Here's a wierd one

[Ozmercy]

I have never met a person before all of this happened that had a surgery like I am facing until I met all of you. My neighbor is invovled in AA and has guy that he sponsors that has been doing work at his house and the other day he had a cough that was so bad he went to the Dr. Long story short the Dr. sent him to the hospital and it turned out he had a leak in his aorta, and he ended up getting a new aorta and a new AV. Pretty crazy huh.

 

[Karlynn]

I went 12 years without meeting someone personally that had VR. When I found this place, it was like walking into a family reunion and I've never left.

That is pretty coincidental with the person you know of that just had the repair and AV done. Sounds like he was incredibly fortunate to have it caught before they ended up finding it through autopsy.

 

[Adam T]

My mother-in-law had an AVR two years ago. We even have the same type of St. Jude valve! She came down from Ohio for my surgery and it was good to have her around to answer questions and comfort my parents and wife.

Speaking of my poor wife, she's had to sit in the waiting room while both her mother and her husband had aortic valve replacements. I have to give her credit she was a trooper both times.

The down side of having a mother-in-law that had the same surgery is that you get less sympathy. Everyone said if she can get through it so can you, so no whining.

 

[musician2k]

Ha ha, Adam. You'll have to phrase your "whines" in the form of "requests"

And I agree, I've known about my AVD since I was a child but in my whole life have yet to meet another AVD patient, that is, until I found this board. But it's amazing, as you tell people you're going to have OHS, how many people have been through THAT experience. A few have mentioned they had bypasses done, which of course is different but it's still sternotomy, still a recovery time, and they felt so much better after things healed up that it is reassuring to hear their stories.

My mother-in-law had an AVR two years ago. We even have the same type of St. Jude valve! She came down from Ohio for my surgery and it was good to have her around to answer questions and comfort my parents and wife.

Speaking of my poor wife, she's had to sit in the waiting room while both her mother and her husband had aortic valve replacements. I have to give her credit she was a trooper both times.

The down side of having a mother-in-law that had the same surgery is that you get less sympathy. Everyone said if she can get through it so can you, so no whining.

 

[Ross]

I was coughing my head off before my bubble burst. That is one of the symptoms. The man is very lucky to be here.

 

[Georgia]

Rachell, you're in the wrong generation. The majority of people who have aortic valve replacement are elderly - my mom had three friends who'd had it; I met all of them at her funeral.