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Diagnosis: Mitral Regurgitation, Atrial Fibrillation

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8 years ago (May 22, 2018)

Was in the middle of mitral valve repair surgery one year ago today! Here's what a one year old scar looks like :) Thanks & best wishes everyone!

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Rita Savelis

8 years ago (May 22, 2018)

Wow! Have to look hard to see the scar....or maybe I was just drawn to the shiny heart instead!

Lilly Black

8 years ago (May 22, 2018)

Barbara, the scar looks great...hardly noticeable! 😊

Penelope Bodek

8 years ago (May 22, 2018)

Holy smokes! I thought that was a before picture. You healed great. What's your secret?

Anna Jones

8 years ago (May 22, 2018)

Thank you. That is an amazing picture. You have to look really hard to see your scar. I'm so happy for you that you are doing well.

Chris Purvis

8 years ago (May 22, 2018)

Wow thats looks really good! Can't even see it.

Rita Savelis

8 years ago (May 22, 2018)

I still remember that when your scar was new, it just looked like cleavage anyway! Some people have all the luck! xo

Civita Fahey

8 years ago (May 22, 2018)

Looks Great Barbara.. mine is still red! but then the scar from my foot surgery is just getting light and that was 3 years ago.. UGH.. I have way too much pink in my skin... you would think having been born in Italy I would have some olive tones.. hahaha..... Read more.

Veronica Gunthner

8 years ago (May 22, 2018)

Amazing! Gives me hope!

Michelle E

8 years ago (May 22, 2018)

Barbara that looks great! Nice to know we can make 'friends' with our scars - they are just part of who we are now, with a survivor's story to go with them!

Debbie Chatzky

8 years ago (May 22, 2018)

That's amazing!!

Barbara Wood

8 years ago (May 22, 2018)

Thanks! I had a pediatric surgeon - guess he knew how to take the tiny stitches, & I followed Ritas advice & tried to keep it covered in the sun. Oh yeah, my cleavage scar...nice while it lasted:)

Melissa A

8 years ago (May 22, 2018)

Did you put anything on it after surgery? That scar looks amazing!

Carolyn Newell

8 years ago (May 22, 2018)

Looks great! Very impressive. xo

Barbara Wood

8 years ago (May 23, 2018)

Melissa, just regular body lotion - Burts Bees

Valerie Archual

8 years ago (May 28, 2018)

Awesome!!!! Can you believe we are a year out?! So glad youre doing so well!!!!

Sara Moyce

7 years ago (December 6, 2018)

Beautiful! As others commented above, gives me hope❤️

Rosemary Hudson

7 years ago (December 21, 2018)

Amazing Barbara after only one year, Wow. :)

Diane Esposito

7 years ago (April 2, 2019)

Thanks so much for sharing this; I have been dreading the sternotomy scar, but yours looks great! Maybe mine won't be so bad.

Diane Esposito

7 years ago (May 23, 2019)

Hey, Barbara My incision is healed enough for me to look into minimizing the scar appearance so besides keeping it out of the sun, I've ordered a silicone strip to use twice a day. Did you put anything on yours while it was healing?

Barbara Wood uploaded a photo

9 years ago (June 17, 2017)

My scar at 3 1/2 weeks. ( that's not cleavage, that's my scar:)) I had a full sternotomy- it healed so fast!

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Rita Savelis

9 years ago (June 18, 2017)

wow! It does look like cleavage! And it looks good!

Andria Pugh

9 years ago (June 18, 2017)

looking good barbara

Wanda Mroz

9 years ago (June 18, 2017)

Looks great!

Jill Krajnovich

9 years ago (June 18, 2017)

Looks really good!

Barbara Laurie

9 years ago (June 18, 2017)

Barbara!!! Fantastic! Wow kiddo, you. Did. Great! Yay! It takes awhile (I thought) for the chest to calm down, swelling, etc. I was on my back for 6 weeks so, I'm not a good example, but wow, I think you look great, and you have good color in your face,... Read more.

Marie Myers

9 years ago (June 18, 2017)

Did you get your chest X Ray done? If so, did it look ok?

Barbara Wood

9 years ago (June 18, 2017)

Thank you all! Marie, I had my chest xray...it showed a small pleural effusion that he said will be absorbed, otherwise the lungs were clear, they were happy with it.

Soggy Rodent

9 years ago (June 18, 2017)

Barbara, with the pleural effusion, were you having a hard time sleeping? I also had a pleural effusion and felt like I was jumping out of my skin with oxygen hunger every time I laid down. I found it was easier to get oxycodone than it was to get oxygen...

Marie Myers

9 years ago (June 19, 2017)

You will feel so much better once that pleural effusion disappears! Even if it is "small" it still diminishes your oxygen carrying capacity.

Barbara Wood

9 years ago (June 19, 2017)

Yes, Soggy, I've been having a very hard time sleeping & the jumping out of your skin is a very good description of the way I feel when I hit the bed. I'm not sure what causes it- afib, pleural effusion, the amiodorone I've recently been prescribed. I'll be curious... Read more.

Sally Strand

9 years ago (June 19, 2017)

Hi Barbara sorry to hear about your setback but you are looking good and I love your attitude. I am also just 4 weeks past mitral valve repair and patience is something I am working on too!

Barbara Wood

9 years ago (June 19, 2017)

Hi Sally :) Yes we do learn a lot about ourselves during this adjustment period, don't we? And I thought it was going to be so easy!! Best wishes on your recovery, keep us posted on how it is going...

Melissa Houser

9 years ago (June 19, 2017)

Hi Barbara - the scar looks great! Sorry to hear you have been short of breath (possibly from pleural effusion?) and had persistent a fib. I pray for quick healing and resolutions to these problems. I see cardiology tomorrow, so I will post an update for my 4 week mark... Read more.

Linda Richards

9 years ago (June 20, 2017)

you look great!!

Lise Bowles

9 years ago (June 20, 2017)

Wow Barbara, You look great! I wish I had gone with the sternotomy! Isnt it amazing? I hope you are feeling better regarding your breathing and lung issues. Remember, it takes time for our bodies to recover fully. Its been 10 months for me and I am still having to... Read more.

Barbara Wood

9 years ago (June 22, 2017)

Thanks Lise, my lung & breathing problems have eased a lot. Life after ohs can be a hard slog! I hope too that when you come off your current medication that your pericarditis will be resolved & gone forever! I'm glad to hear you're taking it slowly, so am I-... Read more.

Barbara Helen Dance

9 years ago (June 26, 2017)

Hello Barbara (2), Hi, I do love you latest photo............ please can I have the same result please ??????-. Thank you for your support, it means a great deal, as I am sure you know, (having been there, done that and brought the t.shirt....haha.). You are looking good....I remember you... Read more.

Barbara Helen Dance

9 years ago (June 28, 2017)

Hi Barbara, thank you for your advice, love and best wishes for my surgery, ( i'm afraid I am useless when it comes to technology, haha. I have managed to upload a photo...... but not to my profile....😒,and I think I now have my date sorted.....(I wondered why I couldn't... Read more.

Valerie Archual

9 years ago (June 28, 2017)

You look great!!!

Barbara Wood uploaded a photo

9 years ago (June 1, 2017)

My scar, day 10

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Catie B

9 years ago (June 1, 2017)

Looks very, very good!

Adam Pick

9 years ago (June 1, 2017)

Lookin' good!!!

Phyllis Petersen

9 years ago (June 1, 2017)

That looks really good!

Jill Krajnovich

9 years ago (June 1, 2017)

Your scar looks great!

Anonymous

9 years ago (June 1, 2017)

Where is it?😉 It looks great!

Barbara Wood

9 years ago (June 1, 2017)

Thanks! I'm so f-ing proud of it! My surgeon does pediatric heart surgery & he rolls it inward & stitches under the skin so it hardly shows- it's such a dainty scar!

Cathleen Weed

9 years ago (June 1, 2017)

Looks great 😊❤️