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pencilled in for surgery on jan 26th !! incredibly on Tuesday whilst i was in work the hospital phoned me up offering me surgery that Thursday due to a cancellation (48 hours notice !!) declined ! :rolleyes:

what medication (other than warfarin) is typical following AVR ? and how long do you typically have to take the medications for? After , say 5 years, can you expect to just be taking warfarin ?

thanks Astro (y) my treadmill has come in very handy now we're in winter over in the UK

thanks (y) hope you're well too i have no symptoms yet...still doing 10km runs a few times a week, and feeling fine

dear me the state of that valve :oops:

update still waiting for the op Liverpool HCH had a Covid outbreak recently, and some elective surgeries were put on hold again. doubt i'll be getting it done before xmas now

did you find out why you were in such pain when you woke up following the op ?

Still no Opp date ! I got my letter today following the meeting with one of the surgeons in July. They will have to do the aortic valve, ascending aorta, and the hemiarch...giving me a 3% mortality risk apparently I also have according to the letter, a 2-3% stroke risk

nobog...is to be one of my go to ppl for info, now i know he has insider knowledge :cool:

you're in a v similar position to myself. similar heart condition same valve choice few weeks away from S-Day Good luck fella , we'll both be fine and through it all soon enough (y)

congrats :cool:

it seems to work for me tbh. i take 300mg aspirin once every couple of days

blurred vision events with flashing lights and temporary blindness in one eye is something i have experienced during the past 7-8 years i too found aspirin stops this

Thanks Pan ! Yes the surgeon said he was going on what he saw on the CT scan, but things could change once they opened me up. The widest diameter measured on my ascending aorta was 5.2cm. The arch was something like 4.3cm, as I remember. I'll let you know about my experience during and post...

surgery is due in 6-8 weeks i had a CT scan a few weeks ago results showed i will need the ascending aorta plus hemi-arch replacing, meaning time in deep HCA. complicates things i suppose gonna have a whopper scar down my chest after that !

i also get occasionally weird "grey outs" in my eye...nearly always the left one i think i may start taking aspirin for this, as having read this thread, it seems to stop it for some ppl

just a query about pulse oximeters (i've recently purchased one): my blood oxygen sat level is usually 97-98% would having severe aortic stenosis affect blood oxygen levels ? My younger brother using the same oximeter gets 99% (admittedly he is a 23yr old professional soccer player, so would...

(y)when i go cycling tomorrow i will wear one

i'm taking vitamin D3 (4000 iu ) daily...hoping the higher levels of Vitamin D3 in my body keeps my immune system in top condition i've also ordered Vit K2 aswell I'm going out quite alot now....went cycling along the River Dee footpath today....loads of people out and about in the great...

during this lock down period i've been doing alot in my home gym i've been running 10km on the treadmill most days keeping the speed at a moderate 14 km/hr to stop myself exerting too much heart rate gets up to around 140bpm...resting heart rate drops as low as 48bpm sometimes