Recent content by Shamrocknj

Hi all, I am 61 year old women who received a bovine valve last year to replace my BAV, I am 11 months post op and feel great.....well, except for those nights when I lie awake listening to my heart and wondering how this all happened to me and marveling at what I went through, and how my heart...

Thank you so much for your post...I am now 11 months post op and feel wonderful.

Great.....I feel really good .....not back to work yet but should be in2 weeks!

Hi all.....60 year old woman who had her valve replaced 6 weeks ago.....I feel great and was wondering if anyone one thinks my doctor will let me do hot yoga once my sternum is healed....will the heat be too stressful for my new valve...thanks, Shamrock

Good for you....I hope you have peace of mind now. I too have the bovine valve as of 6 weeks ago!

Hi everyone....I had the AVR. even though I had no symptoms except one day when some of the calcification in my valve broke off and landed in my eye....a mini stroke and thank God, the emboli dislodged and my vision was unaffected. BUt my surgeon, Dr. Girardi, said I needed the surgery right...

Hi everyone, well I am a 59 year old woman who went from mild aortic stenosis to severe in 6 months, and I had plaque from my valve land in my left eye but it did not do any damage. Although I am symptom free, because of the plaque being thrown off by my valve, the doctors want me to have the...