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This post may be just me venting so be advised, it is somewhat rambling. I'm 10 days post-op. They sent me home with a list of drugs to take, and a list of stuff you took that you should not take. They send papers on what to do when you get home. Then there are papers on this and that and...

Welcome to the "waiting room", as Steve described. There are a great bunch of people here to help you learn, give you support, and be there when you just feel like you need company. An informed patient is a better patient.

I use Viviofit from Garmin with a chess strap heart rate monitor. I have been pleased with it. I used it to make sure I didn't push myself beyound my max heart rate. Note I did adjust my max rate to being on a beta blocker. It possible this is why I'm still here today. My aortic stenosis...

Last night I got 5.5 hrs of sleep in my new power recliner. I also napped today for another 2 hrs. For me, managing my pain, a comfy recliner, and shutting down my screen devices were key. Im 1 week post op and feel much better. Steve, good advice to not make any decisions or operate machinery...

Looking forward to seeing your findings. [soapbox] It is interesting to see how far we need to go to get a central paitent record in the US. In the early 90's I worked for a company that sold IT services and software to hospitals. The concept of a central paitent health record was vaild, but...

Kolyur, I would suggest you look at Cleveland Clinic and maybe get a second opinion. The valve area of .9 is one of many criteria that they use in the US to justify that surgery is time. The TEE and cath tests will give you more information which is good. Your description of getting tried and...

Steve, thanks for the information. I was expecting some sleeping issues but found them more difficult than I expect. I think we need to invests in a recliner. Between being sleep deprived and the emotional roller coaster of OHS has me acting fairly ugly and impatient with most everything around...

Vivekd, the metrics you posted does help. Thanks, I was surprised as to see the avg hrs for week 1 to be just over 11 hrs. Since my surgery, my average is around 3 hrs nightly. I find this is doing a job on me. I may have to breakdown and get a recliner. Did you use one?

The TEE may sound fearful, but they give you something to calm you and numb your gag reflex . Docs often order more tests to get clearer or more information. You will do fine.

I missed that this was from 2015. Wonder why it showed up in Today's posts?

Update to my posts earlier. After spending a very restless night and getting only three hours sleep for the past two nights (one was hospital caused, the other was a lack of a good recliner), I beginning to think dornole made a better decision than I did. When I built my house, I purchased all...

Who set your expectations that your son could go back to school after 3 weeks? Check your source. I agree with all those comments above and will also add ability to think clearly and the emotional upset takes time to get back to normal. Admittedly, I'm only five days post op, but the...

Interested Paleogirl, I was trying to sleep last night and felt this 'thump...thump...thump' in my tail bone and the top of my spine. I live is the country and it is so quite here, one can hear the stars pop out at night. It was the first time I had been in a quite place since Friday when the...

Thanks Steve, this morning, being home, having that first regular BM, throwing a ball for my dog, and having it so quite that I can hearing the ringing in my ears, I feel better, lighter, and less bloated.

I'm waiting to go home. "Protocol" says I can't leave until three hours after they pull the PM wires. (An experience I'll write about later) I have pictures, but need to figure out how to post them on this forum Here is a funny I encountered today: the subject is "Things you don't want to hear"...

Hi dorrnole, Being in the waiting room is difficult to not be anxious. Seven months ago after my first TEE, My wife and I also looked and considered getting a power lift recliner. For money reasons we decided to wait. Yesterday we chatted with to "going home" expert (here there is an expert for...

Hi BB, You sent the heat up here in western PA. We are seeing low 90s with humidity. Of course I'm still trapped in the OHS ward, but my wife tells me that she is running the air conditions still at 6am, which is unusual for our place two hours north of Pittsburg. I have a question for you, or...

Thanks catie and paleogirl. Pellicle, you do have a host of strange videos and your sense of humor reminds me of Spaceballs, which my kids can quote line for line. I did get some sleep last nite, an hour on a couch in the hall, and three hours in my bed listing to music with ear plugs. Today...

First, I need some coaching on how post op days are counted. I had surgery on Friday, late afternoon . It is now Monday late afternoon. So am I 3 or 4 days post op? In any case, all my chest tubes are out, the PM wires will get pulled when they get around to it. I'm up walking often, doing 600...

You are so correct about the accuracy of the tests we get. I could have made money off the cardiologist had I bet him that I did not have a BAV. Also, I'm not sure they know exactly what caused the heart to act out during my stress echo test. As much as we engineers and scientific types are...