Laura
Active member
Hi All:
This is my first post on your forums. I'm really looking forward to talking with others about recovering from heart surgery. I'm happy to help others in any way that I can. I'm 56 years old and my surgery was on 10/3. I had my surgery done at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA. I had a unicuspid aortic valve with stenosis that they now say was a birth defect. I've read some of the posts and the first thing I noticed is that I need to get up to speed on all the acronyms everyone is using! Also, I don't know what brand heart valve my surgeon put in but I do know that it is a bovine valve. I hope it lasts, because I sure don't want to go through all of this again anytime soon :wink2:
So far, I am up to two 20 minute walks a day. I guess my only real concern is sleeping or I should say lack thereof. The nighttime is not my friend. I'm only sleeping a couple of hours at a time and I'm up between 4 - 5. I'm still taking pain medication at night (Dilaudid). I'm taking Tylenol during the day. I'm on the generic version of Toprol XL once a day and that's it.
Thanks for listening,
Laura
This is my first post on your forums. I'm really looking forward to talking with others about recovering from heart surgery. I'm happy to help others in any way that I can. I'm 56 years old and my surgery was on 10/3. I had my surgery done at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA. I had a unicuspid aortic valve with stenosis that they now say was a birth defect. I've read some of the posts and the first thing I noticed is that I need to get up to speed on all the acronyms everyone is using! Also, I don't know what brand heart valve my surgeon put in but I do know that it is a bovine valve. I hope it lasts, because I sure don't want to go through all of this again anytime soon :wink2:
So far, I am up to two 20 minute walks a day. I guess my only real concern is sleeping or I should say lack thereof. The nighttime is not my friend. I'm only sleeping a couple of hours at a time and I'm up between 4 - 5. I'm still taking pain medication at night (Dilaudid). I'm taking Tylenol during the day. I'm on the generic version of Toprol XL once a day and that's it.
Thanks for listening,
Laura