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I am very sorry to hear the news. I am praying for the family. I still can't beleive.

Its 2 weeks since I had my surgery. I was so scared to see a little drainage in the upper part of incision. Its very little. I have paged the on-call doctor and the surgeon mentioned to me that he will call me tomorrow morning to check on it, and if it persists, he would ask me to come to the...

Sorry about the bleeding. I am praying for a faster/bump free recovery.

Good progress John, I am 2 weeks behind you. I am progressing at snail's pace. I waiting for tomorrow to finish the 2 week mark. I don't know for some reason its just taking for ever for me. I should start reading something to keep me engaged. Are you still taking pain medication?

matski, They shaved the chest area alone.

Great John!!. I will be following your steps, I am 2 weeks behind you.

I am back home today. Except for couple of bumps, I am getting better every day. I had low blood pressure and they had to stop beta-blocker. That seemed to help. My INR Value is still very low at 1.3. I was asked to take 10mg Coumidin today. Visiting Nurse will be coming to my home tomorrow...

surgery went as expected on thursday 08/13. Thanks every one for all you prayers. It helped me a lot. I am still recovering. My chest tubes are still there. I have low BP and low potassium. Thanks Teresa for introducing to a wonderful staff. I hope to recover well and return home. I am just...

Thanks everyone for all the wishes and prayers. This means a lot to me. This site has helped me prepare myself for the surgery and assisted in making decisions. I hope my surgery goes well. I will see everyone on the other side. My surgeon's office called me and confirmed my surgery for...

best wishes for a successful surgery!!! my prayers are with you. I don't know what state I will be in at the time of your surgery

Surgeon's office called me yesterday to tell me that they had to postpone because the surgeon had to do an emergency surgery. I am still waiting on the time of my surgery.

rescheduled to next week 08/13 rescheduled to next week 08/13 my surgery got rescheduled to next week 08/13.

surgery got postponed to next thrusday 8/13 surgery got postponed to next thrusday 8/13 Thanks everyone for all your prayers. Thanks very much Teresa for referring me to a wonderful surgeon. My surgery got postponed to next thursday 8/13. I got a call from doctors office stating that, they...

good luck. I will keep you in my prayers.

I am in the same boat. I have my surgery on August 6th for both Aneurysm and BAV. I didn't have any symptoms till now. Its definitely a strange feeling. I came to know about Aneurysm and BAV from yearly physical through a very light heart murmur. My prayers are with you for your surgery.

Laura, I am sorry that you went through all these difficulties. I will keep you in my prayers for faster recovery.

I am very thankful that the site is back up. John, My prayers will be there for you for faster recovery without any complications. Kris, I am in my early 30's. I hope and pray my surgery to go well without any complications. -Vasanth

My surgery date is confirmed at Brigham and Womens Hospital on August 6th. Dr Prem Sekhar will be operating on me. I hope everything goes well. I am sometimes calm and sometimes worried. After reading through all the posts, I gain strength.

Tom, bahlvarun, scuba_898, thanks very much for your messages. The main reason why they are recommending surgery is for Ascending Aortic Aneurysm and while they are doing that they wanted to fix BAV as well. For ascending aneurysm there are limited choices so I have nothing to decide but to...

I am 33 years old. I went for regular physical checkup and the PCP heard a light murmur. No one has found that I had murmur it till now. After that I asked the PCP if I can have a echo cardiogram. He took EKG and confirmed that everything was fine. I went for Echo and found that I had a...