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Thank you so much for sharing your experience!! This has been so devastating! Believe me I am very grateful to be alive, but wish I'd known about this one important factor. So glad you lost it all plus some. My Dr told me that would happen. He said, I'd lose it all plus about 7, which is good...

I delt with so much incompetence in the hospital it was a bit crazy! As you've said the shift changes were interesting because more often than not I was getting my vitals taken every 2 hours after being moved from ICU. They kept loading me with drug after drug (seems physicians love drugs) and...

I suppose I'm recovering as expected, but the water retention is beyond excessive. As an athlete I'm hypersensitive to changes in diet, etc, but this is the one factor that would have either swayed my decision or I would have discussed it with my surgeon prior to surgery. I tried to look up the...

If I had known how much weight gain would occur with this surgery it would have completely deterred me from doing it! Remember I could have waited awhile as my valve and aneurysm was in a wait and watch condition. Now I am so upset with my surgeon for pumping 7 liters of fluid in my body. I am...

Can I ask I am an athlete and had a healthy body going into surgery, but my surgery pumped 7 liters of fluid into my body. When I woke my thighs rubbed, stomach was enormous and I had trouble putting socks on. Is this normal? I read 8 - 10lbs was average, but my gain has been 27lbs! I am so...

Yes, it was so uncomfortable for someone with lower body fat to wake up from surgery literally 27lbs over what I went in at. There were a lot of frustrating issues at the hospital, but not worth complaining because I can go home. An answer to prayer because my INR # is 1.7 and they have me...

Thank you so much Lynn! It's definitely a challenging experience! ❤

I got a 21" St. Jude placed. My surgery was at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA. Yes, it was a full Sternotomy with breast implants that are problematic due to size. Metropolol is awful! They kept lowering my already low blood pressure. You definitely need to be your own advocate in...

Wish I could have come here Tuesday! Definitely the most challenging situation I've faced before! The surgery went well! It took the surgeon 4.5 hours, which is amazing because I had a lot going on. Bicuspid Aortic Valve Replacement, Aortic Aneurysm, and both left and right Coronary Arteries...

Oh this is so awesome! Yes, I want to be back climbing mountains as soon as possible! Thank you for this piece of encouragement as I go in for surgery tomorrow 🙏🏻

Thank you! I'm playing the hand tomorrow so we'll see how it all goes! 🙏🏻🙂

Yes, I've done much research on this procedure. I will not allow this to take me down. It's definitely been a challenging 6 months wrapping my head around the surgery. I am a personal trainer (my work is affected), former bodybuilder, super fit, hike mountains, etc. A lot to lose regarding...

Thank you! Will do! 🙏🏻

Thank you so much! 🙏🏻

I spoke to my surgeon Wednesday and he said, he'll choose the best valve for me when he gets in there based on my small valve size. He wants to make sure to fit me for the biggest valve he can for me.

Great! Thank you 🙂

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That's fantastic and congratulations on getting back to what you love! I look forward to being on the other side myself. Surgery is next Monday and I am looking forward to getting it behind me. The day I can hike again, strength train, and work with my clients like I'm used to will be a blessing! 🙏🏻

I sure hope to have my mechanical valve for a lifetime, but it seems everything regarding this issue is a crapshoot, which is unfortunate. Do you have symptoms? Are you feeling your valve is failing and how long do you have until a decision is made to replace it? I'm so sorry you will have to...