surgery, and then they had to go back and complete it 2 days later with another 4 hr surgery. So due to the position they stretch you into for OH surgery, I ended up with "Frozen Shoulder". I had to go to therapy for months to...

I get, or should I say..., Still Get, those same symptoms. Aura's, flashes, sparkles in the eyes, lightheadedness, and fluttering of the heart-a-fib. Good thing I don't get all of them at the same time. My last OH surgery was in 2010, with the heart/lung machine. The incidents do not occur...

I can see why this is one of your favorite places to take a ski and visit. So peaceful and beautiful. It reminds me of skiing and snowmobiling in the mountains of Maine Thanks for sharing your photos and captions. Looks like you had a recent wet snowfall, so much stuck to the trees. Cheers! Rob

Too Funny!!!! I get it!

Dr Pettersson is amazing. He performed my complex valve replacement, dissection and aneurysm surgery, and even found that I also had an aneurysm that also needed to be repaired. All the other doctors missed it. He replaced my aortic root, replaced my existed mechanical valve, and repaired the...

Hi Catie, I would recommend that you fly up to CCF, and meet face to face with the surgeon. This is what I did for one of my valve replacement surgeries. I first met with the local surgeon, listened to his recommendations, then made arrangements to have my records sent to CCF, to a specific...

Not a true statement. I know surgeons at CCF that do not have an issue with the 1.5 lower limit. That being said, it also depends on which valve you are talking about within your body. The blood pressure force is much stronger through the aortic valve than the other remaining heart valves...

I have had both the St.Judes mechanical aortic valve, (10 yrs), and now the On-X mechanical Aortic valve,(6 yrs). They're both audible, and really not much difference between the two in loudness to me. Mechanical heart valves are loud at first I suppose, especially to someone who has never had...

So happy for you that all went well! Congrats Steve!.. Now..., walk, walk, walk, and get outta there quick!

It was around 8 yrs after surgery, when they found that my valve was getting restricted, and began testing me every 6 months instead of annually.