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Diagnosis: Bicuspid Aortic Valve

Member Since: October 11, 2018

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Molly Ivers got a guestbook from Patricia

7 years ago (February 22, 2019)

Hi Molly. Sorry to hear about your eyes and having to wait for an answer. You mentioned having similar episodes prior to surgery. I would have one or two ocular migraines a year 3 years prior to AVR (Nov 1). Now, post surgery sometimes it's a bright pin spot shooting... Read more.

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The geometric patterns are called scintillation headaches - I've had those my entire life (1 or 2 a year). After surgery I had them one after another after another. It was weird, but they are leveling off as time goes by. The new thing I had is called PVD -... Read more.

Molly Ivers got a guestbook from Linda

7 years ago (February 4, 2019)

Hi Molly I had mitral valve repair in October. I had a history of ocular/optical migraines since 2006 but after surgery I had around 25 of them. The doctors suggesting seeing a neurologist but after researching online its from the heart lung machine and patients reported having them for several... Read more.

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Hi Linda, thanks so much for sharing your story. The first thing I thought of was the heart-lung machine and I brought that up in an email to my surgeon's assistant and she said -- "you're too far out from surgery." I disagree, it's only been about three months. It... Read more.

Molly Ivers got a guestbook from Fay Kozas

7 years ago (November 10, 2018)

Hi Molly, so good to hear from you! I was beginning to worry. And so happy you did not injure your sternum....As for the itching, it is natural in the healing process. Gently wash your incision with soap and water, with your fingers, and then also rinse without letting the... Read more.

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