Stephanie Jones - Heart Valve Journal

Judy Shaw Praying you feel better soon.

Anna Jones I'm praying for you too.

Nikki Escue I can honestly say that I hate Warfarin. I'm also struggling with my INR, it's 1.9 and has been for 5 days. Does your Doctor have you on any backup medicine? ... Read more

Rita Savelis I am really sorry to hear about your INR troubles. It can be so frustrating. I have also experienced INR staying at the same rate as anticoagulants were slowly ... Read more

Kelly Stoll Thinking of you Stephanie and wishing you strength and peace as you move ahead. May things improve soon and you feel better too.

Steve Farthing Hopefully the shots will be temporary. Maybe you can dab on a local anesthetic to numb the poke a little. Labcorp and Quest labs offer online results to patients ... Read more

Stephanie Jones @nikki, yes, i'm on the lovenox injection now. fun times.

Anna Jones I am so sorry you are dealing with all of this. I cannot even imagine.... I hope you will get better news on Thursday, that your vision will improve, and ... Read more

Tina Maroon So sad to hear that your dealing with all this. I hope your vision improves.

Rita Savelis Oh, gosh, Stephanie. That's hard. After-effects are hard. You didn't need anything more to happen.
Thinking of you and hoping things smooth out...

Maria Gapinski Stephanie, I am so sorry about your needing a second surgery and the multiple side issues that you have experienced. Will pray that things improve for you. ... Read more

Stephanie Jones maria, i'm prone to uti's because i have an incomplete double ureter. (each kidney has a tube connecting it to the bladder. one of my kidneys has 2 tubes, ... Read more

Susan Lynn Wishing you a speedy recovery, Stephanie.

Debbie Chatzky Stephanie! Wishing you a gentle recovery! Your videos are so helpful. I am going for my second mitral valve surgery. Also a replacement after a repair. Do ... Read more

Bonnie Stone-Hope Great video, Stephanie, with very useful information.
Thank you.

Mark Wilbur Stephanie, I'd give you a big hug if I could! I am one of the "waiting and wondering" patients who come here to learn everything I can from others' experiences. ... Read more

Carolyn Newell Great video and information. Thank you as my surgery is tomorrow. I'm so sorry you had to go thru this with that awful nurse.

Anna Jones Stephanie, I am so sorry you are going through this. I cannot even imagine the number of emotions you are going through. I've watched your educational videos ... Read more

Bonnie Stone-Hope Hi Stephanie,
Just watched your video and sorry to hear that you are having problems. Sounds promising that you do not need surgery again, and that medication ... Read more

Barbara Wood So sorry...hope the metoprolol does the trick & a 2nd surgery is avoided - this must all be very stressful! I was given a small amount of a liquid to gargle ... Read more

Cathleen DeWitt Google "doorway stretches" 💝

Stephanie Jones I feel like i pulled a muscle around my collar bone and up my neck on both sides

Stephanie Jones I guess its the subscapularis muscle. On both sides. I gently swept and swiffered my floor today not feeling at all like i was exerting myself. And i kept ... Read more

Phyllis Petersen I still get random pain in the shoulder/upper back/ upper chest. I recognize it as "sit down and relax and it will go away." I also get a weird ache on my right ... Read more

Amy Steele It will get better. I still get the occasional stabbing pain in my right chest/shoulder if I move wrong, but not like it was even four weeks ago. At the same ... Read more

Amy Steele I had that same problem. The itchiness and sensitivity went away after several days. I developed an itchy, very sensitive-to-the-touch rash around my incision. ... Read more

Stephanie Jones thanks amy!

Phyllis Petersen I wasn't allowed to put on any lotions, powders or ointments for 6 weeks after surgery.

Amy Steele I should clarify that I didn't actually put anything on the incision until it was totally sealed and healed. I just put the cortisone cream on the skin around ... Read more

Steve Farthing Thanks for the video (and your other updates) which I watched. It helps me get my head around having a mitral repair in the future. Also very interesting ... Read more

Ray Farmer So good to see you so well, can't believe the difference. How is the wound and do you have any pain moving about?

Stephanie Jones Steve - you're welcome! I have 4 more ill be uploading about the hospital stay.
Ray- the wound is great. No problem moving. Just have to keep to the lifting ... Read more

Stephanie Jones I have the 2nd post op video up now as well. 3 left to upload. https://youtu.be/90J7dI-dJU0

Day 2 post Surgery

explaining recovery day 2 post mitral valve repair

Cathleen DeWitt He will now probably have a big yellow star by his name .... a technique we use as nurses to identify patients who are fall risks. The yellow star is known ... Read more

Stephanie Jones Yes, we all have those. Ours our red. Nurse said it was to remind everyone that anyone could fall at any time. But they should definitely do a separate color ... Read more

Phyllis Petersen I had the dreaded yellow band and yellow socks, plus my bed was alarmed, so I had no choice but to call for help. I mostly did things on my own, but they wanted ... Read more

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