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In response to some questions from David: Yes the Carpenter Edwards 3300 is a new design bovine valve (new in that it is using a better fixation process and should have a longer life, but not enough clinical evidence to determine that yet). I don't have any regrets, but I think that after...

Yes it is frustrating. I just had an echo test also and it's been two days and I've heard nothing from my cardiologist. I kept asking the person doing the test what they saw. They replied they can't tell me anything. Except that if it was bad they be rushing me off to the hospital So I so I...

Headaches and the fever has gone away. I've had an MRI of the head and an echocardiogram. The results from the blood cultures after five days were negative. I'm scheduled to see the infectious disease doctor and they scheduled the MRI of the head and CT of the chest. I'm still curious as to...

I think you dudes should both take up flying. If you f,,k that up it will kill you with or without warfarin.

Pellicles article links in the message a few above do address the methods of diagnosis of endocarditis very well. I'm glad I read them before visiting the infectious disease doctor. Now I need to print them and study them.

Just returned from the doctors. The next scheduled test or an MRI of the head and an echocardiogram. We are also setting up an appointment with the infectious disease doctors. My cardiologist said that the blood culture test would typically result in a positive growth within 24 hours do to the...

Fever and headaches returned yesterday. 102.8 up to 103.4. Up and down for 6 hours. Headache was as bad as a tequila hangover. 4 mg of morphine didn't help the pain at all. Had two blood samples taken for blood cultures. 1 from each arm. Went to ER at 9 pm. CAT scan of head. More blood work...

So, based on advice and common sense, I went to the doctor and they took an X-ray of the chest and did a blood test. Results were, blood counts (white blood cells) were normal (5.4). So the Dr determined that I probably did not have an infection or Bacterial infection and that the fevers were...

Hello, I was completely on the fence between tissue and carbon. When I first looked into this many years ago they were using a steel ball and a metal cage. I went with tissue but I am 10 years older. And the bummer is that you have to make this decision before going through the surgery or living...

Would someone who has had endocarditis be kind enough to describe their initial symptoms? This might help people (me) get to the ER in time to take some appropriate action. Now that I have had this surgery I don't want to run to the ER every time I get a cold. But I also don't want to be a dope...

Man, I am working up a sweat getting these pictures embedded. Not so sure about the Flickr program,the Flickr Uploader is very buggy.

Better size IMG_2580 by Greg Johnson, on Flickr

Finally got it. Here is a picture of the small eruption. 15e604f2-c0f0-40f3-871b-99edb49a1ffb by gjohnsondsm, on Flickr

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Yesterday my wife notices a small red swollen area on the lower part of my full sternotomy wound. I am 3 months post op and had assumed all the issues were over. I have read a number of people here who have had debridements and 'tunneling' of fluid from the wound even after a few months. The...

I would seriously think about checking INR levels. I was at 3.9 and didn't have the problems stopping bleeding that you are having.

Indigestion, dehydration, there are many things that can cause such a feeling. Keep a record of the event (food, situation, stress, activity, H20 intake,etcc) and if they recur you will have some basis on which to determine the cause.

I agree with everything that pellicle and dick have said. One needs to be vigilant and informed about their doctors and the doctors decisions. They make mistakes. My dosage finally ended at 7.0 for 5 days and 8.0 for 2 days of the week. And this after testing every week for 2 months. So the idea...