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A few more things to add. I also have a St Jude metal heart valve and pace maker. the conclusion that I can to was he was tired of telling people this kind of bad news, he retired the next week. Its got to destroy your soul :( The good thing is I am still here and feeling great at 72 :)

Thanks for the link :)

Good question :) The cardiologist I have now is up on the new procedures, its his speciality. Oh also 72 years young.

The size now is 4.4 cm with NO change in the past year. The question was ask with no answer given, he left the room.

A few years ago I was told I had 2-5 years to live because an aortic aneurism that was growing fast and they would NOT try to fix it :( A few weeks ago I had my yearly ECHO test. results: "compared to prior study from jan 2022 there is NO change in the size of ascending aorta.":giggle:

I would like to tell you my experience once back in my own bed. I had a lot pain so needed a strong pain killer, so Oxycodone was what I was given, it worked great. I took one before bed an would wake up with pain about 4am. I keep the pills and water on the night stand. Then one night I woke...

My St Jude was installed on 10-23-2008 and needed a pace maker on 1-13-2015. I have never had any problem besides arrhythmia. I do make sure to tell the dentist that will then put a lead lined cover over my chest. At 72 and still in good health, I dont worry about it and have a normal life...

Correction the study was with 260 over 80 years. Cardiac surgery in 260 octogenarians: a case series - BMC Anesthesiology . Its very interesting.

MY valve was installed 14 years and I also had a loud valve**, your not alone. I also had stage 3 heat block so now I also have a pacemaker. What I do when in bed at night is I listen to it, I dont try to ignore it :) Yea I know sounds funny :) After my heart rate comes down I pick up the...

Yes I did but I seem to have posted it down a few post, sorry it was late and I dont know how to delete this

I went though the same problems and know how you feel :( At the time my valve was replaced they did not know of the connection with the aneurism. It was not checked. I still have the aneurism and when it was found, my cardiologist told me I had 2-5 years to live PERIOD. Even when I ask about...

At 72 when I think back over my life, one of the best memories was when my wife and I lived on a sail boat :) Every once in a while while in bed we would smoke a joint of GOOD weed and tell stupid jokes and laugh & giggle for hours. We stopped smoking when we decided to have kids and have not...

I must agree with Chuck C on this. I have a St Jude valve installed sept 2008. At first is was so loud it keep my wife awake. She was about ready to sleep in another room :( It does get better, The only time I hear it now is when I listen for it.

"US has its 200k patients awaiting heart surgery but they are not on the radar because they dare not go to the doctor." Can you please give a source for your claim ? I was on the table 8 days after my GP found the problem in the USA. "because they dare not go to the doctor" I have a real...

Thanks Dave

Thank You for the info :)

Superman that's a great handle :) I did not take what he said for fact :) The first thing I did when I returned home was check here. I did get a new Cardiologists 2 or 3 weeks later. In the interview he* went over the last ultra sound pics and he told me the odds are I will die of old...

The line you read " There was NO change in life after the operation except the green stuff " The reason I was told not to eat green stuff at that time was very simple, It would be a bit random. That would make it harder to keep my INR levels constant. "Paul call your GP and please dont take...

Would you stand still and let someone shoot a pistol at you one shot a day at 100meters and how many of that 100,000 do you think are going to DIE while waiting? Do the math on how long you will be waiting at 100,000.

Very good, I wish only the BEST for you. When ever I go to a new doc for any reason, the first half of the first visit is an interview, face to face. If they wont agree to that, I find one that will. some times they forget which way the money flows but most of all they don't seem to care its...