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Hello all! and thank you for this wonderful forum and your support! My medical report says that the dimensions of my ascending aortic dilation are 4.2 x 4.1 cm. My question is why does it give me two numbers?,...I thought it measured only one number or at least everyone here always talks about...

Hello, I got a AVR a year ago with an On-X mechanical valve. They also told me I have a moderately dilated ascending aorta, and will go for a re check and a couple months to see if its grown more, so they considered a whole year before checking for anymore dilation again. My question is do any...

Shirley how long did you take the coated aspirin for before your stomach inflammation?

kim--good to hear u made it through!....yes for you is still very early on. were u just discharged? how long were u in the hospital after surgery? you will soon start feeling better...good luck to u and keep us posted

hey paul...i am currently experiencing mussel spasms, achy mumbness on my extremities, and my upper lip spasms on ocation. i used to get the dizzy spells before surgery, dont know what kinda surgery u had done, but i had aortic valve replacement, and had severe regurgitacion, which dizzy spells...

thank you so much oilman, your words have helped me deal with it all. i appreciatte you taken the time to write. best of luck to you.

Hello everyone, i wanna first thank all of u for making this great site possible...it's helped me a lot before and after my surgery. I had my bicuspid aortic valve replaced with an on-X mechanical 11 weeks ago, with severe regurgitacion. about 3 days ago i started feeling fatigued, achy and...

hello gs man, i understand how u r feeling cuz i also felt the same way, and i also have a little on (15 month old girl) my surgery was almost 11 weeks ago and i just started cardiac rehab. like u my main worry was to b able to be arround for my child. recovery is about 2 month...but really dont...