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I had a Cardiac Arrest at 17yrs, was clinically dead for 2+mins, resuscitated and Defi’d back to life. I’m 26 now. It was a strange 2 mins

Great to hear from you Andrew! - Woah, that sounds a little more full on to what I’m doing surfing wise 😂. Sounds like bloody great fun and I’m stoked to hear your keeping active. Could you share a few details with your experience around Endocarditis pretty please? - My Cardiologist is at me...

She’ll be a walk in the park @Luckyguy17! You got this 😊

For those that are interested, I’ve got my annual checkup next month so will share the results. Apart from some anxiety caused by the initial event (cardiac arrest) / surgery, my life had been completely uninterrupted by my heart post surgery. I surf 3-4 times per week (hard), I’m talking 3hr...

I get the exact same after a few drinks. Might the ‘pronounced’ beat be a negative thing? These days I try my best not to go too hard but occasionally blow out and have 15 beers or so (2-3 times per year). I feel my heart beat become really pronounced and the next day I’m riddled with anxiety.

Totally understand, gosh there’s some sadness in a few of these threads.

Hi Bentas, How did this turn out in the end?

Hi Andrew! - thank you for sharing Would love to hear how you are going now that we are in 2021! :)

Hi M! Really curious to hear how you are going?

On a side note, is ‘valuereplacement.org’ the best forum space for connecting with others that have had the Ross Procedure?

Oh woah! Thank you so much for your swift reply :) Gosh I should have reached out a long time ago, I’ve always felt like I’ve been siloed from ‘normal’ people. It sounds as though you’ve had quite the journey since age 10/12 and no doubt have a lot of the journey still left to go! Seems as...

Hey hey everyone! This is my first time reaching out to this community. (I’m Aussie by the way) In Nov 2012, at age 17, i had a cardiac arrest in a swimming pool and was resuscitated / defibrillated back to life. This was due to a bicuspid aortic value that I had known about and told not to...