Bina,
The valve surgery was a piece of cake, the other one was and is the real challenge.
And if my wife sees this I may never have another anniversary of any kind.
If that should happen please send donations to the dumb and dumber husbands foundation.
Gina,
I didn't plan it that way, I came down with a cold and my surgery was delayed a few months. Some guys will do just about anything to get out of these celebrations.
Actually this reminded me of the other ongoing thread regarding valve choice.
Back then as you and others probably remember, there wasn't much we could find out about all this. Our research indicated I had about a 50/50 chance of survival. Of course that info was outdated, but it was all we could find.
I'm not the romantic type(as my wife could attest to), but this time I wrote her a long letter, got an anniversary card, ordered a dozen roses, and had the florist deliver the whole package on our anniversary, which of course was the day after my surgery.
Darned if I didn't wake up that afternoon and there she was.
Seriously I still love her very much, couldn't make it without her.
Rich