Hi , I'm a 51 year old male and I've been on the heart surgery waiting list since Sept/05 when I had met with the heart surgeon . I'm having my leaky bicuspid aortic valve replaced with a mechanical valve but I don't know which type or model I'm to receive . I also require aorta reconstruction as mine measures 4.7mm ; this will be done at the same time . The day before my surgery , they are doing an angiogram to see if I'll need bypass surgery as well . Since late Nov/05 my Dr. has been telling me my surgery would be done within the next few weeks. I had a embolism come from my heart and hit me in the right eye in May/05 , this caused ( central retinal artery occlusion ) , which has resulted in severe permanent vision loss to my right eye . I was on 81mg aspirin a day and I still am . I'm worried about it happening to my left eye ! I don't have my surgery date yet but the surgery co-ordinator told me last week that it would not be much longer . My anxiety has been off the wall for months as I don't know what to expect . I've recently been attending Bible study and I've been praying lots . This is a wonderful website !!! Thanks