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After OHS, I was on 25 mg of Metoprolol for a couple months, then upped it to 50 mg because of tachycardia. I stayed on 50 mg until the anniversary of my surgery, then weaned off the Metoprolol entirely. My tachycardia is back, at times, so I'm not sure if I'm good to go or if I'll have to...

I've been off the beta blocker for 1.5 weeks. So far so good, though I am now dealing with a swollen leg calf (emergency bypass leg) following a long weekend at the hot springs. Gonna go to urgent care tomorrow to (hopefully) rule out DVT.

Hard to say.

Yes. I raised the idea, and my cardiologist supported it. I'm following his recs for weaning, though I am adding an additional step (1-2 weeks of 25 mg every other day).

Thank you for sharing this. I am currently weaning myself off Metoprolol--from 50 mg to 25 mg and now on day two of 0 mg. I can tell that my anxiety is higher than it has been, and I'm more conscious of my heartbeat, but I'm going to stick with the program in hopes that I can completely wean.

Hi all - Yesterday was the one year anniversary of my BAV / AA surgery. I haven't been posting much the past few months because my post-6-12 month progress has been going well and I've mostly gotten used to my new ticker. What a difference a year makes! I genuinely feel like I am out of the...

Yeah, I'm still loud, but not all the time. I'm healing all right, and can exercise moderately. Some nights I sleep like a champ. Other nights. . . ?I do love melatonin, and have for years.

Hi Jase, One artery. As they were putting me back together, one side of my heart was struggling. They believed it to be a "kink" in the coronary artery, so they had to do a bypass. Glad they did. I don't know how much it affected my recovery, but I was walking over a mile within 3 weeks...

It might!

My docs said it's normal. When I asked if it would quiet after the pericardium healed, I was informed that the pericardium would never heal, but that I would likely get used to the thump.

I needed a bypass for the coronary artery. I am at six months & I can do much much of everything I was capable of doing prior to surgery. Currently working on endurance & on trusting my body to be resilient under pressure/exertion.

Cheers to that! I'm six months into mechanical valve living and looking forward to matching your performance one day. :)

Yes. I'm dealing with this as well. The loud thump is not constant. Sometimes, the heart is calm except for the ticking. But when it chooses to thump, it's the kind of thump that makes it near-impossible to sleep. Not sure if it's a stress & anxiety thing, or a...

Aortic Valve Replacement, Aortic Aneurysm repair, and emergency Coronary Artery Bypass on June 26.

Hi all, I continue to recover well and most of my life has returned to normal. I work full-time, make music, write, cook, eat whatever, walk daily, and go to the gym twice per week to lift weights (30 pounds or fewer till I hit the 6 month mark) and use the elliptical. One thing that...

I'm ten weeks out of surgery. Mechinical valve. My diet is the same. I watch my consumption of alcohol, but that's a good idea anyway. I walk everyday and last week I walked 15000 steps one day and 18500 steps three days later. I am starting to rebuild my core with squats. Soon I will start...

Welcome aboard!

I'm not the original poster. I believe you are responding to them, so I'll stop replying.

I walk 2-4 miles per day.

I'm not sure what that is.