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Thanks, I didn't even think of basic alarm apps. I found something called "xtreme alarm" or something that I'm toying with. Its a lot like the built-in one (with Cyanogenmod 10) but some extra settings. I did notice this morning that thought it will sound off when the volume is off, it will...

Awesome suggestions, thank you so much. Heat pad, check! Foreknowledge that its just a fact of the surgery, check! Kimchi, check! (After all, my wife is Korean, hahaha). p.s. Pellicle, I gotta say when I eat kimchi I really go to town on it and it doesn't have that effect on me. I eat...

After hearing about potential back and shoulder injury before open heart surgery, I've been wondering (with 8 days left) if it would help to acutely stretch those and/or other areas of the body. Any experience or advice with this? Any physical therapists on the forums?

I've seen and tried more than a few pill reminder apps from Google's Play Store. I've also looked into more generic reminder apps too. I cannot seem to find one that has a combination of these features: 1. Will sound an alarm during a reminder no matter my current sound settings. 2. Will...

I lost most of the lower peripheral vision in my right eye and within the first few days it improved slightly, but not much. Initially the "veil" was black and solid. Within days it became gray and the edges became somewhat see through. I could swear it shrank a bit last week. If anything...

Thanks for all the kind responses. I'll try to answer all the items ... Again: I've been getting all sorts of imaging of my heart done for years and no one has ever mentioned PFO to me with regard to my own heart. But then, no one told me about even the possibility of aortic aneurysms...

Hello. I'm glad to have found you all. I've (mostly) enjoyed reading your posts (as some have scared the crap out of me) since I found out about this place after I learned of my need for AVR on Sept 9. My bicuspid aortic valve (fused leaflet) has been a known part of my physiology since I was...