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Just had an appointment with my cardiologist. Aortic valve is fine, pulmonary valve has a slight leak but they arent worried about it. Had the all clear to start trying for babies. He said I can resume life as normal now :D Has anyone else had a leaky pulmonary valve?

Back to work tomorrow :( was getting used to being paid for sitting at home, pity the mortgage doesnt pay itself Has anybody else had the realisation in their recovery that the job they were doing wasnt what they want to do for the rest of their life? The booklet I was sent home with says to...

Wow, six weeks post op and I just went for an hour long walk with only a couple of stops, hard to believe two weeks ago I struggled to reach the end of the street I live in which I can walk in five minutes now

Five weeks post op today, and two days till I can drive again! Does anyone know how long I should wait until starting swimming again, bearing in mind the healing of the incision. Kind of getting frustrating going to the beach and only going up to my knees, cant quite remember how long the...

Its Christmas Eve here in New Zealand and I just wanted to say I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Christmas. And to anyone who is still in hospital, I hope everything goes smoothly for you

4 weeks post op tomorrow yay, have had trouble breathing the past couple of days but my doctor confirmed today it's just asthma not fluid on my lungs or anything like that which is a relief I have had two of my dissolving stitches come through my skin, but my doctor said its better just to...

Does anyone have any strategies to deal with sneezing and a healing sternum? I will be a month post op on Christmas Day, and suffer from hayfever and just found out today that my sister in law has a real Christmas tree in her house.

3 weeks post op and feeling ok, wound healing well, couple of places on the scar have taken longer to heal but are now healing. Not much sternum pain, hopefully it is healing as it should. Left shoulder clicked last night which really hurt but seems to have eased the pain in my shoulder and...

left hospital today no problems except a migraine from how hot the hospital was, the joys of being released two days into NZ's summer. If I could keep cool all would be good

Booked in for my ross procedure on Thursday New Zealand time. Two more hours of work to go then I wont have anything to take my mind off it anymore :eek:

Got two possible dates now for my ross procedure 5th or 12th of November Had a bit of a meltdown at work today but my awesome workmates helped me through it.

Is anyone else having heaps of trouble sleeping in the leadup to their surgery? I get very little sleep also meaning my poor old hubby gets no sleep too

Just rang the hospital that is doing my surgery to find out what is going on, my surgeon is on holiday but said he will do my surgery first week in November when he is back. He also happens to be the only surgeon in New Zealand who does the Ross Procedure so hopefully he doesnt change his mind...

Hi everyone I am new to this site and interested in joining your weight loss efforts. I am currently waiting to get a date for Ross Procedure surgery which is meant to be sometime in October, a bit late to start but I guess something is better than nothing.