Recent content by rider76

14 weeks post aortic valve replacement and I have accomplished a major goal. I am riding my horse again! I'm also attending cardiac rehab three days a week and staying in close touch with my cardiologist. I'm walking my dog, caring for my disabled son and making quilts. But getting back on my...

Nattie Tea - I am your grandma's age and had aortic valve replacement three weeks ago. I am still in the hospital, though not on oxygen; I am at times short of breath and short of energy and sometimes find myself crying at "nothing". And yet my progress is considered normal. I am also taking...

I would much rather be home, but I live alone and both the surgeon and cardiologist felt I was safer in rehab. Now I'm not so certain. I'll give it another week and see if I feel safe enough to go home. My balance is improving, so I can hope. Catherine

Two weeks post AVR and in rehab hospital. For the past week, I've had increasing edema in my legs, more shortness of breath and am not walking as far as I did six days post op.There is poor medical supervision from the resident doctor. I phoned my cardiologist and had friend drive me there...

I am two weeks post AVR, and in a post-acute rehab hospital. I've gained 12 pounds since surgery and my feet and legs are badly swollen. Five days ago, I asked that my cardiologist be contacted about this, and it just seemed this hospital was dragging its feet. So today I phoned her myself...

Yes, surgery was by Dr Deeik at Santa Rosa Memorial. Catherine

Wheee! what a ride!Aortic valve replacement (porcine) last Wednesday. Awake and talking (though not very coherently) with my kids two hours later. Surgeon reports valve replacement went well and there is no evidence of heart disease or blockage of blood vessels. I was moved to the telemetry unit...

Because I am considered "elderly" and live alone, my surgeon has told me that, after a 7 day stay in the acute hospital, he wants me to go to a rehab hospital for another two weeks. Due to many orthopedic surgeries, I've had enough experience with rehab hospitals that I want to choose my own...

After being a "squeaky wheel", calling my surgeon's office daily for more than a week, I finally have a date for aortic valve replacement, April 16th. More than a little nervous, but anxious to have it behind me so I can look forward to riding my horse again. This list has given me encouragement...

I'm currently going through "pre-op assessment" and have found it is more than just one appointment. I finally got an appointment with the cardiac surgeon and, like most surgeons, he wasn't very informative other than to tell me he'd schedule me for aortic valve replacement "in two or three...

Let me introduce myself; I am an overweight 76-yr old woman who has always had an active life. Last year, I rode in a couple 7-hr competitive trail rides with my horse, and I regularly ride a couple times a week, both dressage and trail. In the past few months, I found myself short of breath and...