Recent content by SSJ4

HokieHade, We have corresponded some on this board over the last 6-8 months. Glad to hear you are doing well. My surgery (same valve and aneurism as yours) was the day before yours and if I recall correctly we are almost the same age (I am 46). I can echo the heartbeat/thud post surgery as...

I am only seven weeks out from surgery but have noticed the same thing. A thumping or very heavy heartbeat that I can feel in chest and even neck at times. I cannot sleep on my side quite yet but I hope that will relieve some of the issue. It is the most noticeable when I first get in bed. I...

Dr. Tomas Martin replaced my valve this year at Shands. Highly recommend. Dr. Beaver is still there as well and to my knowledge is very good.

Motion4663, so glad for you to have it behind you. The ice water after the breathing tube was removed was the best thing that I had ever tasted. The ginger ale the next day was even better. My first memory after surgery (seven weeks ago this week), even before I opened my eyes, was that I...

Haden, I have been following your posts since your surgery. I responded to one of your pre-surgery posts several months back as I was scheduled for the exact same procedure at Shands at the University of Florida just one day prior to your surgery and we are very close in age. I found that I...

I understand. Reading through the post in this thread had me wavering some as well. I know it is my decision but there seems to be an overwhelming amount of support for the tissue over the mechanical from those in medical field around me. But it is me who will have more procedures in the...

HokieHaden, I have been following this thread and you don't know how helpful this has been for me. 46 year old male and having my first OHS on October 24th for bicuspid valve (diagnosed at the age of 13) and also repairing an aortic aneurysm at the same time. A lot to think about but have been...