Long overdue update

[TitanEddie]

Haven't posted in a while but have been keeping up. Honestly not much to post about. Things are going great. Working out 4 days a week, playing softball, bowling and golf weekly. I still think about my valve replacement more than I should but I guess it's not something you put aside easily and really I'm pretty proud of how I came through this. I'm 10 months out from AVR and am about to turn 52 and feel better than I have in a long time.
If you are going in soon or just got out have faith, a positive attitude and work hard. This is not easy but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Good luck.

 

[honeybunny]

Thanks for the update and the encouragement. Glad all is well in your world.

 

[cldlhd]

Good to hear.

 

[Seaton]

Yep, fantastic to hear. And inspirational!
Thanks for the update.

 

[Seagal]

Working out, softball, golf and bowling? Thank you for that, it is very encouraging to hear. Glad you are doing well.

 

[TitanEddie]

This is what I did before this started and before surgery I told my wife I was determined to do them again. I think maybe she was hoping I would drop one or two.

 

[pellicle]

Hi

Working out, softball, golf and bowling? Thank you for that, it is very encouraging to hear. Glad you are doing well.

I get the feeling from your posts that you had somehow been worried that your husband will be transformed to "the living dead" by his surgery and will become a (insert black and white silent movie era organ chord) a heart patient. To be honest nothing could be further from the truth.

This surgery is (no exaggeration) the most successful surgical procedure known to man (TAVI excluded) and more or less repairs the only thing wrong with you and that is the bung valve.

As a a heart patient myself I've had to struggle with everyone (except the surgeons) to convince them that there is nothing wrong with me. You should have (barring issues in surgery which are uncommon) a full and complete recovery PLUS more or less back to a few years before that when he had symptoms but you weren't really sure.

Here on this site you'll find people who after their surgery continue their sports such as:

• power lifting
• competitive running
• competitive surf paddle events
• motorcycle racing

I myself have continued to live a more active life than most of the loafers on couches watching DVD's and munching chips.

I just today posted a link to a story about a woman who climbed Mt Everest (yes, Mt Everest) after her valve surgery. Here is the link to that post
http://www.valvereplacement.org/for...h-mechanical-aortic-valve?p=864425#post864425

please read it

Its not a death sentence: its a life sentence!

I do not know where this attitude in the general public comes from, but its been a source of irritation to me all my life (yes all my life). I blame "educational documentaries" like General Hospital, Days of our Lives and other Soapies for forming this opinion.

Certainly its not without bumps in the road, but for the many its actually something like "wow, I never expected it would be this easy".

So please, do read around here and be assured that all is well in life after heart surgery.

 

[TitanEddie]

Hi



I get the feeling from your posts that you had somehow been worried that your husband will be transformed to "the living dead" by his surgery and will become a (insert black and white silent movie era organ chord) a heart patient. To be honest nothing could be further from the truth.

This surgery is (no exaggeration) the most successful surgical procedure known to man (TAVI excluded) and more or less repairs the only thing wrong with you and that is the bung valve.

As a a heart patient myself I've had to struggle with everyone (except the surgeons) to convince them that there is nothing wrong with me. You should have (barring issues in surgery which are uncommon) a full and complete recovery PLUS more or less back to a few years before that when he had symptoms but you weren't really sure.

Here on this site you'll find people who after their surgery continue their sports such as:

• power lifting
• competitive running
• competitive surf paddle events
• motorcycle racing

I myself have continued to live a more active life than most of the loafers on couches watching DVD's and munching chips.

I just today posted a link to a story about a woman who climbed Mt Everest (yes, Mt Everest) after her valve surgery. Here is the link to that post
http://www.valvereplacement.org/for...h-mechanical-aortic-valve?p=864425#post864425

please read it

Its not a death sentence: its a life sentence!

I do not know where this attitude in the general public comes from, but its been a source of irritation to me all my life (yes all my life). I blame "educational documentaries" like General Hospital, Days of our Lives and other Soapies for forming this opinion.

Certainly its not without bumps in the road, but for the many its actually something like "wow, I never expected it would be this easy".

So please, do read around here and be assured that all is well in life after heart surgery.

Amen to that!!!

 

[pellicle]

Amen to that!!!

Live Long and Prosper dude!

myself, I'm lookin fwd to the ski season back in Finland

 

[harrietW]

This is so awesome to hear! Congratulations on a full life !

 

[Seagal]

Hi



I get the feeling from your posts that you had somehow been worried that your husband will be transformed to "the living dead" by his surgery and will become a (insert black and white silent movie era organ chord) a heart patient. To be honest nothing could be further from the truth.

This surgery is (no exaggeration) the most successful surgical procedure known to man (TAVI excluded) and more or less repairs the only thing wrong with you and that is the bung valve.

As a a heart patient myself I've had to struggle with everyone (except the surgeons) to convince them that there is nothing wrong with me. You should have (barring issues in surgery which are uncommon) a full and complete recovery PLUS more or less back to a few years before that when he had symptoms but you weren't really sure.

Here on this site you'll find people who after their surgery continue their sports such as:

• power lifting
• competitive running
• competitive surf paddle events
• motorcycle racing

I myself have continued to live a more active life than most of the loafers on couches watching DVD's and munching chips.

I just today posted a link to a story about a woman who climbed Mt Everest (yes, Mt Everest) after her valve surgery. Here is the link to that post
http://www.valvereplacement.org/foru...425#post864425

please read it

Its not a death sentence: its a life sentence!

I do not know where this attitude in the general public comes from, but its been a source of irritation to me all my life (yes all my life). I blame "educational documentaries" like General Hospital, Days of our Lives and other Soapies for forming this opinion.

Certainly its not without bumps in the road, but for the many its actually something like "wow, I never expected it would be this easy".

So please, do read around here and be assured that all is well in life after heart surgery.

 

[Seagal]

Hi



I get the feeling from your posts that you had somehow been worried that your husband will be transformed to "the living dead" by his surgery and will become a (insert black and white silent movie era organ chord) a heart patient. To be honest nothing could be further from the truth.

This surgery is (no exaggeration) the most successful surgical procedure known to man (TAVI excluded) and more or less repairs the only thing wrong with you and that is the bung valve.

As a a heart patient myself I've had to struggle with everyone (except the surgeons) to convince them that there is nothing wrong with me. You should have (barring issues in surgery which are uncommon) a full and complete recovery PLUS more or less back to a few years before that when he had symptoms but you weren't really sure.

Here on this site you'll find people who after their surgery continue their sports such as:

• power lifting
• competitive running
• competitive surf paddle events
• motorcycle racing

I myself have continued to live a more active life than most of the loafers on couches watching DVD's and munching chips.

I just today posted a link to a story about a woman who climbed Mt Everest (yes, Mt Everest) after her valve surgery. Here is the link to that post
http://www.valvereplacement.org/foru...425#post864425

please read it

Its not a death sentence: its a life sentence!

I do not know where this attitude in the general public comes from, but its been a source of irritation to me all my life (yes all my life). I blame "educational documentaries" like General Hospital, Days of our Lives and other Soapies for forming this opinion.

Certainly its not without bumps in the road, but for the many its actually something like "wow, I never expected it would be this easy".

So please, do read around here and be assured that all is well in life after heart surgery.

 

[Seagal]

Well, my answer isn't there, what a strange occurrence.

No, that was not my intent at all. We are very active people, enjoy hiking, camping, kayaking and sailing, so there is no intention of becoming part of "the living dead".

After my MI, we certainly didn't give up on living, but continued on our active lifestyle.

 

[pellicle]

No, that was not my intent at all. We are very active people, enjoy hiking, camping, kayaking and sailing, so there is no intention of becoming part of "the living dead".

probably just the communications errors generated by the way Australians talk (and how to read between the lines) and how Americans talk (and how to read between their lines). Intentions of becoming still indicates it was a thing you were concerned about as a possible outcome (or in my readings perhaps probably or likely.

To my readings uou sounded overly "effusively relieved" (compared to an Australians turn of words) so I interpreted it as a basic assumption that the prospects of life after surgery were unlikely to be good.

I just wanted to emphasize that for someone who starts out healthy that its mainly a return to that.

I'm glad that you are more comfortable with it than I was concerned about.

Best Wishes

 

[pellicle]

duplicate....

 

[epstns]

pellicle has it right again, as usual. I was 63 when I had my bypass, pacemaker and valve implant. I haven't looked back, other than to celebrate the anniversaries of the day (5, so far). I'm still, at 68, working 50-60 hours a week, going to the gym 5 days a week, traveling, and doing whatever my life needs to include. I'm in better shape now than I was for some years before my surgery, and I was in good shape for my age even then. My wife is sure that I'm 68, going on 19, because I flatly refuse to act my age. Most of the people I work with have no clue how long I've been doddering about this earth, nor do they know what medical/surgical mayhem I've been through. I love it!

The only people who consider us "heart patients" are our doctors and, unfortunately, our insurance agents.