Richard Munson
10 months ago (October 15, 2025)
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Diagnosis: Aortic Regurgitation, Bicuspid Aortic Valve
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Geoff Curtis
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10 months ago (October 15, 2025)
One year anniversary of OHS/SAVR at Cleveland Clinic & Dr Roselli.
Keep it up heart warriors.
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Chris Germano
10 months ago (October 15, 2025)
Great news Geoff! I'm getting a new Aorta with Dr Roselli 10/27. Did you have a mini-VAR or full SVAR?
Geoff Curtis
10 months ago (October 15, 2025)
Chris... SVAR, mini-sternotomy
Chris Germano
10 months ago (October 15, 2025)
Cool. Thanks. One more question, if you don't mind, which valve did you get, make and model?
Thanks in advance
Geoff Curtis
10 months ago (October 15, 2025)
It was a bovine Edwards Inspiris, 27mm.
Good luck! You'll do great!
Chris Germano
10 months ago (October 15, 2025)
Thanks, Geoff. Here's hoping you have 20 or more years of a wonderful heart!
Rose Madura
10 months ago (October 15, 2025)
Happy Anniversary.
Pamela Gregory
10 months ago (October 16, 2025)
Looking great! Happy Anniversary. What a nice feeling after a year❤️
Geoff Curtis
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1 year ago (August 24, 2025)
In honor of my valve replacement OHS, I got this tattoo yesterday. It's a heart being sewn up & fixed with my new heartbeat
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Pamela Gregory, Melissa Baker and
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1 year ago (August 24, 2025)
That is awesome! Glad you're doing well.
1 year ago (August 24, 2025)
I love this. I want one bad but now on blood thinner and they won't do it. Plus 83, thin skin. I got one with the oldsmobile logo at 78 but it bled a lot and is a little fuzzy. Yours looks crisp.i would say what my lovely wife said... Read more.
1 year ago (August 24, 2025)
Fantastic. Tell me the psychology of the experience for you - the pain of it versus expectation. Did you feel a victory when complete. The pleasure / pain part sort of a controlled labor of love post surgery. In a way, for me, it is like a "F-you" to the... Read more.
1 year ago (August 24, 2025)
Nancy was right. 😂
1 year ago (August 24, 2025)
I'm not a tattoo person but it's a great one! 👍
1 year ago (August 25, 2025)
That is super cool. And nicely done. Inspiring even
1 year ago (August 25, 2025)
Thanks, it's more of a badge of honor for my experience. (& Yes, this is a sensitive area for such a needle)
1 year ago (August 25, 2025)
That's very cool. I've always wanted to get on, but it wasn't recommended with blood thinners.
Geoff Curtis
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1 year ago (April 12, 2025)
It's been a while since I checked in, but this coming Tuesday marks my 6 month anniversary of OHS (bicuspid aortic valve replacement) from The Cleveland Clinic & Dr Roselli.
All of my pre-op symptoms are gone and my scar continues to heal up nicely. I'm still working on my... Read more.
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1 year ago (April 13, 2025)
Thank you for sharing - the upper chest sensations are shared by me - just this evening I was feeling it, too.... We're forever changed by this experience !
1 year ago (April 13, 2025)
That "scar" looks really good and looks very short. You won't be able to brag about your OHS showing your chest...😉
I still have some spasms here and there 2 years after OHS. I suspect it will never go away but at least in my case it's not a big... Read more.
1 year ago (April 13, 2025)
Thats a better looking scar than my minimally invasive. Did you use vanishing cream ? I got a spasm the other day after 4 years but i unpluged the toaster with my hands wet so it could be that.
1 year ago (April 13, 2025)
I haven't used any creams, that healing has all been on its own.
1 year ago (April 13, 2025)
Wow, you are a healer. Its almost gone. You must eat healthy. My brother in laws scar from 10 years ago looks like he fought a saber toothed tiger. And lost.
1 year ago (April 13, 2025)
Some people naturally scar well. Chest hair can help. Cogratulations Geoff!
1 year ago (April 13, 2025)
Scar looks great Geoff!
Richard, you are cracking me up today.
1 year ago (April 13, 2025)
Wow, I'm almost a year after surgery and it still has some redness. It is slowly improving. It doesn't bother me, though.
1 year ago (April 13, 2025)
Wow, looks great!
1 year ago (April 13, 2025)
What Scar?!!!
1 year ago (April 14, 2025)
Looks amazing! I had Dr. Roselli too. Honestly, I didn't care about the scar just wanted to be alive but one perk was the very small scar❤️
1 year ago (April 17, 2025)
We are all very fortunate! This surgery has improved leaps and bounds. I don't care about the scar either & glad I get to be on the other side of this...have a great day & Easter!
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