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There is nothing to prevent you from doing any of those jobs. I am 58 years old and work ordnance cleanup and disposal and have had the same valve you do. John K

Was put on it in December when I relapsed into AFib. Ended up having a ablation and was told to stop taking it 45 days later. Made me feel tired all the time and I lacked motivation to do anything. John K

I was 54 and went into the ER with extreme dizziness and they found a ascending aortic aunerism. Due to damage to the valve discovered when they operated less then a month after discovery the valve was replaced at the same time. John K

Woke up in ICU with the breathing tube in and my hands secured. While at the time it seemed that it was left in for a long time, it was less then a hour before it was removed. John K

Yes, she did. I would agree that glue reduces scaring as the scars from my drain tubes which were stitched are more noticeable then from my incision. John K

Had a full sternotomy a year ago and all I have is a thin white line, not sure if you would even notice unless you were looking for it. John K

I had my surgery last year and was approved to drive by my doctors at four weeks. That is also when I was approved to resume office work, it was 3 months before I was approved to resume field work. One of the precautions I was told to take was to not expose my chest to a airbag for at least...

Unless you plan to take a very long shower you shouldn't have any issues. They will have you up and walking around before you leave the hospital and will probably give you the opportunity to shower while there. John K

Two weeks after surgery with full sternotomy I started cardiac rehab and was able to exercise for the full 40 minutes. Within a month I had been released to office work and within 3 months back to light field work. I was 54. John K

If you haven't been cardio converted before, it is not a big deal. After my surgery the end of January last year I was in AFIB and cardio converted before I even left the hospital. I ended up going into AFIB 2 more times and being cardio converted with the last time being the middle of March...

You are where I was last year, a aortic aneurism was discovered the end of Dec last year during unrelated medical testing that resulted in surgery at the end of January 2020. Yes, you will have multiple hospital visits initially (pre and post surgery) but they taper off. In my case the surgery...

I looked at watches earlier this year, but ended up buying a device that linkś to my phone from Amazon. It is a small rectangle with two contact pads on it. It allows me to record a ekg whenever I want. While the app that it works with on the phone dose analyze the results, I can also send it...

Had surgery to deal with a ascending aneurysm that ended up also resulted in aortic valve replacement in January. Was done at Nebraska Med Center in Omaha, not sure if they are considered high volume of not. I have been told that since I had the one aneurysm that others could develop.

Glad to hear everything is going well. As long as you follow the doctors guidance on recovery, you will be back to feeling normal in no time at all. John K

I started out with three drainage tubes, and had the same issue with the spirometer. Once they took the first one out the issue pretty much went away. Best wishes on a speedy recovery. John K

My surgery was scheduled for 10, don't remember much of anything after entering the OR, woke up in recovery the next morning and they had me up walking before lunch. John K

I have noted the same after my surgery, when I asked my surgeon about it I was told it was my heart beating. It has deminished with time, I am just over 4 months post surgery. I found when laying on my right side it was apparent and when laying on my left side less apparent. If I am up moving...

I am not remembering having any type of dressing on the stiches were the drain tubes came out once I left the hospital, however the best route is to ask the nurse. I also wouldn't make any bets on cardiac rehab, while they shut it down about the middle of March here in Nebraska, they started it...

All I did was to keep trying to do better. The version I had came with a movable indicator on the side and I kept moving it to the highest I got and would then try to do better. Don't worry if you can't hit the goal every time as long as you keep trying you will get through this.

Just had valve replacement surgery the end of January. I The more you use the spirometer the quicker you will get better results. Try blowing out through it as well as breathing in, once I started doing that I made quicker progress. As for pain, I was off narcotics within a week and all...