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thanks all!, ready to take my shower and bacterial wipes afterwards, then off to the hospital in 2 hours. see you on the other side.

So just 28 more hours to go, had my Pre op today, this is getting very real very fast! I think I am as ready for this surgery as I will ever be, just wanting to get it started.

all this talk about walking I decided to figure out how much I walk at work during the year, It is over 2000 miles, now I know why I go through shoes so fast:)

Josh, i posted something in your "guest profile" Arrhythmia"s are common, so is AFIB, there are many ways to treat this, your upcoming tests will clarify for your medical team what coarse of action to take.

hi Josh, a couple of things to cover here. The high bpm you experience is from your heart trying to get back to a normal sinus rhythm. I also get episodes of heart flutter, last time I had a 24 hour monitor on it tracked about 200 episodes of extra beats per day; these are benign. I have gone...

Hi Josh, a heart murmur was detected in me when I was in high school. Found out in 2008 that it was due to a BAV and mild aortic stenosis. Had a CT scan done and it showed mildly dilated aortic root and dilated ascending aorta (around 4.6). Fast forward 10 years and the aneurysm is around 4.7...

So surgery is scheduled for Valentines day on February 14, bright a and early, surgery is at 7:30am and I have to be at the hospital at 4:45am. Also have a ct scan on February 1 to check on the aortic aneurysm.

thanks everyone!, cardiac catheterization is scheduled for Jan 15, will find out how soon surgery needs to follow.

so after being in the waiting room for 10 years, my cardiologist has given the green light to take care of my bi-cuspid aortic valve (stenosis) and ascending aneurysm.. I have not posted in awhile, but I will try to be more faithful in the future! Now I need to pick a surgeon and hospital...

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I have been in and out of this forum since may of 2008. It sure helped me with my questions as a newbie back in 2008. I have been in the waiting room since then. Friday I got word that it is time to schedule the surgery so now the anxiety starts again! so i am sure that I will be back more often...

great response Pellicle, my cardiologist keeps saying the longer we can wait on the surgery the greater the medical advances might be (and are) Also in the states, we use double size rolls of tp as there is so much more to wipe off.

my aneurysm took 8 years to go from 4.6 to 4.9, so it could be years until he needs surgery. valve choice is influenced by many factors including your age at the time of the surgery.

best wishes and looking forward to your post op report!

I have been in the waiting room for about 8 years. Started following when I was 52 years old, It is looking like next year will be the year for surgery.

I have been under 10 times (short stints!) and never any dreams, one second you are awake, the next you are waking up.

thanks for the input, my cardio at this time only wants yearly checkups, I plan on asking for a 6 month checkup. I think I will also set up an appointment with a surgeon to get his opinion.

It has been awhile since I have participated in the forum. I came here 8 years ago looking for support having discovered that heart surgery was somewhere in my future. Everybody was a great help. My latest check up shows that i am getting closer to that surgery date. I have an asending aortic...

Hi James, overall the numbers are not that bad. The aorta is mildly dilated at 3.8. my guess they will follow up once a year or every other year.. they will look at growth rate of the aorta. The aortic valve can thicken this can cause stenosis (smaller valve opening or regurgitation ( flaps...

I have aortic stenosis, and an ascending aorta of 4.6, but never have had trouble getting travel insurance. I am in the USA so that might effect the policy's inclusions and exclusions. The main thing is you need to get the insurance within so many days of booking the trip to get an automatic...