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I was pretty lucky, in that I recovered fairly quickly. I'm relatively young at 34 so that helped. At the two week mark after OHS (full sternotomy) I felt well enough to start going back to work in an office job. I took the bus, wasn't cleared to drive yet. Mind you, I wasn't at 100% - I still...

1. Scale of 0 to 10, with Zero being pin-drop silence, and Ten being someone talking to you in a "normal" human voice (which I assume is louder than the valve), what number would you assign to your valve clicking? 2-3 2. Is your valve noise comparable to the strong tick of a cheap watch? Or...