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I found this interesting as I had not heard of it before. When I got home last night I took my blood pressure and I was at 126/86. Perfect 40. I did have the cardiac tamonade referenced in the note about 4 weeks ago and was not checking blood pressure for this item. That led to second surgery to...

I bought a monitor and kept track of my readings and then brought the monitor to the docs office so we could make sure the monitor matched what he was getting for BP reading. He took a reading and then we did machine and they were close. My high readings at his office were white coat.

The first 3 mornings after my surgery they came in to the room with a portable xray machine and took a picture each morning. On the 4th and last day in hospital they wheeled me down to xray and had me stand and took 3 different views. Not sure what they were looking for. I was just along for the...

Hi Debbie, They told me it was rare at 11 weeks, so I quess we were in same boat. I read your notes and the part about feeling like a rubber ball in chest was the same thing I had and I tried to explain to doctor. Mine was at the top of the sternum. The other thing my wife mentioned after the...

Good luck on your surgery. I am sure it will go well. I thought I would throw my 2 cents in. At 52 and needing a new AVR, my cardioligist wanted mech and my surgeon said pig. Cardiologist said he felt new drugs would be coming on the market and in 3 to 5 years I would be on a safer...

Thanks Sarah. I am back at work and moving on and hoping it is all behind me now.

You explained it well. Feeling great then down hill. Doctor did say it was rare to happen this late after surgery. The issue had built up over time and not just over night. I was getting out of breath a little more each day. I think communitcation was bad because cardioligist was in his office...

Thanks for replies. My wife and I feel the docs had missed this and are lucky we followed up and pushed. Doctor told me he was looking for blood clot in lungs and was surprised by fluid. We think they were not saying much because they were trying to rush me into surgery. And I was in a daze, so...

I have been more of a watcher on the list, but thought I would post my last weeks experience and get more involved. Post op stress test and echo at 7 weeks showed me to be doing great. I was working out an hour each night with no problem. I had started rehab and they saw no issues with the...

I was supposed to have a mini. But doc said when they got in, they found the heart was deeper in the chest and larger than they expected and he felt it was safer to go with a full cut. He told me healing would be no different after 3 months, which I am coming up on. I had researched going...

My doc told me no biking for 3 months from surgery. I did ride 6 miles when it was a warm day (in the 30's) in late December. I agree do not over do it and do try to get into the cardio rehab. I just started it and see that I may have been overdoing it and need to settle down and let the body heal.

One week after I got home from surgery, the bump on the top of incision had gotten red and warm. Called and was told by surgeon to come in to his office that afternoon. When I got to office he looked at it and said he thought it might be a hematoma. Said this may hurt and squeezed it. Out came a...