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Sorry to hear you're having vission problems. I do experience frequent migraine headache and visual aura/large white spots since my AVR, from 2-3x/year to almost 2-3x/week. And now, I just noticed recently that I'm having smoky/foggy vision every now and then. Every time I enter a room or go...

I'm back. Your PM made me come back here, thanks for reminding be about this place. I just had a different issue that I had to deal with. -Eli

I am religious on the spirometer, but I think I wasn't doing it right. The nurse told me to exhale all air and hold my breath as long as I could after inhaling-and I think this has been effective as I noticed significant improvement after only a couple of days. The last 3 days has all been very...

Wow, quite a progress. At day 2, 1500ml on the spirometer is quite an achievement. I was barely hitting 1000ml around the same time. I had no short term memory loss either. Shortly after waking up, I ran through my mental notes -SSN, passwords...etc., and one small note I made and I told myself...

Gail - I spent 6 days in the hospital, including operation, and yes, I'm walking everyday and made it a point to go farther each day. A home care nurse comes in twice a week and she does check my vitals, lungs and heart, and so far, she don't think I'm having a fluid build up. Everyday X-ray...

So sorry to hear about your situation. Fresh out of surgery, I can still remember it like it happened yesterday. They pulled mine on my 3rd day post op but it's a memory I'd rather not remember. I hope you get relief soon. -Eli

At the hospital, all the doctors and nurses kept telling me I did great, that I did better than expected and my recovery was amazing. I was able to stand up, walk and sit on a chair just hours after the operation. When I did my laps on the TCU ward, I made it a point to go farther than the last...

I'm 15 days post op and quite disappointed with my progress so far. The most frustrating for me is that I can't even finish a sentence without coughing/running out of breath. I've been pretty faithful with the incentive spirometer and can hit 1750ml, so I expect I'd feel better already but it's...

God speed and best of luck. -Eli

Hi all, Surgery went great. Took 4 hours and they did mini sternotomy, so I have about 6 inches incision. Woke up after 11 hours and panicked a bit because I can't breath, was gagging with the tube still in. The first night was the worse, woke up around 3am to an excruciating pain, then again...

Preparing to check in the hospital. Surgery in 3 hours for aortic valve replacement. Can't wait to feel better. Take care everyone...and see you all soon.

Wow, your story is very inspiring. I'm really glad I saw this post. Have to agree 100% with chuckdc37. Funny, my wedding anniversary is June 30th too, and my upcoming surgery is scheduled on June 29th. My wife and I chose that date, not realizing that the following day is our anniversary date.

Eclectus45, I hope it will get better for you sooner rather than later. It is a real concern and I have to read up more about the noise a replacement valve makes. Jennifer, I wish you well, and I have to say, I admire your faith. Sending you my possitive thoughts and praying for your speedy...

Jason, I can tell you that when I did my CTA, they gave me 35mg of metoprolol to bring my heart rate down. I'm usually in the low 70s but they wanted it to be near 60 and it made me dizzy -feeling off for quite a bit. In previous research, the normal heart rate (at rest) for an adult is 60~100...

Your recovery is amazing, you made tremendous progress on the 3rd day. I hope and wish I'll have the same recovery speed, if not better. -Eli

Jennifer, thanks for starting this topic. Not to take anything away from the OP but I'm surprise how little public information there is for SJ Trifecta. My turn to go under the knife will be several weeks from now and at 37, I'm leaning towards mechanical valve, but this new valve is very...

Topmommy, glad you're getting use to it and I hope it stops bothering you completely. I'm very interested in this topic as I decided to go mechanical, just not decided which one to get yet. When my turn to get one comes, and if I'd be bothered by it, I'll come back to this thread to remind...

Thanks a lot for the warm welcome, and I wish, more people who are undergoing the same ordeal find their way in here. It does help a lot, just getting some of that burden off of my chest. Prior to my finding this site, I resigned to the idea that my chance of surviving is 50%, and when it's your...

Hi all, This is my first post in here. I can't thank my friend enough for referring me to this site. My story is probably about the same as everybody else's. Back in the days, I used to be pretty active. I started feeling SOB about 18 yrs ago, which I thought was due to my being lazy and...