John's Posts

Today is my three year anniversary of my OHS and heart valve. This year has been quite the year..after a life changing event for my sister we moved my father from North Carolina to Las Vegas to live with us. We did everything we could to make his life comfortable. Unfortunately this past July 20 th he died after a brain tumor diagnosis and a 10 day hospital stay. We did all we could for him so I can kneel before God knowing we did all we coulod. Now me..my heart is still going..I just cant lose weight...the rest of my body is "attacking" me..my heels. my hips and back.... It has been a long year and now need to focus on myself.. Oh yes I did forget to mention my lady, Lourdes, as of February has begun dialysis....she is doing OK...she now hopefully can await a transplant. As Padre Pio said PRAY , HOPE and DONT WORRY...I will continue to do that. Bless you all JOHN MADONNA LAS VEGAS NV

On June 9 th I will celebrate 22 months since getting my valve. These past six months I have had a series of ekg,echo, colonoscopy and two endoscopies and everything has checked out strong. I certainly am keeping the medical profession going ! Now everything would be perfect if I could only lose some weight. That is my biggest challenge. To those of you facing a surgery..PRAY HOPE AND DONT WORRY...I almost feel , in many ways, like I never had the surgery. I praise God I am still around, I just lost a friend last week who was 50 years old, I dont know exactly what his cause of death was but it was a shock. ENJOY THE DAY JOHN MADONNA LAS VEGAS NV

it is now 18 months for me !!! I face a colonoscopy here March 6....related to my anenmia.. Anyone have the experience of going off coumadin and going on louverox.. I have non heart valve friends who have colonoscopy at 7 am and are back at work by 11am.... my coumadin nurse speaks about getting my inr levels back up.....anyone with this experience JOHN MADONNA LAS VEGAS NV