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Good to hear from you enkaynj. Glad everything is good. Thanks for all your support and advice 4 years back when I was thinking about the surgery.

Celebrating 4 years anniversary. Heart function is back to normal. cardio is very happy; switched me to seeing once every two years. Went with mechanical valve as I was 37 at the time of surgery. No issues with using warfarin. Very active. Plays tennis, golf, bikes 20+ miles a day in summer...

Happy to share that 3 years passed since surgery. Heart function back to normal. Ejection fraction 60%+. An improvement from 35%+ pre surgery. Cardio is happy. Now back to 2 year visit schedule with Cardio. Feels nervous every time Cardio visit is approaching :) so glad to see him recommend 2...

I am back to work couple of weeks after surgery. I was 36 at surgery and have a desk job too. I felt bored couple of weeks after, so returned to work from home couple of weeks after surgery.

Completed two years. Cardio is haapy that heart function (including EF) is back to normal. He took me off of Metoprolol which gave me all sorts of side effects first one year. No issues with coumadin management barring occasional highs and lows of inr levels. -Kumar

Completed one year this week. Things are going well. Thank you god. Life is back to normal within weeks after surgery. There is drop in ef at 6 months check, but cardio is very happy with the improvement in ef in one year check. Cardio thinks metoprolol helped, hence reluctant to take me off...

Lets put things in perspective. I was told that healthy heart will have an ef of 60-65%. I was concernrd after 3 month post-op check when the ef went below 40%. It was estimated as 45% pre-op when valve was severely leaking. But, latest echo done two weeks ago ( 9 months post-op) showed the ef...

Posting this thread to share my experiences. I am 6 months post-op now. Fortunately, recovery has been very smooth (touch wood). Life is back to normal within one month after surgery. Back to work by third week after post-op. Cardio is happy with heart size remodeling at 2 month check, but not...

I am 6 months post-op. 5 years older than your husband. Send me a pm, we can connect and chat about recovery. -Kumar

I am 5 months post-op and am on 100mg per day beta blocker. I do not like it. My resting rate stays at low 60s. My bp and heart rate doesn't go up even with exercise. After walking 30 mins on treadmill at speed 4.0, I still see my heart rate staying at 130. Another side effect i see with beta...

I haven't gotten any card from On-x. I am five months post-op. Seems like I need to call the customer service as well. -Kumar

Mark, great to see you on the other side of the mountain. Keep the good work on recovery. -kumar

I had my surgery in Brigham and Women's 8 weeks back. Not only I found surgeon team top notch, but also the care from nusrsing team is outstanding. I can tell they had experience dealing with many cases before, know what we go through post-op and help us tremendously in the recovery. You cannot...

Best wishes BCMike. Keep walking as soon as you can. It will greatly help you in the recovery. Looking for ward to see your posts in the post-op section.

Welcome to the site. Best wishes for your upcoming surgery. I am sure you do well. I delayed surgery myself this year to give space for a newborn and time for my wife to recover. Now, 7 weeks after post-op my biggest gripe is that I cannot hold my irresistable 5 month old into my arms :)...

Hi Brian, glad to hear that you are doing well. Seems like you had a busy summer. Best wishes for your good recovery.

Congratulations. Best wishes for many more.

I take 100 mg metoprolol. Occasionally, I feel dizzy (few seconds) when I stood up or get up from bed. I don't know if it is caused by metoprolol, but my doc did mention that I may feel bit tired because of metoprolol. My cardio talked about moving me off metoprolol to some other drug around 3...

Beat wishes for your surgery. See you in post-op section. -Kumar

Met surgeon today for 6 week post-op follow-up. He doesn't seem to be concerned at all. He said it will go away soon.