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Agree but I hydrate really well.

Thanks guys. I put a call into my cardiologist and thru his assistant he recommended against it. No specifics given. I really like saunas and the gym i go to has one but I'm noticing some rapid heartbeats for hours afterward. Could be my imagination so I'm likely going to hold off until...

I'm 7 months past my surgery. Im going to ask my doctor this week - but was wondering if anyone has advice. I enjoy a sauna and was wondering if its safe after AVR tissue replacement surgery? Feeling good overall

Hey Tommy Boy - welcome to the Forum. I just had my OHS AVR just 13 days ago. I feel good - still sore and in some pain but every day is getting better. As for you, it sounds *TO ME* like mechanical is the way to go for you. However - as you'll learn by reading the great forums in this...

Woo Hooo!!!surgery done with and into Recovery mode

Surgery is done and I'm in recovery. Turns out I was unicuspid. Doctor said it looked like a volcano. Well there post Op has been hectic but every day I feel a bit better. Thanks to everyone on this forum for helping me get thru this. Still a long ways to full recovery

Thanks Thanks Thanks Neil, Anne & others. Exactly what I needed to read. I'm back to being calm! Thanks - I'll post an update from the hospital once my wife gives me my iPhone back! :)

Thanks all! This site is therapeutic and informative - thanks for all the support! It's the little things that are worrying me - waking up to a breathing tube down my throat, all the breathing trying to expand lungs post surgery, etc. Oh, and the 1.7% chance of really bad problems. I'm 40...

March 4th is almost here. AVR replacement -Aorta 4.0 so no issue there. Going with tissue - Dr. Svensson at Cleveland Clinic. Drove 7 hrs to get here today to beat the snow. Now, the waiting...nerves starting to pick up. I have been great and totally calm for a few months - know I'm in one...

Lyn this Edwards article from 2013 talks about mitral valves - does this apply to aortic valves? Is tissue life on mitral different than aortic?

Thanks Lyn great information I live in Philly area so looking at docs UPENN and Lankenau in addition to Cleve clinic Lol jealous husband Tom haha Neil - makes sense. Thanks for replying Thanks Debby and Eva Thanks Gail definitely have heard of a fair share of 6-8 year old tissue life folks...

First post. This forum is great. Very passionate discussions. I'm 40 years old - had a heart murmur & aortic stenosis diagnosed when I was 14. Stress echo & Cath in the last few months have shown the regurtition is severe (stenosis mild) and along with shortness of breath & some chest pain...