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Well, I made it through.:) Surgery (AVR) was 12 Jan and went well except my blood pressure wouldn't say up, resulting in an eight day stay in I.C.U. This apparently scrambled the hospital's patient planning and there were no beds available in the standard recovery ward so I came straight home...

Breathing Tube etc. Breathing Tube etc. Hi Sonup, I just got home from my AVR (Had an On-X valve installed 12 Jan). I too was very anxious about the breathing tube as I have a horrible gag reflex. My anesthesiologist was apologetic but said it was safer to leave the tube in place until they...

I'm back! I'm back! Well, I made it. New aortic valve and a monster zipper. Now it's time to start mending. Thank you all for the kind wishes, it made it a bit easier knowing there were people all over the world pulling for me. I guess it's time to move over to the post-op forum for the next...

Good luck Dale, we'll compare notes when we're both back on line. Doug.

Thank you all Thank you all Thank you all for the good wishes. The "date" has come around really quickly. I wish I could tell you I was doing fun stuff this weekend prior to surgery but I was fixing things on the roof this morning, repairing the dishwasher this afternoon and now it's time to...

Thank you all. Thank you all. Thanks to everyone for the good wishes for tomorrow. It's good to know that I have a great team cheering for me. And AL Capshaw, I think that rather than your suggestion "sounds like you have found that state of "Peaceful Acceptance"" it's more a case of "Deer in...

I've been hanging out here for some time learning from the experience of others, but having just had a surgeon basically say "get in here, NOW":eek: I'm about to join the ranks of the experienced myself! I've had what started out as a slight murmur for 40 years (that makes me feel old) but a...