NewValveNY
Well-known member
Today is my first anniversary of my admission for OHS at St. Francis Hospital, NY where my leaking bicuspid aortic valve was replaced with a St. Jude mechanical valve. What a year it has been! I am so glad to have found VR.com this past year, but I wish I knew about it before my surgery. All of the postings I have read have been helpful, informative, and supportive and have given me a sense of community. I hope that some of my postings were supportive and helpful for others.
It has been quite a year. I remember waking up in ICU to the glorious sounds of my loving family talking to me. I recall coming home and sleeping propped up for three weeks. I remember looking for a watch the first time I heard the click of my valve, crying at being reminded of the surgery and my initially weakened conditioned. I then began to think of the click as a sign of a beating, healthy heart and became comforted by it. At first, progress was seen weekly, then monthly.
Like many other people, I have seen life and its blessings from a more intense perspective, not taking people, events and experiences for granted. I never thought that I would feel so good one year after the surgery.
I am using INRatio to monitor my INR., have begun to loose some of the weight that I have gained this past year. I am back to working out, and have actually included three 30 minute runs into my weekly schedule, and I just plain feel good!
Hank, thanks for founding this amazing website community and Ross, thanks for being such a diligent administrator. I value your efforts.
To the VR.com community, I wish you all good health, complete recovery and a full life.
Yours,
Allan
It has been quite a year. I remember waking up in ICU to the glorious sounds of my loving family talking to me. I recall coming home and sleeping propped up for three weeks. I remember looking for a watch the first time I heard the click of my valve, crying at being reminded of the surgery and my initially weakened conditioned. I then began to think of the click as a sign of a beating, healthy heart and became comforted by it. At first, progress was seen weekly, then monthly.
Like many other people, I have seen life and its blessings from a more intense perspective, not taking people, events and experiences for granted. I never thought that I would feel so good one year after the surgery.
I am using INRatio to monitor my INR., have begun to loose some of the weight that I have gained this past year. I am back to working out, and have actually included three 30 minute runs into my weekly schedule, and I just plain feel good!
Hank, thanks for founding this amazing website community and Ross, thanks for being such a diligent administrator. I value your efforts.
To the VR.com community, I wish you all good health, complete recovery and a full life.
Yours,
Allan
