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Diagnosis: Aortic Stenosis

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Troy Ainsworth posted an update

7 years ago (April 20, 2019)

Anyone dealt with amiodarone toxicity?

Mara Katz

7 years ago (April 20, 2019)

Please explain what happened. I just got put on that.

Troy Ainsworth

7 years ago (April 21, 2019)

A small percentage of us it will be toxic to our lungs. It gave me essentially pneumonia like symptoms and can linger for quite some time hampering lung capacity. I'm having a hard time getting rid of it, along with some other factors. Make sure they're monitoring that, many docs... Read more.

Claire Kreger-Boaz

7 years ago (April 21, 2019)

Yes! I had to go off of it bc I was so sick & couldn't eat. It also caused my liver numbers to be elevated. Thankfully I was only on it for a few weeks before my cardiologist stopped it.

Barbara Wood

7 years ago (April 21, 2019)

I was on amiodorone for 5 months after surgery & was very glad to be taken off it! Mara, you should have a pulmonary function test before starting it & should be monitored the entire time you're on it - it can be toxic to nearly every organ in your... Read more.

Troy Ainsworth posted an update

7 years ago (December 13, 2018)

Been awhile since I've been on here but thought I'd give an update. I had aortic valve replacement surgery back in March of this year. My recover was rocky to say the least. I ended up back in the hospital 4 or 5 more times. My biggest issue was my... Read more.

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Dan Baltazor

7 years ago (December 13, 2018)

So glad to hear things have improved for you.

Rita Savelis

7 years ago (December 14, 2018)

Thanks for your honest update. I also had a few months of fluid in the lungs and had draining and rehospitalisation. It's a drag when aftereffects slow down recovery. Hope things continue to get better for you now. It takes time. Over a year for me till I began to... Read more.

Troy Ainsworth posted an update

8 years ago (April 22, 2018)

I'm a bit over a month now from AVR and coronary bypass. Getting stronger, but have recently experienced consistently rapid heart beat, around 130 bpm. Both doctors say it's my heart trying to find it's new rhythm and is not uncommon. Still it gives me a lot of anxiety. Have... Read more.

Marie Myers

8 years ago (April 22, 2018)

I had fast and irregular beats , but just for short periods of time. These episodes gradually decreased and eventually disappeared. The cardiologist had me on 12.5 mg metoprolol twice a days since the surgery, and I think that helped control it for me. Hope your beat normalizes soon-It is... Read more.

Nancy Surprenant Takahashi

8 years ago (April 22, 2018)

Had OHS on 4/10 and am in Afib for about 5 days now. it is an awful feeling, but most scary that it will stay this way. All that i read and see if that it's only temporary in about 95 percentage of the cases.

Jim Harvey

8 years ago (April 22, 2018)

Went into high heartbeat count 4 days after OHS, treated in telemetry unit by amiodarone. Home for 5 days then went into AF, but official prognosis was a "cocktail of events" - taking drugs that increased and kept my glucose high (I'm diabetic), dehydration, and keytoacidosis. They did a cardioversion... Read more.

Debbie Chatzky

8 years ago (April 22, 2018)

I am also diabetic and having mitral valve replacement and maze surgery 5/31z which drugs increases blood glucose?

Peggy Whitecotton

8 years ago (April 22, 2018)

very common, my surgeon told me that the heart actually has to do some remodeling after surgery and has to adjust to a new working valve. He said the recovery from surgery may heal in a few weeks but the heart itself can take 9 months to a year to... Read more.

Troy Ainsworth

8 years ago (April 24, 2018)

Turns out it was atrial flutter and I got converted back into rhythm at the ER, much better.

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