Recent content by jonesie

Hi all, It's been a while since I have been on here. My fiance sent me this article and I found it very interesting and thought some might enjoy reading it. It's about a pro basketball player that just had his aortic valve replaced and may even return to playing by the end of the season...

Hi Scrappy, I had an aortic aneurysm repaired a little over a year ago and have experienced pain similar to what you have described. I think it is common to have back pain after open heart surgery. My pain is in my mid back up to my shoulders. The pain tends to get worse as the weather...

Hi and welcome! I was 24 last year when I had my bicuspid aortic valve and aortic aneurysm replaced. My surgeon also recommended a repair of the valve and told me that aortic valve repair has come a long way. Unfortunately, my valve was too damaged to be repaired and I received a tissue valve...

Hi Danielle, I am 25, was 24 when I had surgery. Nice to meet you! KJ

I see Dr. Murad at North Memorial. He is great and so are the rest of the cardiologists there. Good luck with the move and welcome back! KJ

I agree with savysmommy about it maybe being a symptom of asthma. I have suffered from asthma since I was a young child and sometimes get the feeling of not being able to take a deep breath. I was prescribed an albuterol inhaler that works wonders. I don't use it daily, just as needed. I...

Hi all, It?s been a while since I have been on this site, but I figured since everyone here has great insight I would post this. I am 6 months post op (Friday!) and having back pain. The pain feels like it is in my mid back muscles. It comes and goes pretty often and when it happens it...

Hi Marcie, I had my aortic valve replaced and an aneurysm taken out a little over two months ago. I don?t remember a whole lot from the day of my surgery. I was pretty groggy and took several hours to wake up. I do remember them taking out my ventilator, which was a weird experience but once...

My advise to you is don't wait. A little over two months ago, it was discovered that I had BAV. I then had a CT scan that found an aortic aneurysm that was 4.9 cm. Because of my small body size I was referred directly to a surgeon. He recommended that I have surgery within the next 6...

I'm back!! I had complications during surgery and was quite out of it. Sorry for not posting sooner. I just got home from the hospital today. The surgeon says everything looks great now. It was a rough time, especially waking up on the respirator. I had lung problems during the surgery so...

Thank you for that wonderful post. In exactly 7 hours I will be checking into the hospital for my surgery. I am feeling VERY nervous right now. I just took a shower with the nasty soap the hospital gave me. Hopefully all goes well and I will be talking to you all soon. KJ

Thank you everyone for all of your responses. It is great to talk to people that have gone through similar experiences. I am so happy to have found this site! When I met with my surgeon, he told me that he will try to make the scar as small as possible. He has done my type of surgery for 25...

Hi all, I am new to this site and have heard great things about it. I am a 24 year old female, recently diagnosed with BAV and an aortic aneurysm. I have OHS scheduled on July 12th to replace my aortic wall with a dacron graft and to have my AV repaired. About a month and a half ago I went...