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Diagnosis: Aortic Regurgitation, Aortic Stenosis, Bicuspid Aortic Valve

Member Since: July 13, 2022

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Jose Maqueda posted an update
1 year ago (March 20, 2025)
Just got out of the hospital from being there for 3 days after being in a adrenal crisis after running out of my steroids pro tip never run out of your medicine my kidneys shut down but thankfully made a full recovery and my cardiologist was on service and took... Read more.
Jose! I was just thinking about you yesterday and today, ready to ask to see if anyone had heard from you! Yippie!!! So happy you are home and on the mend :) How did everything go other than the kidney problem? You are such a strong person and I admire... Read more.
jose, you've had quite a journey. i'm so happy to hear you're out of hospital. keep up the learning, the positive attitude, you can f do i this!
Jose Maqueda posted an update
1 year ago (March 6, 2025)
Sorry for the late update but I got discharged from the hospital last Friday and this Thursday marks 1 week since my surgery I had a tpvr and 2 stents placed in my homograft I'm still in pain since they went through both thighs but slowly but surely I'll recover... Read more.
Welcome home and take care! Thanks for the update.
Jose, so happy to hear from you! Keep up the good work and happy to see you are home :)❤️🙏😊
Great news! Glad you're home and on the road to recovery! All the best, Jose!❤️
Jose Maqueda posted an update
1 year ago (February 22, 2025)
my phone number is 346-332-6581 if any one wants to reach out to me while I'm in the hospital my surgery isn't until Thursday here's a picture of me in my hospital bed I'm just relaxing trying to get some rest and ease the pain from the central line I've... Read more.
It looks like you are doing pretty good. My brother was a bit on the heavier side and had to amputate a toe and some more probably due to diabetes. Luckily, no amputation of the entire foot. Just like you, he lost a lot of weight after that. So I... Read more.
Way to go with the weight loss!!!

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