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If I can put in my 2 cents and you know what they are, your limitations are mostly in your head. I truly believe in the power of belief. For some of us surgeons replace all that they can to hopefully avoid future surgeries, for others they are more conservative and only replace what they must...

Hey Boricuaff, GymGuy here. Ditto on what Ski Girl said!!!! Where is the damn "Like" button? I and many other folks are very consistent in sharing this message: Do what feels right and push yourself 10% past that. With consistency comes the progress. I am not a doctor, and take my advice...

Keep consistent with your vitamins and minerals. I went back to my vitamin assembly as soon as I could and given that its same every day, my warfarin adjusted pretty quickly to it.

Hey Ski Girl, how are you doing today? Is the swelling gone? Are you back on the bike yet? I would not put it past you to get back and ride 7 days later ;) GymGuy

A little bit of Kettlebell work. Fair WARNING, I am shirtless and with a bit of recent weight-gain that I did for my last powerlifting competition (about 10lbs total), there is a bit more flab that I like to show in public. I will probably get rid of most of it over next 3-6 months, but for...

Hey Tiger, Keep it together, its scary to wait, but you will be fine. We will support you through your journey. 1. 3 months from the go see a surgeon and get a consult. 2. 4 days including the surgery day. So, 3 days after surgery. 3. Very much manageable, and I am a sissy for pain, so it...

Steve is spot on. While your results may differ, your activities do not speed up the disease. Other things will kill ya faster. My point is live your life to what your body allows you to do with not too much discomfort, get your defects (valve, aorta, etc) fixed, and then live some more and...

Put them running shoes on more often from here on out and see improvements every time. Great job giving it a first go!

Great progress update. Your heart is remodeling all the time. Whether you are resting, sleeping, walking, or riding its doing its job. Its a big muscle after all, so let it do its thing as you take it through its paces. I'd say that you are resting a lot more than you are exercising to there...

Good start to a blog. Will try to read up on there when I can.

great job. every little thing, every little improvement is a victory. look for them, sniff them out, test for improvements daily. ;) If you are not ready to run, do interval speed walking. you can walk up a steeper incline for several minutes (or just 1 minute) and then walk up lesser incline...

How did I miss this post? Congrats on 2 and to decades more. So, if you ran 4 miles on a 2 year anniversary (4 miles is 2 squared), can I infer that you will run 9 miles on the 3rd one ;) Or will you be a bit lazier and just run 3x2 = 6 miles.

I think you will be better off and it will be cheaper to go eBay route. I did that and it saved me loads.

There is so much heartfelt advice here and it is truly wonderful. I second what everyone says, but in particular I second the quote above. I am a young father and and I have to tell you looking into your childs eyes and playing with them and spending time with loved ones is so precious...

A wonderful post. Carry on with exercise. Perhaps, now that you are slim and sexey, its time to add some lean mass on the canvas of yours. I'd say at 5'8" you would look pretty awesome being around 175-180. I'm a bit younger than you and am also 5'8", I weight around 198 at the moment and...

Love these posts. Happy decade and to many many more.

At 5 weeks, you can do some serious speed walking and a little bit of jogging if your sternum or body lets you. I, personally, see no issues with stationary biking if your body lets you. Not sure you can do real biking yet as bones in your sternum still have 3-5 weeks of healing to do.

It's been over a month since I updated this thread. The training continues in the GymGuy universe. Some notable mentions. I competed at a 100% RAW American Open on June 8th, 2013 (almost 14 months since surgery). This is a competition which has many states hosting it at the same time and...

It's been less than 2 months. Soft tissues are still healing, and my bet is that not all numb spots from surgery (around scars, incisions) have all the feeling back yet. Why am I sharing this? ;) Well, to let you know that it will take time for all to go back to normal. Once all the soft...

Aha, there is your post. Welcome to the group. Keep us updated with your things. Also, do you happen to know AVA (aortic valve area), if they've found LVH, and other data about your heart post the surgeon meeting. When the surgery is not urgent means things are not too crazy just yet.