My father had his aortic valve replacement done in September 2021, at the age of 73. With it, he had 5 bypasses put in. Took him 30 days to recover in the ICU and CCU. It was a took road to recovery for the first 3 months after the surgery, and by his 74th birthday in december he was much better. Then 2022 came along and he started working out on his health, on a bench with light weights. His INR remained in check for the next 4 months and regular doctor visits helped him to keep track of his progress. Summer of 2022 came along in June and he developed a light internal bleed, which remained undiscovered as the doctors for weeks couldn't find where the bleed was. He recovered slightly around July and had another internal bleed when he was about to be discharged, right after the Eid holidays, that's when his liver and kidneys shut down do to the slow internal bleed where his heart would beat about 200bpm. He fought hard to stay alive in those days and it was humbling to take care of my father like he did for me when i was a little child. He breathed his last at 8 25 AM on 27 July 2022, leaving behind a dedicated wife and mother to two strong independent sons and a beautiful grand daughter who misses him and visits him at his grave to this day. I miss you, baba. Thank you for having the courage for doing the surgery and having a good 9 more months with your family who'll always love you.
In 2 days I’m going to have 2 heart valve replacements. You have given more strength to go though and get better and better everyday. Thank you for the inspiration.
I just had my operation, I'm still in the hospital. Thank you for this testimonial it gives me courage. The 6 months before the operation were very hard mentally, but now a new life is possible
I have had 2 open heart surgeries. Aug 5, 2020 my tricuspid valve was removed. Jan 14, 2021 my pig tricuspid value transplant took place. Now every 10 years 15 if lucky I get to have open heart surgery to replace my pig valve. It's scary but I'm so blessed to be 45 and alive still. I'm so glad to everyone on here with new heart valves!! Love all of you!!
I had tricuspid valve replaced with Bovine valve in 2018 was 59 then. Hopefully have a good 15 years before I have to undergo that nightmare again. I wish you well.
I’m so happy for you! Your testimony is very inspiring and encouraging to me because I have to have the same surgery and I’m 57 years old and was scared that I’ll never walk the same again like when I was younger! God bless you Sir!
I'm 57 too and having my aortic valve open heart surgery done in 8/24 in Boston. I feel much older being so short of breath and no energy to carry stuff and walk at a quicker pace. I had radiation for cancer at 24 and it damaged my aortic valve. 2.5 years from dx with moderate to severe and valve replacement. I wish you well in your treatment and recovery.
Im 42 and having valve replacement in early nov. 2023. And a aneurysm repair. Im so looking forward. I need my energy back! Glad your life change for the better after.
In five days time my lovely step daughter in her late thirties, will have two heart valves replaced. Your story is so inspirational. I’m hoping she realises this is her second shot at life and does the necessary maintenance as you said, post operation. Blessings to you and your family and thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much. Its great to share this music with your step daughter. That in itself is inspirational. The Verve will live in our hearts forever. Live and kight to you and your step daughter
Hi . I inky saw your comment this morning. 5/2/22. How did your daughter fare with her operation. I had exactly the same operation . My valves are Mitral and Aorta
@@Pardesiah Its an amazing operation. Im a new person. Al has bedn well fot me. Its a scary operation, but it dies give inspiration ti poole across the works. Give him love, so much love please. Its amazing what you can get through, Hes a special guy to have him and you’re a special woman for him to hove.
thanks for sharing. symptoms are such that the time is nearing. "a whole new me" is something to look forward i.e. wrestling with grandsons, being active. I am happy for you.
Bob, your message is inspiring, I'm so glad to have seen it and met you through this video. I had an Ascending Aorta Dissection about a year ago myself and I know what you mean by "new me". God Bless you.
I'm 59, and had mitral valve replacement, after being able to barely make it to the top of my stairs. I had 1 Dr. tell me I was ok, and go home, come see me again in 6 months. I didn't listen to him and went to the ER at Sentara Heart Hospital in Norfolk VA or there about. BEST thing I could have done. They caught it early and replaced the valve. I feel fine and even jump on the trampoline with a 5 yr old. Was the 1st time I'd had any major surgery. Never even a broken bone. Took almost a month for me to get out of the hospital, due to a complication with water retention and the need to have another tube, reinstalled to drain fluid, but other than 1 nurse, wanting to treat me like a sack of tatters when she'd come in to get me up, I had a GREAT experience. Anybody needing this done, expect a catheter to pee, a mid line for blood draws, take your own CPAP machine and a pen with your 6 foot cell phone cord. Play Diablo 3 and I'll meet you there for help with dementia or simple old age memory issues. There's a big crowd of older folks who play this game and it's easy to log into and get something done w/ just a few minutes to play. The repetition of the game is the point for memory issues, but it's fun and has seasons where you can get a new gaming experience every 3 or 4 months. Other than that you'll be bored to tears at the hospital while waiting for someone to come help you walk the halls or get up to go to the bathroom. I'd recommend getting your new heart valve, soon as possible. My experience was a great 1 and I wish you the best for your full recovery. Best thing I've done for my family in years! They'll have me for many years to come.
@@HaibatAli Doctors put me on warfarin blood thinner when they released me to come home. I had a serious problem with my INR. One time it was super high. Had to stay in the hospital for a weekend. They bought it back down to a normal level.
Had aortic valve replaced June 2014 in golden jubilee glasgow amazing difference to fitness now only downside is constant ticking of the valve ps got pacemaker too so thank you nhs for everything you do
Just found out that I need a mechanical valve replacement. Luckily, I’m not really experiencing any symptoms at all, so i’m thankful for that. Great story. Glad you’re doing well 😊
Through tears I thank you for sharing this as I am scared to be heading through the same thing and I hope it comes out as good as it did for you! Bless Your Sharing Heart!!!
I am glad that you have had a positive outcome from your surgery. I had a Edwards aortic valve in Feb 2021. Before the surgery, I could comfortably swim 4 laps underwater on a single breath, now I struggle to exceed 2. It has been a live diminshing experience with constant fatigue, dizziness chest pain from the time of the surgery. I have sacked the cardiologist and regret ever consenting to the irreversible surgery. I rate my capacity at sbout 60% of my preoperative capacity.
Dave l had the bleeding ulcers taken care of l have to go on the 16th of april for a final blood test and if all is good will be going in to have my valve repaired thank you for your concern
My step mother had this 3 months ago. She had tissue valve installed with open heart surgery. She is 75, slightly overweight. For her, the first week spent at the hospital following the surgery was difficult. She has been kept intubated for about 1 day. A lot of chest pain despite medication. Weird dreams caused by the anesthetic. Difficult next weeks once back home, difficulty sleeping, difficulty finding a position to sleep, pain in the chest, back, neck, and ribs at various locations. Getting very tired from the smallest effort, even just climbing the stairs from the basement. The various hurting locations around the upper body have only started to go away after 3 months. Now 3 months after the surgery she is starting to be able to do small tasks - still without lifting anything even slightly heavy - only now she can cook and do small things around without getting very tired. The tiredness from the smallest talk is taking very long to get reduced, perhaps it takes 6 months or even more until one no longer feels tires when doing small tasks for 30 minutes or so. The other thing is she came from the hospital with her body much bigger - her body was retaining fluids a lot, despite medication. Her legs, feet, belly, everything was noticeable larger in size. This took very long to start going back to normal, but even today she is still bigger in size than before the surgery, despite now keeping a diet compared to her food before the surgery.
Early detection is so important with heart valve issues -- as with so many other diseases. My mother was told she had an aortic valve that was 95% closed, when she was 92 years old. Why wasn't she told this when her valve was 50% closed and much younger? Of course, open-heart surgery was out of the question at 92; so was a transcatheter. A year later she passed. Had the replacement been done earlier she could have lived for at least another 5 years.
Oct 19 2023 Triple by bass aortic valve replacement and aortic reinforcement I am grateful for God Keeping me and the Surgons and nurses whom have helped through my journey. Thank you for Sharing your Story I walked a half a mile the other day and it felt so good.
I have to go in myself November 1st I have a Aortic Aneurysm 5 1/2 cm and I have to have a cow valve put in wish me luck also praying would help thank you Mike
Had my surgery in July 2013 (aortic aneurysm/bad valve replaced) ... They've seriously got pain management perfected. I've had dental office visits that were more uncomfortable than the heart surgery experience. In fact, the only pain I experienced was very brief, when they removed the drain tubes on my 3rd day of recovery. Outside of that, its more about discomfort, than pain.
Great! Glad I didn't go with a mechanical valve device, which would've required blood thinning meds indefinitely. All I take relative to the surgery/condition is just a low dose metoprolol. Thanks for asking.
Carl Lelandt thank you for your reply! Do you mind if I ask if you are an older (senior) adult? And were you nervous about being on the lung machine during surgery? Thank you bunches and bunches!
What is the survival rate fot mitral valve replacement? I heard prognosis is less than ten years. Any survivors out there? I have a surgery in a month. I heard surgery is good but long term prognosis is poor.
Mr. Goeliner, I am preparing to have aortic valve replaced. My questions are: how old were you at the time of your valve replacement? What was the recovery time? When did you start back to work? I am 58 years old and in very good, athletic health. That said, I am to young and to healty for the modern such as TAVR or Transapical surgery. They want to cut me open the old fasioned way. Thank you for any guidence on this. Cheers, Steve B. Antioch, CA
I am 58 in a month with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis. I decided against the TAVR as the Cardiothoracic Surgeon told me the TAVR would only last 10 years, and then I would still need to have the open heart done. At almost 70 and most likely on Medicare, I changed my mind and am having open heart. Surgeon told me , unless I get an infection of my heart at the valve site, the open heart is a one and done procedure. Follow up is just echocardiograms. No more invasive poking and prodding.
I have bicusbid aortic valve aortic aneurism and severe aortic stenosis I have had surgery scheduled twice and didn't show up for it reason being is I am afraid of doctors treating me just like you explained because of my history of being heroin addict I always get treated like garbage from medical professionals I am at the point now the symptoms are so bad I thought I would die today I don't know what to do i cannot continue to feel this bad have thought of ending things quickly instead continue to suffer and can't imagine the pain of recovery from experience I know cause of my last doctors won't treat my pain sufficiently wish I had a clue of direction to go
My mitral valve repair didn't go so well I ended up with afib and progressed to flutter another week in the hospital and now looking at an ablation or pacemaker. I actually feel worse not than before my valve repair. I'm probably the exception but I would say it was not a success at this point.
My mom in hospital and today she is face very painful lifestyle and my family members is totally depressed about this surgery it is very painful time😭to me
Dr. Craig SAUNDERS safe My Life...He's the Best Heart Surgeon I know...He had explain all the procedures to me than made it so clear to me...Thank YOU Dr. Craig Saunders...Yvonne Vickers
Farout man. I had a bit a luck where I didn't need a pace maker. But I messed up by. Thinking it was just a chest infection. I didn't even know it was my heart.
@@Mystninja I knew I had a chest infection but continued going to work as a landscaper. Then one day on the way to work my heart stopped and luckily there was a nurse on her way to work also. They worked on me for 45 mins before taking me to hospital. I spent 2 mths in hospital after having my Aortic and Mitral valves replaced with mechanical ones. Nine years later I had my Aortic valve replaced again and then 2 years after that I had to have it replaced again. I was also diagnosed with lung cancer 4 days before the surgery date. I had a pacemaker put in 5 days after surgery. People tell me I'm lucky because the cancer was found early in a scan for the heart. Lucky I didn't feel. 10 weeks after valve replacement they took my lung. That was 17 mths ago now and my heart still doesn't work properly.
@@sharonevans1608 it's amazing what that can do. these. Days. But I'm not sure if I could go through it all again. I hope replace surgery isn't as bad. I was cut from my neck to my groin. as I was really sick. And that had to see if I was worth saving. Maybe I was just unlucky. But lucky at the same time. Now I have a gp doctor that is really skilled and not some kid our of uni not knowing what to look for. I'm 4 weeks after surgery. Every other part of my body is sore. From being still for a 4days then physical therapy reablilltaion and release from hospital and home in 8days as with covid and flu season it's safer to be at home. But I wish everyone the best in life every Case is different. It's a life changing experience and I get really trippy dresms. But not as trippy day1 to day4 I can remember the coma dreams but still find it hard to explain.
35 and started recovering from surgery. Never known it was even a thing and tell waking up in hospital after emergency surgery. I'm still not sure whats a head for me. But it's life changing. In meds and appointments. It will get easyer people say after it all settles down. I'll like to thank the poster. And people. Don't be a idiot like I was. And leave it to deaths door.
How long is the procedure? My dad may have to have a "cow" valve put in? Is this true? Also, I've heard that they might have to go to the bottom? Can anyone shed some light on this situation?
my valve was done in like 3- 5 hours, but you are asleep anyway. There are 3 different valves really. cow, pig or mechanical. Having the cow or pig valves means he won't need to take the drug like warfarin for the rest of his life. If he had a mechanical (like mine a week ago) then you would have to take warfarin for the rest of your life. Which means, the clotting of the blood needs to be tested on a regular basis. I hope i been been somewhat helpful. Good luck
You mean there are 2 choices to have it done? I had my chest opened myself, but it all depends on the age of your dad and state of health i guess. If there is more of a risk one way, then they may opt to choose the other one
@@chriskahler1942 Open heart surgery is hard to recover from. Some people recover quickly while others recover much slower. It's now been 3 mths so how do you feel now?
I have had a mechanial Aortic valve in 2006 and a mechanical mitralic valve in 2019. Physically I feel good, but psycologically I feel terrible. I am in constanct concernd about my INR and how I could get a Stroke or an Infection or somethin else terrible.. Why cannt I focus on the good side.. There is a 5% chance that some thing bad might happen in the future, but a 95% Chance that I will live a long normal live. why do I focus on the bad 5% so much!!!
Hi Salvatore, maybe you focus on the bad because it's your heart, a vital organ. I think a lot of people feel the same but are too afraid of what people would think. Hopefully you will live a long and happy life without any trouble. I know your INR is always going to be something that needs to be focused on but if it is steady and in the range it needs to be then try to enjoy life more. Concentrate on what you can do now and not what might happen in the future. Chances are you will be fine. All the best.
Every day when you awake say" thank you God for bringing me thus far and declare { Psalm 118 : 17 I shall not die , but live , to declare the works of the Lord, I never done the surgery but this is what helped me to over come sickness , God is great
Hi Salvatore , I’m having 2 mechanical valves replaced this January. I’m scared of stroke and infection to. Hey, we’ve been through a lot. It’s normal to be scared but I think you and I are letting it consume us. I don’t know how to make it stop.not makes me fearful for my surgery.
Salvatore Escori, I’m having my valves replaced this January. I’m scared of stroke and infection to. Hey, we’ve been through a lot. It’s normal to be scared but I think you and I are letting it consume us. I don’t know how to make it stop.not makes me fearful for my surgery.
Am 20 and was born with bicuspid aortic valve too. I had my surgery on 1st September in India. I was fine until I discovered symptoms like high blood pressure, palpitations and lower back pain. Now, am 1 month away from surgery and due to the past few days I’ve had nosebleed that occurs more frequently than normal person. If you’re opting for a surgery be sure to sort out things very clearly with your doctor. For the younger patient mechanical valve tends to last longer than biological valve. The only cons with mechanical valve is you will be hearing audible clicking sound and have to go with blood thinning medication for the rest of the life to prevent blood clots. But it’s still better than having re-operation. In my experience having to stay at the ICU is worst part of my life. It’s more about discomfort due to the tubes inserted in your body. And also you will have sleepless nights because nurses keeps you waking up for medication. Wishing you luck for the surgery if you’re having one. Above all remain calm. ✌️
I'm 26 and I am on day 8 of recovery of my second open heart surgery it's a big surgery but take it from a younger man who's quality of life was in the tank life is better on the other side of surgery.
gary63693 I am praying for you sir, I promise better days is on the horizon I just didn't want to deal with the blood thinners or anti-rejection meds the mechanical valve is a better way to go great decision sir praying for a rapid recovery
i'm laying here dieing , i have to show guy how to clean this fucking office ... then i can go into emergency room tonight to have open heart surgery ... hurry the FUCK UP!... SO I CAN LIVE .. b4 i have mitral valve r/r i have to have 4 wisdom teeth taken out while under gas
