Surgery set for June 6...

[Read]

I am having my surgery on June 6 ...On-X mechanical aortic valve and 5cm ascending aortic anuyersm removed and root replaced with a graft.Dr Duke Cameron is doing the surgery at Johns Hopkins Aortic clinic in Baltimore MD.
Thanks to all for all the terriffic information on this site ..it helped me to schedule my surgery and to understand what was available and the pros and cons ,, I have a bicuspid Aortic valve and learned a great deal here.. Any aortic ON-X valve recipients please let me know how you felt when you woke up..and how your recovery has been going !! Thanks for the support .. Read

 

[Mary]

I put you on the surgical calendar.
You're having replacement at a great facility, so I'm sure you will do well.

 

[Phyllis]

Read, I'm sure you will do great and we look forward to helping you over the "mountain" to a complete and uneventful recovery.

 

[Cooker]

Hi Read....glad you are scheduled...the waiting is the hardest part....How I felt when I woke up....groggy and disoriented from the drugs...but all kidding aside, it is not near as bad as you have probably imagined....it's not a cake walk but it's not as bad as you might think.....I hope I never have to have OHS again but if I do I will have no fear of the recovery process....I am sure all will be fine.

 

[Faye]

Waking up with an ON-X

Waking up with an ON-X

Hi,
I received an ON-X valve as well as a new ascending aorta last September. I felt pretty good when I woke up from surgery - much better than I expected! I had "the tube" still in but thanks to this site I knew to just go with the flow and let it breathe for me. It wasn't bad at all.

I'm 8+ months post surgery and most days I feel pretty darn good. I still have a day now and then that reminds me that my body has been through some major stuff the last year - it does take time to get back to 100%.

I can hear my little valve quietly ticking away...it has become a comforting sound.

Good luck on your surgery - it will be over before you know it and you'll be on the road to recovery!