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  1. johnfreeman62

    Cannabis

    Visiting California - "medical" marijuana is everywhere. Anybody tried it post aortic valve replacement - I am 18 months out and feeling GREAT....
  2. johnfreeman62

    2nd Rodeo - Wahoo Let Er Buck!

    Much better results this time - http://prorodeo.com/results_page.aspx#laststand - horse worked great and I didn't even think about my heart until guys were congratulating me - and asking about my surgery. - Almost exactly 6 months post surgery and I won the 2nd go round and placed 4th in the...
  3. johnfreeman62

    First Rodeo - For my new heart anyway

    When I scheduled my AVR for November 13, 2008 my goal was to compete at the Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo May 1, 2009. Well I am entered and hitting the road tomorrow. Various issues, mostly business and horse not health, have prevented me from getting as much practice in as I would like but I have...
  4. johnfreeman62

    This is me three months out

    Guess I am on the road to recovery. My surgeon was there, my cardio doesn't want to know.
  5. johnfreeman62

    Accelerated Heart Rate - Anyone Else?

    Had aortic valve replacement and slight septal:confused: myectomy (slicing off enlarged heart muscle) November 13th. Recovery was going great but beginning 12/3 I have had repeated episodes of my pulse going from about 60bpm to over 120, while resting. It is accompanied by a burning chest pain...
  6. johnfreeman62

    Chest Pain - Heart or Not?

    In 1975 I was diagnosed with BAV and accompanying hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at age twelve. Ever since then I have had trouble answering questions about chest pain - is it interior or exterior - is it my heart or my chest? I don't know what normal feels like so never really knew the answers to...
  7. johnfreeman62

    Incision Site Itching - Solutions?

    I am two weeks post Valve Replacement (Nov 13) and doing very well, but my incision site, which is healing great, itches and is very sensitive. Anybody have a miracle cure?
  8. johnfreeman62

    Sneezing - Funny but True

    A few days after my valve replacement surgery, November 13, 2008, I had a small sneeze. I managed to confine it to my head with little resultant pain, however I immediately felt a much larger second sneeze coming on. With the wound in my chest and the pains I had felt from as little as raising...
  9. johnfreeman62

    Aortic Valve Replacement - How long until you can stress the heart

    Had aortic valve replacement on November 13, 2008 as well as some carving of the heart muscle to reduce hypertrophic cardiomyopathy..big words.. Feeling really well and think I understand the timeline for my chest healing but have no idea when and how much I can begin to work my heart..would...
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