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Ok, March 9th, I will be 4 months post-op! Finished my cardiac rehab, it went great. BP and heart rate always read good as well. However, the last couple weeks I have felt a 'flutter' once in awhile, and also a feeling like I went over a hill quick, and kind of felt an uneasy feeling. These...

All- I am 3 weeks post-op from valve replacement, and my feet have been numb and tingling since leaving the hospital. I noticed it while in the hospital but just kind of dismissed it. It seems to be getting slightly better, and my surgeon said it is quite possibly a side effect from the...

I am experiencing quite a bit of weight loss right now myself, and I am 2 full weeks post-op. Now, I am bigger, was active, guy, I went in the hospital on Nov 8th, I was right at 300 and when I weighed for the home nurse yesterday, I was 278. They don't want me lose more then about 5lbs every...

On Tuesday, November 9th, I received my new St Jude's Aortic Heart Valve, in Rockford, IL at St. Anthony's Hospital. The surgery ended up going a couple hours longer due to some reworking that was needed on my aorota. I ended up have a very rough time coming out of the antestia, BP dropped to...

Well, tomorrow I am being admitted to St. Anthony's in Rockford, IL. They are doing the heart cath, EKG and some blood work, and keeping me over night. Surgery is Tuesday, Nov 9th at 7am. As I sit here, I have peace, and some anxiety. But, what is getting me is how 'surreal' this all feels...

All- My valve replacement is scheduled for Tuesday, November 9th at 9am. Trying to stay calm, but I know that it is all in God's hands. This site has been an incredible resouce for the time leading up to this. Not sure how I am feeling, anxious, nervous, scared, but then somewhere in my mind...

All- I just met with my Surgeon, and he strongly recommends using the St. Jude's Regent series heart valve for my Aortic Stenosis. He has done over 1000 of these surgerys, board certified and in the top 5% of Surgeons for this proceedure. That is awesome, but just wondering how folks that...

I am happy to report, that I have stopped with caffeine, today is only day 2, but thus far for yesterday almost no palpitations! YEA!!! Now for energy and headaches that is another story! But, if my heart feels more calm, then I feel more calm, the rest I can manage. Thank you all to the...

I am 'newer' to this site, meaning I have never posted like this, I am meeting with my surgeon next week, and then will be scheduling surgery. But, my quesiton is I have been struggling with anxiety and panic type feelings, one thing that seems to set this off is that I feel a lot of heart...

I can totally relate to Debra! I found out at the end of June that I had a "heart murmer" a couple hours later I received the news that I had this Aortic stenosis problem, at at 37 years old (my birthday weekend) I spent the night in a hospital for the FIRST time since I was born! I am meeting...