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I'm confused....I had the same surgery as you last June, but, with different hardware. I was told to never lift more than 25 pounds by both surgeon and cardiologist. Please explain. I would like to lift more.:smile2:

Thank you everyone for your kind words. I sure wish I had found the site before my surgery. How do I do one of those sign offs - had a Bentall procedure done to repair an aneurysm due to a biscuspid valve. I need to find out the type of valve I received. I feel like such a newbie. but the...

Thank you Thank you Thank you all for you encouragement. Follow-up less that two weeks away. Mind is running on all sorts of scenarios.

June 8th was one year since I had my aneurysm repair with pig tissue valve replacement. The repair included the root all the way up to the coronary arteries. The first 2 ½ months of recover were difficult, but went well to the point I was feeling better that I had I years. By the way I am a 53...

June 8th was one year since I had my aneurysm repair with pig tissue valve replacement(BAV). The repair included the root all the way up to the coronary arteries. The first 2 ½ months of recover were difficult, but went well to the point I was feeling better that I had I years. By the way I am a...

I finally found a good local cardiologist. We went over all the records I brought with me from leaving the Mayo Hospital; he understands my needs both as a patient and as a person. Looks like I will need to have bypass surgery, as I still have severe angina and the fact that I was only able to...

I do not know of any in the San Diego area, but I just left the Mayo clinic in Phoenix, they were of great help to me for post operative complications. They are worth checking out if you can go that far.

Hi Roberta, I found this site by accident, searching for information. This have site appears to have really good people giving compassionate, supportive and informative answers, which is what persons in my/our situation need. I have also had some really excellent surgical and medical care...

I had a bentall procedure performed last June and have since had episodes of tachycardia, brachacardia, a-fib and v-fib. I currently have a 2 lead pace maker with the top lead turned off because it is not needed and the bottom lead is set at 60 and only needs to activate .2% of the time...