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I hope to God I don't end up in a hospital where no-one seems to know what they're doing. That is terrible. I'd forgot to mention that my episodes of sweating, lack of appetite etc etc went on for some time, about which I did nothing (why? I don't know, I thought I was just under the...

Thanks Forrest You are certainly well up to date with info on it as far as I can see! I certainly had no idea I had a pre-disposition to endocarditis - pretty sure I did not know I had this aortic stenosis, or if I did, the import of dental care did not occur to me. Heart surgery is one of...

I too felt pretty normal again after a few days's treatment. I can't remember how long it was but I was then given a PICC line too, which made life a LOT easier, but they wouldn't let me home, so I was stuck there for weeks on end, missing my family and all the rest of the angst you get in...

I was strep viridians. I had insane sweating at night, yet shivering during the day, went off my food and really run down. It was found that I did not have an abscess (as you say, lucky old me!) I don't have a bicuspid valve (presumably that is the aortic that that refers to). TOE showed 8mm...

Almost exactly a year ago, I was diagnosed with infective endocarditis and hospitalised for six weeks whilst treated with anti-biotics - the names of which escape me now. Anyway, it's always been a bit of a mystery to me how I 'caught' this damned condition in the first place. However, I do...