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Well I got out off the hospital exactly 7 days from when my surgery took place. Here are some highlights. 1. woke up with the breathing tube in but had a great team with me there to keep my anxiousness down. 3. Wow in this case the redo came with a lot more pain than the first. My surgeon told...

Surgery went well - out in record time. Just got out of I.C.U. today, but it doesn't look like I'll make my 3-day-turnaround. Am doing well as can be expected - will write more when I'm more "with it" and can think straight.:thumbup:

Happy Birthday Greg. Hope you have a marvelous day. Keith

Hey there Jo, Yeah the scared to death is a common syndrome in what I call the human condition. It just shows that you are human. I go in tomorrow for a total root replacement to fix an aneurysm and replace my aortic valve again which I had done 7 years ago. Logically I know that the procedure...

Peter, Just had all my pre op testing done this week. for my Monday may 7thy surgery. The did a heart cath on me to rule out any coronary artery disease and get the full lay of the land before the surgery. As for the staph test they did that as well. I thought that was worse than the cath...

Just a note everyone completely off the subject above but today is my 14th anniversery of my kidney transplant. I would not even be here if it was not for my precious sister. Thanks all just had to share.

Thanks Steve, I will try to remember that. I have spent far too much time in hospitals not to race out the door. :p

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Ok folks it's game on. Monday May 7th, 6.30 AM I have open heart surgery to fix my aortic aneurysm and replace my mechanical valve that was put in in 2007. My surgeon says the record for recovery and getting out of the hospital is 4 days. I am going for 3. What a record to break. God Lord what...

Well after a long care conference with both my surgeon and kidney specialist attending I have decided to go with the mechanical route once again. The reason being if it helps someone else out in the future are these. 1. 40 to 60 minutes less time on the pump. This is a big issue with a kidney...

The reasons I believe that there is a better place are these: 1. When I crashed during my kidney surgery I to saw the light and felt complete peace and contentment. Almost to the point I did not want to leave it when I got pulled back. And that felt like I was litery pulled back. 2. The peace...

malteser, I am going to take a completely different path here. So if you were to die suddenly what would be your biggest regrets. Are there things that are left undone. Do you have family that you want to take care of or provide for? With all this said I can say I have been where you are at...

By the way this is my second go around. I had my aortic valve replaced in 05 with a mechanical valve.

Hey there Amanda tell your husband that he and I will have the same anniversery date and I look forward to celebrating it with him in 2013 and the years beyond. I will be having a total root with avr done on the 7th. Lots of love to you and your husband. Keith

Good news all, heart cath was done this morning and there is no cardiovascular disease, my cardiologist said he wish he had my arteries. I have been leaning toward a bio root and valve but he said that with the absence of any cardiovascular disease at age 46, that if I went with a mechanical...

Gribur, I would say get your list of unknows and head to your cardiologist and start working on setting up an appointment with a surgeion. Get a game plan going so you know what is going to happen with your treatment and then take it one day at a time. Like I say the not knowing is the tough...

Gribur, Well lets concentrate on the good things. Blood pressure is good would not cause undo stress on the dilated ascending aorta. I am going to assume that you have no symptoms since you did not list any. That in itself is a good thing and means you have good baseline at this point to ready...

Determining factors of recovery from surgical procedures. 1. Age of patient. Know from experience of close to 25 years of different surgeries that I did not bounce back as fast as at age 40 that I did at 25. I will update you with my recovery time period now at 47 after I go in on May 7th...

Sarah the other thing I have to say is holy buckets you have gone through the ringer with your heart. I can relate to a point with all my kidney issues and transplant and then a valve replacement a stroke and now the next OHS. Not everyone can say they have had a filter change and valve job...

Thanks Sarah for all the info. So it is official and I am on the schedule for May 7th. It has been confirmed by the ct that the aneurysm is 4.9 and I will be getting a total aortic root with a new valve and I have chosen to go with a bio this time to get away from my inr issues and clotting...