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Oh no! Of course my intention was not to worry anyone, by anatomy I am more thinking that it depends on your body and how things resonate in your thorax ( Pellicle, Chuck and others have given very good possible explanations) and if you search more this topic I remember some people had said they...

Is it the noise or the thumping that bothers you? Or both? People in this forum say it gets a little bit better with time but mostly they say you get used to it. I’m just 7 weeks post op and for me more than the noise I’m trying to get used to the thump, sometimes it really feels like someone is...

I wouldn’t panick but I would report it as soon as you can….

For me the difference was huge and real both at home and at hospital/clinics….

The stenosis started just about three years after the valve sparing, like in 2011, but mild at first ( 20 mmhg) ….my original problem was just severe regurgitation due to BAV…something curious happened, there was a relatively long period ( I would say about 10 years) where the thickening of the...

When I got discharged from my AVR my hemoglobin was at 8.3 and they told me that was actually pretty good as it always drops significantly. They put me on iron supplements for a month and said in a few weeks more I should be back at normal range. They seemed so sure and see it all the time so...

Hi, I had for the last 16 years a blood pressure difference of approx 50 mmHg between left arm and right arm. Most times my left was 115/60 and my right arm was 165/60, I had aortic regurgitation and stenosis but they said that couldn’t be the reason. I have worried about it for years and...

Pellicle, I think the 25 mm gives you 23.4 mm internal which is exactly 2 mm more than the 23 mm that gives you 21.4 mm….am I missing something or you jumped a line….

Hi Tim, I am 6’4” and about 195 pounds. I have the 23 mm On-X because they could not fit in a 25 mm but I got surgery at a top hospital and they had paid a lot of attention to the possibility of ppm and they feel 23 mm will work fine but obviously I would have loved a 25mm. I think it is hard to...

Thanks a lot NCW, very useful information, gives me peace of mind as I feel what I’m going through is normal then.

What’s your mean gradient J? I have exactly the same valve and size as you but my gradient is still a bit high at 22.

Thanks Protime! Yes, I’m learning from all of you and I have Pellicle’s contact for extra support ! :)

Muchas gracias Caroline! I like to read those answers! :)

Thanks so much Mundtc. Funny to read that your choice would be to keep it ! :)

Good to know, seems like it’s kind of normal then. Btw, what’s your heart rate 8 weeks post op? I am 5 weeks post op now and it’s still so much higher even with a beta blocker. Resting heart rate is 75 and after eating it stays in the high 80’s for a good couple of hours or more.

Thanks. Usually about 130/75

You should be chuffed! You deserve it!

Pellicle, you have answers and good info for everything!!! you are a machine, thanks a lot. I hope the pounding gets better. The INR questions were the ones in the other thread that you had already kindly addressed. Got your info thanks and will reach out after I have done some testing for my...

Wow! Very impressive. What’s your secret?! :) where you very fit and active before surgery?

Hello, I have posted some questions on diet and INR but here is my other concern. It’s been about 4 weeks from AVR, I went mechanical, I knew about the noise and I am ok with the noise itself ( it’s loud but I am ok) but what gets a bit overwhelming at times is the feeling of a hard pounding on...