Web page explaining my medical history.

Web page elaborating on the medical symptoms I had prior to my Lions Gate Hospital emergency room visit.

Web page explaining the medical symptoms I experienced that prompted my visit to the Lions Gate Hospital emergency room.

Web page explaining what transpired during my visit to the Lions Gate Hospital emergency room.

Web page explaining what happened during my angiogram at Vancouver General Hospital and the results.

(Photo: Angiogram Summary results (VGH) - Aug 18, 2010)

Web page elaborating on the ongoing tests at Lions Gate Hospital while I waited for a surgery date.

(Photo: Chest x-Ray - Side (LGH) - Aug 16, 2010)

(Photo: CT Scan (Chest) (LGH) - Aug 23, 2010)

(Photo: CT Scan (Lung) (LGH) - Aug 23, 2010)

(Video: ECG Run 11 (LGH) - Aug 19, 2010)

(Video: ECG Run 14 (LGH) - Aug 19, 2010)

(Video: ECG Run 22 (LGH) - Aug 19, 2010)

(Video: ECG Run 24 (LGH) - Aug 19, 2010)

(Video: ECG Run 34 (LGH) - Aug 19, 2010)

(Video: ECG Run 36 (LGH) - Aug 19, 2010)

(Video: ECG Run 45 (LGH) - Aug 19, 2010)

(Video: ECG Run 58 (LGH) - Aug 19, 2010)

(Video: ECG Run 63 (LGH) - Aug 19, 2010)

Web page explaining the differences between various valve replacement procedures: The Ross Procedure, Bicuspid Aortic Valve Repair, Mechanical Valve Replacement, Bioprosthetic Valve Replacement and Homograft (or allograft) Valve Replacement.

Web page discussing the final preparations before surgery.

Web page detailing my surgery during the morning of Friday, August 27, 2010.

(Photo: Calcified Aortic Valve - Aug 27, 2010)

(Video: Surgeon Dr. Poostizadeh - Aug 27, 2010)

(Video: Beating Heart - Aug 27, 2010)

(Video: Calcified Aortic Valve - Aug 27, 2010)

(Video: Ascending Aorta Graft - Aug 27, 2010)

(Photo: Pre-Surgery/Post-Surgery Aorta Representation - Aug 27, 2010)

(Photo: Ascending Aorta Graft - Aug 27, 2010)

(Photo: Calcified Valve - Pic 1 - Aug 27, 2010)

(Photo: Calcified Valve - Pic 2 - Aug 27, 2010)

(Photo: Calcified Valve - Pic 3 - Aug 27, 2010)

Web page outlining my recovery in the intensive care unit area and the cardiac unit at Vancouver General Hospital.

(Photo: Swollen Feet (VGH) - Pic 1 - Sept 01, 2010)

(Photo: Swollen Feet (VGH) - Pic 2 - Sept 01, 2010)

Web page discussing my final days at Vancouver General Hospital before I was released home.

(Photo: Chest x-Ray - Side (VGH) - Sept 01, 2010)

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

(12 days after surgery)

Web page explaining how I ended up in the emergency room at the Lions Gate Hospital with a nose bleed.

(Photo: Provisional table on the Vitamin K content of foods)

Thursday, September 16, 2010

(20 days after surgery)

Web page discussing the visit with Jeniffer Krzyczkowski, my home nurse.

Friday, September 24, 2010

(28 days after surgery)

Web page discussing the visit with my new general practice physician, Dr. Marck Hudon.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

(48 days after surgery)

Web page discussing my visit with Dr. Vicki Bernstein, my cardiologist at Vancouver General Hospital.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

(60 days after surgery)

Web page discussing my visit with Min van Velzen, a Cardio Rehab and Cardio Metabolic Program specialist at Lions Gate Hospital.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

(81 days after surgery)

Web page discussing my follow-up visit with Dr. Poostizadeh at Lions Gate Hospital, the surgeon who performed my first operation: Aortic Valve Replacement.

Monday, May 02, 2011

(248 days – 8 months – after surgery)

Web page discussing my follow-up visit with Dr. Michael T. Janusz from the Centre for Thoracic Aortic Disease, including my Dye CT Scan results and my persistent surgery scars.

(Video: Dye CT Scan (Thor Lung) - (UBCH) - Apr 15, 2011)

(Photo: Surgery Stitches - Sept 05, 2010)

(Photo: Surgery Stitches - Sept 12, 2010)

(Photo: Surgery Stitches - Sept 23, 2010)

(Photo: Surgery Stitches - Oct 14, 2010)

(Photo: Surgery Stitches - Nov 11, 2010)

(Photo: Surgery Stitches - May 02, 2011)

Web page summarizing my first open-heart surgery on Aug 27, 2010.

Web page summarizing my history leading up to an angiogram in 2019 and the discovery of my aorta root dilation.

(Photo: Dilated Aorta Root (RCH) - Feb 27, 2019)

(Video: Dilated Aortic Root (RCH) - Feb 27, 2019)

Web page summarizing the reasons behind my gastrointestinal bleeding prior to my second open-heart surgery.

Web page summarizing my second open-heart surgery experience.

(Photo: Mechanical Valve (RCH) - Feb 04, 2021)

(Photo: Aorta Root Graft (RCH) - Feb 04, 2021)

Web page summarizing the recovery after my second open-heart surgery.

(Photo: Chest x-Ray - Front (RCH) - Jan 22, 2021)

(Photo: Chest x-Ray - Front (RCH) - Feb 04, 2021)

Web page summarizing my second open-heart surgery and my current medications.

(Photo: Surgery Stitches - Mar 03, 2021)