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Could this qualify you for cardiac rehab? (I know, I know... there is none, but they're probably there for email/phone/virtual consults. I know they are here.) If you're dizzy and using a cart it would seem you need to be monitored by a person. Also on the pulse oximeter, make sure you're using...

Promtimenow, v sorry to hear about your current rough patch. It could happen to any of us - always a possibility. Walking is great. You can start by strolling and then work into a more active walk. I do a bit over 3 miles a day, at a good pace. Start slow with a goal. You'll probably surprise...

Keith, curious - were you in pretty good shape going into this? I was. I'm just wondering if that explains the strong recovery. I was; really wanted to make sure my core was pretty strong, and it came in handy on the night my bowels decided not to cooperate. Let's just say I was out of bed every...

Hi Keith, Congrats. Other than the nausea, and the fact that I was in the hospital 8 days, I can relate. I'm 2 months Wednesday and can't believe how good I've felt from early on. No heart-related complications, only an annoying distraction by an incidental finding. We arrived from San Diego on...

I'm 6 weeks out of a bioprosthetic valve, root, AA and single bypass. I've had pretty consistent post-nasal drip / sinus drainage since I was in the hospital. Given the amount of time, my doc (just yesterday) gave me Flonase and Pepcid (in case it's acid reflux.)

I'm 67 and 11 days out from bio valve/root/ascending aorta/1x bypass at CC. Just got home ( California) yesterday. I notice exactly what you noticed - exhausted at day's end, with my heart getting a bit angry. But... sleep is improving and I'm trying to learn to listen to signs of fatigue...

I fly home from Cleveland on Saturday, which is 10 days post-surgery (bio valve.) Their view is that while I’m recovering well, and otherwise generally healthy (w/the exception of the picc line they had to insert for an iv of antibiotics to treat an infection related to an incidental finding - a...

I’m 67 and go in tomorrow for BAV replacement and aneurysm repair of my root and ascending aorta. I have viewed myself as asymptotic for all of the years I have been watching this. I have mild to moderate stenosis and severe regurgitation. I consider to be fairly high energy. Still, my surgeon...

Great story. I've always viewed myself as asymptomatic, but I have always shown mild AS, but with significant regurgitation. I was on the every-three-month-scan-plan (alternating echo w/MRI) b/c of my aorta. As things with the aorta (notably the root) seemed to get more serious, I made a trip...

That's funny and great insight. Honestly, Katherine, I am a walking-talking model of White Coat Syndrome.

Ah, I should have been a bit more clear (and probably wasn't b/c I've posted my tale elsewhere here): I'm with you! After visiting the surgeon and Cleveland Clinic we made an appointment on the spot. My date with destiny is March 4. And before holding my grandchild, I'm sticking with plans to go...

To be taken with a grain: I'm asymptomatic but I have been getting scanned every three months (alternating echo/MRI w/o contrast) for two years, stepped up from every six months...and before that 1x a year. The increased scans were the result of expansion of my ascending aorta and signs of...

Fascinating, Tom. When I saw the folks at Cleveland Clinic last month, they pointed to the sudden change in the regurgitation number, which had been moderate to severe for a long time; ditto for the stenosis. They told me when they change they change fast, and the surgeon said the surgery should...

John, thanks for sending that study. Had not seen it.

This "mind game"" conversation is interesting. I have always considered myself asymptomatic, even though now I apparently have severe regurgitation of my BAV with moderate to severe stenosis. I'm having surgery in several weeks at the Cleveland Clinic. The surgeon, Lars Svensson, suggested as...

Thanks for that advice. Will definitely check it out. Also, my cardiologist run the integrative program at Scripps in San Diego - so it will be interesting to see what advise he offers once I'm back.

Haha, I'm the last guy to listen to on this stuff. In my case the graft will involve my coronary arteries. I won the lottery! His point, if I understood him correctly, that this kind of composite root graft can lead to a shorter life of a bioprosthetic valve, which at my age is what I would...

Best of luck. Fantastic attitude. I'm having a Bentall-like procedures as well (composite root graft) and my doctor at the Cleveland Clinic, Lars Svensson, told me straight away that with a root the lifespan of the artificial valve will be reduced. At that point they can determine TAVR, or...

Pellicle, you are the voice of reality/reason on these boards and sanity in a sea of fear. DaVinci, when my brain says, "Go," I plan to report. Katherine, I'm very glad to hear that. And you're right about worry. What, me worry?🥴 I'm weirdly excited. We have some relatives in their mid-to-late...

Pellicle, thanks! Wise words. BTW, I should have rephrased that to say, "The tubes are what scare me; the surgery doesn't." But either way, your comments on the tubes are now etched in my brain. ;-)