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Diagnosis: Aortic Stenosis

Member Since: April 12, 2015

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Edith Dim posted an update
10 years ago (November 3, 2015)
The time has finally come for me to have my aortic valve replaced. This journey began a year ago when I was told that I would need open heart surgery. The good news is that due to my age, 89, and my Cath report, I am a candidate (on the... Read more.
👍 John Noriega reacted to this
10 years ago (November 3, 2015)
Good luck Edith! I will be sending good thoughts and many prayers your way!!
10 years ago (November 4, 2015)
Good luck prayers your way!
10 years ago (November 4, 2015)
Best wishes Edie for a straightforward op and recovery.
10 years ago (November 4, 2015)
God bless - onward & upward!
10 years ago (November 4, 2015)
best wishes and prayers Edith may the good lord keep watch over you
10 years ago (November 4, 2015)
Best Wishes
10 years ago (November 6, 2015)
Edith - my niece Tracey Noriega - is an OR radiologist at that hospital and she is in the cardiac unit. Maybe she'll be with you on your day! Either way you'll be in good hands. God bless - Onward & Upward!
Edith Dim posted an update
10 years ago (October 23, 2015)
Excuse the duplications...guess I was impatient and tapped too many times. I will try not to do it again.
Edith Dim posted a photo
10 years ago (October 23, 2015)
My husband and I in the waiting room of Dr. Timothy Byrne, the cardiologist on the TAVR. This was the first time that Murray had sat in a regular chair, except for the recliner I bought for him a number of months ago, in five years. He is confined to... Read more.
10 years ago (October 24, 2015)
God bless ya'll, Best wishes on the upcoming surgery!
10 years ago (October 30, 2015)
Thank you. I appreciate your wishes.
10 years ago (November 3, 2015)
The time has finally come for my aortic valve to be replaced. It was a year ago that this journey began. I had echocardiograms every year for several years. After the TEE, and the Cath, my cardiologist told me hat I needed to have the stenotic valve replaced open heart.... Read more.

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