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I had aortic valve replacement on April 1st. When I left the hospital I was taking Metropolol (beta blocker) and low dose aspirin daily. Last week I had an appointment with my cardiologist and he took me off the Metropolol, so now I'm only taking aspiring daily.

I had surgery on April 1 and have also struggled with sleep. I haven't been able to sleep in bed - for some reason it hurts my back way to much - I learned that lesson my first night home from the hospital. I've been sleeping on the couch and that has been feeling a lot better. On nights where I...

Hi epstns, thanks for sharing your experience! LBBB is what I have as well, along with another weird electrical impulse, which my electrophysiologist has never seen before in his career. They ended up doing an electrophysiology study to see how my heart works under pressure/at different speeds...

Good luck on your upcoming surgery! I just had my aortic valve replacement on April 1st, and while I in general felt like I got ran over by a truck after surgery, there wasn't a lot of pain specific to my chest. Honestly the harder thing for me were the muscle aches and pains I had that were...

Thanks for the responses and support! I found out today that I will have to end up going in for an electrophysiology study on my heart tomorrow. Apparently the problem is that I have an electrical block in my left bundle and it takes too long for the electrical signals to pass through my...

Well I made it through my AVR surgery on Friday!! Definitely a relief although I feel run over by a truck. The day after my surgery my heart stopped twice for 4 seconds each time. I was awake during each time which was a crazy feeling - really hot, woozy and dizzy. Then I was hooked me up to a...

I am 27 and set to have surgery in 2 weeks. Thanks for posting this - very encouraging!

Also sorry for the double posts it said there was an error in this post so I posted the other one and can't figure out how to delete it. Sorry!

Hi all! I've been lurking around here for a few months but this is my first post. It's been immensely helpful to read about everyone else's experiences. I'm 27 years old and was born with a bicuspid aortic valve with mild aortic stenosis. I went in for my checkups with the cardiologist every...

Hi all! I've been lurking around here for a few months but this is my first post. It's been immensely helpful to read about everyone else's experiences. I'm 27 years old and was born with a bicuspid aortic valve with mild aortic stenosis. I went in for my checkups with the cardiologist every...