Recent content by Justin Bendell

Yeah, I'm still loud, but not all the time. I'm healing all right, and can exercise moderately. Some nights I sleep like a champ. Other nights. . . ?I do love melatonin, and have for years.

Hi Jase, One artery. As they were putting me back together, one side of my heart was struggling. They believed it to be a "kink" in the coronary artery, so they had to do a bypass. Glad they did. I don't know how much it affected my recovery, but I was walking over a mile within 3 weeks...

It might!

My docs said it's normal. When I asked if it would quiet after the pericardium healed, I was informed that the pericardium would never heal, but that I would likely get used to the thump.

I needed a bypass for the coronary artery. I am at six months & I can do much much of everything I was capable of doing prior to surgery. Currently working on endurance & on trusting my body to be resilient under pressure/exertion.

Cheers to that! I'm six months into mechanical valve living and looking forward to matching your performance one day. :)

Yes. I'm dealing with this as well. The loud thump is not constant. Sometimes, the heart is calm except for the ticking. But when it chooses to thump, it's the kind of thump that makes it near-impossible to sleep. Not sure if it's a stress & anxiety thing, or a...

Aortic Valve Replacement, Aortic Aneurysm repair, and emergency Coronary Artery Bypass on June 26.

Hi all, I continue to recover well and most of my life has returned to normal. I work full-time, make music, write, cook, eat whatever, walk daily, and go to the gym twice per week to lift weights (30 pounds or fewer till I hit the 6 month mark) and use the elliptical. One thing that...

I'm ten weeks out of surgery. Mechinical valve. My diet is the same. I watch my consumption of alcohol, but that's a good idea anyway. I walk everyday and last week I walked 15000 steps one day and 18500 steps three days later. I am starting to rebuild my core with squats. Soon I will start...

Welcome aboard!

I'm not the original poster. I believe you are responding to them, so I'll stop replying.

I walk 2-4 miles per day.

I'm not sure what that is.

Me? Warfarin, Metoprolol, & low-dose aspirin