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Received the best Christmas present today at the 6 month post op mark. Did a stress test with the Cardiologist and and he removed all my running restrictions and gave me the blessing to resume marathon training. It was a treat for the stress test crew as they have not seen a horse valve...

Today is my 4 month anniversary of my aortic valve replacement. Coincidently, it is also my 6 year anniversary here at work. Overall, I am very happy with the way things have progressed. I am happy to report that it I did not have any post-surgery complications. After about 6 weeks, my...

Had a question about how soon after surgery people were able to start lifting weights? I don't mean all out reps on bench press but looking at low weight/ high rep (15) type of exercises. It has been several years since I had a regular weight routine, but was thinking of going back to it while...

We pulled the bandages off today and things are looking good. This was also taken about 30 minutes after I fell out of the hammock during my afternoon nap. Fortunately no damage, but it could have been close.

Hello everyone- One week ago at this time I was at the hospital sitting in pre-surgery. One week later all is well. The procedure was to have my aorta reinforced w/ dacron strip and have my aortic valve replaced with a tissue valve. I do not even remember being put under and it seemed like...

I made it! I will give more details later but everything went well. The last thing I remember is going into the operating room and moving myself off the cart. Next thing I remember was when they took the breathing tube out (which I don't remember being that big of a deal). I was off and on...

Hello- I am having surgery on 6/21 to have my Aortic Valve replaced with a tissue valve at the University of Chicago. I visited 3 surgeons at 3 different hospitals that all indicated that my aorta is not quite ready for replacement (3.8..but was 4.3 when I ran more), so they are going to...

Hello Everyone- I am a 37 y/o male that will be having BAV replacement in June. This was first detected in November 2008 as a doctor detected a murmur and thought we should look further. I have been training for marathons that past 10 years and was putting 80-100 miles per week over the last...