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Hello everybody, It's been a while since I've last visited this site. While I would check the posts several times a week before surgery and for many months after surgery, I almost forgot about it. And that reflects how I'm doing: Great! With 29y I had an aortic valve repair. After some rough...

Wow, time went by so fast and I almost forgot about this forum, which by the way was a great help during several months pre- and postop. Preop I spent hours reading reports. Especially positive reports from people in a similar situation as me were very encouraging. So let me share my thoughts...

It's been a while since my last update and I've been busy recovering. Had an awesome day at the gym! Finally after 8 weeks I did some dumbbell chest presses. I only took 2 lbs, but it felt great and didn't hurt at all. I almost felt like healthy again, although I used to take a couple of lbs...

My surgery will be this Tuesday morning (AVR). I'm starting to get more and more nervous, anxious but also glad to have it done soon. This site has been a tremendous help in the past months! I've spent hours reading posts of people from "the other side". I'm planning to stick to Gymguy's advice...

In the coming months I'll have to make a decision about the way I want my bicuspid aortic valve to be fixed. As all here, I wish for a long and normal live afterwards. In the last years (tricuspid) aortic valve reconstruction has become accepted especially in the treatment of aortic...