Sex drive... much better since im not tired all the time and low blood circulation was causing other problems down below. Intimacy is not so easy. Its hard to be romantic with batteries, cables, ...

I change my dressing every 7 days. I use Acticoat 7 (good for 7 days) they also make a 3 day version. It costs about $50.00 for qty 5 2x2 patches. Its convenient to change once a week vs every ...

Thanks you both for your responses! My surgery is scheduled for Wednesday, 5/23/12 and I am pretty excited. I am worse every day and though my ejection fraction is holding at 15%, my pulmonary ...

I wish you and your Dad all the best. I am getting my VAD on the 23rd of May. Knowing about it in advance is proving to be an unusual experience, not bad exactly, but definitely strange.

I was implanted with my first LVAD in Sept. 2011.The day before I was to go home red heart alarms were going off, a blood clot had formed in the pump. I was immediatly brought to emergency surgery...

I felt the Bosco vest not easily worn,since batteries and controller are in front of the vest it makes you feel like you are falling fowards. I wear the standard halter for the battries and a ...

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If you have an LVAD or care for someone with an LVAD, there can be a lot to remember. We know that sometimes information gets missed, forgotten, or lost.

National Nurses Week is celebrated this month and MyLVAD would like to

recognize a nurse in our Community Spotlight. Karl Nelson, RN, MBA is a pioneer

Taking a shower was one of the most wonderful things I got to do. It is funny being dude a a jay bird and then have this computer type bag draped around you that holds all of your equipment, but ...

I am not a medical doctor, so I won't advise how and how often one should change the dressing. What I can tell you that my hospital in Hannover, Germany, which is a leading centre in Heartware ...