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Indeed, I wouldn't be going out of bounds to say he is one of the tops in the world. I have a friend who goes to him, says he's great in person, busy, busy, but surgery, he's all there. Every time he has another appointment, he ends up waiting 2 hours plus to see him and it's pretty quick. I...

I'm glad to hear that. You're going the right way, not an easy journey...which is easy for other people to say, but we've all been on the road here or about to enter the ramp.

that's very interesting - do you feel the shirt has helped you deal with it or is the trigger worse than not? A friend sent me an article on Arnold S. and having his bi-cuspid replaced the same as mine. I smiled and said "hey, Arnold and I have the same pillow now!". He's gone through a few...

Brief update, I'm back home from Cleveland Clinic. Surgery was Sept 4th. It was awful and it was great. More pain than I expected but all the professional people have been impressed with my recovery and home I'm doing. I walked 12 minutes this morning, will walk another this evening, could go...

Thank you Eva, I can picture that! One goal so I can see how I'm doing, stairs and breath :)

That's the basics. It also depends on what he sees when they open me up. If the pulmonary valve has issues, I gave him the option to switch it to a Ross procedure. If both look like bad choices, bovine, then mechanical. I may switch the preference to Ross first choice, as I have some more...

Going into Cleveland Clinic on the 4th for surgery. Bicuspid aortic valve will be replaced either doing a Ozaki or Ross procedure (due to my comorbidities, those are my two top options). 52M. (some details are in my new members section) I found out some months ago, and I was freaking out like...

Thanks Protimenow, glad I'm not in until next week, that ending made me laugh quite a bit. *looking back over this thread, it started in 2005 and things like "bring your iPod!" are pretty amusing.

I sent my list to a friend who just heart surgery within the year. His thoughts were he was in such a haze doing any puzzle or reading was completely out. Maybe some music that would relax him. He said snacks were also good, he said he wasn't hungry, but it was just poor hospital food. "I would...

I made a consolidated synopsis of all the pages into a list if it helps others, some repeats in here but here it goes: I highly recommend bringing a sleep mask. earplugs. Hospital may have. wireless earbuds with me and luckily they were charged enough to play music I also brought a pack of...

There is no perfect choice is there? Took me a bit to realize why surgeons put a lot of the decision making on the patient who knows so little. All of them have big drawbacks. As my wife says: you made the best choice you could at that time, so don't beat yourself up" It's not like you'd choose...

Thanks pellicle, I've watched and seen your videos you link to several times previously and read many of your posts, read the studies I can follow and my wife has helped understand some of the data. I appreciate your passion. The conclusion of the study above didn't cause me fear, they all just...

Technically yes, guidelines say go mechanical but I'm choosing not to. Besides the usual bevy of complaints about mechanical, I've got other specific issues. I'll be personal and frank here. I'm epileptic. I've had a few seizures, grand mal, which are under control now with medication, but my...

I have had the murmur Chuck since childhood. I now recall my pediatrician mentioning it in the 70s/80s. Grumpy old dude retiring 'ah, whatever son, you may need that fixed in the future'. Frankly forgot about it. In my 20's my heart beat was irregular, which was found to be associated with too...

I saw that paper early on in my search. Are you pointing to the recommendation of a mechanical? "Despite the need for lifelong anticoagulation, the choice of a mechanical prosthesis is the recommended option for patients under 60 years, even if thromboembolic events, device malfunction, and...

Some more info: I realized after the first discussion with the surgeon that I had symptoms I wasn't realizing, or maybe ignoring unconsciously as they got worse? I thought I hit 50 and just ran into a wall, age. I started trying to work out three times within the last 12 months and just gave...

sorry, I thought it showed up in my tags, but that was another forum. Male, 52. Good shape...for the midwest of the States. I've been walking every day, but I've gained 7 pounds since my broken ribs, that was a long recover of pain and laying around. At first I was all in for doing a...

long time lurker ;) First mandatory THANK YOU, for all the good, no, great information, data and stories and sharing that people have done here. I've probably learned the most from all my research about my BAV. Mines a somewhat interesting story, well, some people seem to think so. I...