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Yeah. I get those as well. They may come out of the blue, last for a few days (or at least I'm aware of them for a few days) and then disappear for weeks or months.

OP here. I actually half dread talking about insomnia because it might come back.....but it's not as bad these days. I certainly struggled badly for a period of months after the operation and although it can rear it's head now and again, it's not as bad as it was post op thankfully.

Well done!! The first few days post op are the worst part. Every day after that you will notice improvement 🙂

@pellicle is that Adam Pick site really that bad? I've never found it easy to navigate as an interactive forum. Never really got to grips with the site but interesting to hear that it's a bit of a shill. That's poor, considering he's had valve surgery himself.

Yeah, I was told that I was ok to get back on a bike after 3 months as well. I wanted to do it a bit earlier as I was a bit fed up just walking but my surgeon advised to wait 3 months due to the vibrations that come through the handlebars and the effect those vibrations might have on healing bones.

I chose not to purchase one of those as I know that I'd end up overanalyzing everything, leading to self propogated symptoms!

I've often wondered about the homograft and why it isn't offered more as an option? Is it just down to supply or does a homograft have flaws that, say a tissue prosthetic for instance, doesn't have? Same for Ross, why take the risk of involving 2 native valves rather than use a homograft?

I had my surgery 1 year ago tomorrow. I went for my routine annual check up (always knew I had BAV and had an annual Echo etc.) but the valve area had significantly reduced from previous year and gradient increased. I was asymptomatic still though. The cardiologist asked if I wanted to increase...

I'm a year post op myself (had op at 52). The first few days are the worst and you'll have plenty of medication to help with that. You'll be surprised how quickly you'll start to recover after that. It's not as bad as the fear of how bad it'll be.

Is that common to all mechanical valves/people or are some people more prone to it than others? Haven't really come across this before if I recall correctly.

I was given the choice of tissue or mechanical but the choices given to me were: Mechanical: On-X Tissue: Edwards Magna-Ease Although other options such as Inspiris Resilia were discussed, my surgeon wanted to err on the cautious side due to my age (52) and the fact that the Magna Ease has...

I thought about getting something like that but I was afraid I'd end up going down a black hole of over analysis of myself 😆

Thomas67, Im pretty much identical to you....I always knew I had a bicuspid aortic valve and although asymptomatic, I had mine replaced 11 months ago at age 52. I researched everything prior to making my decision and I also took my lifestyle and activities into account (horse riding being one...

Congratulations. Is your valve tissue or mechanical?

Nope. Why not do surgery? I lost my brother 2 years ago to a rare, aggressive, untreatable, thoracic sarcoma. 5 months he got after his diagnosis. He would have done anything to live, anything. Unfortunately, it didn't respond to the many horrific treatments that he tried, right until a couple...

I actually went to my GP during the week about mine - the lower couple of inches are a bit raised and occasionally get a bit tender but the rest is almost invisible now. Just wanted to check if this was normal. Apparently it's pretty common. I know I also have 4 little bumps in this area and...

Came across this on Reddit. Looks like the trial has been stopped.... https://www.massdevice.com/artivion-stops-mechanical-aortic-valve-clinical-trial-on-the-advice-of-data-and-safety-monitorting-board/

I'm wondering about the bottom section of my scar now. I'm 11 months post op and almost all of the scar is looking pretty "good"/normal scar bit the bottom inch or inch and a half looks and feels a bit raised or keloid. Must ask my doctor about it. Sometimes it's a bit itchy too.

I had mine replaced when my valve area hit 1.0 cm^2.....it dropped from around 1.3 cm^2 to 1.0 cm^2 over a period of a year or thereabouts despite being pretty stable for years prior to that.

I took it for 3 months post op but I dont recall having any particular feelings about it. I didn't notice anything when I came off it?