Doran's Posts

"To the confusion of our enemies." ― J. Robert Oppenheimer Doran Herritt here. Working my third year anniversary of getting the Edwards' Inspiris Resilia Valve installed due to a bicuspid variant, aortic valve (lost the lottery there!) as part of the Commence trial program. A big thank you to Dr. Bavaria and the entire U of Penn staff for bringing me in, fixing me up and sending me home. They are world class! Also thank you to my Cardiologist Dr. Jacob at Lancaster General (The Heart group). Just an awesome team! I feel great. In the gym almost every night. Still mountain biking without the worry of Coumadin risks. Need to lose some weight and eat better. The never ending battle. I'll have my annual echo here in the next few weeks and let everyone know how it goes. Still hoping and praying this thing lasts as long as they think it will. Time will tell. Thoughts and prayers going out to all of you starting, going through or recovering from the process. Hang in there. Better days are ahead! I'd say keep on ticking but tissue valves don't make noise. Take care, Doran