Aortic valve replacement
#6668405
11/17/19 06:33 PM
11/17/19 06:33 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 1,749 eastern washinghton
70sdiver
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 1,749
eastern washinghton
|
Has anyone here undergone this procedure? I’m waiting for my valve to get bad enough that it has to be replaced seeing the doctor tommorow so far I’ve made it a year .
|
|
|
Re: Aortic valve replacement
[Re: 70sdiver]
#6668409
11/17/19 06:36 PM
11/17/19 06:36 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,038 Alberta,Canada 71
Bushmaster
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,038
Alberta,Canada 71
|
I had my aortic valve replaced on Aug. 26/15. I was born with a bicuspid aortic valve, which was discovered when I was 50. Had my surgery 12 years later.
Last edited by Bushmaster; 11/17/19 06:41 PM.
|
|
|
Re: Aortic valve replacement
[Re: 70sdiver]
#6668474
11/17/19 07:41 PM
11/17/19 07:41 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 5,514 Orergon
alaska viking
"Made it two years not being censored"
|
"Made it two years not being censored"
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 5,514
Orergon
|
My son had the procedure about 10 months ago, at the ripe old age of 32. First month was pretty brutal, as far as pain, but he did what was required. Another couple months of pretty serious dis-comfort, but was able to do light-duty work. It was open-heart, sternum splitting, so have to use caution for about 3 months. Cardio rehab, etc., but now is good as new.
Last edited by alaska viking; 11/17/19 07:42 PM.
Just doing what I want now.
|
|
|
Re: Aortic valve replacement
[Re: 70sdiver]
#6668509
11/17/19 08:20 PM
11/17/19 08:20 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,038 Alberta,Canada 71
Bushmaster
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,038
Alberta,Canada 71
|
I had open heart surgery....called a mini. Only a 5 in. incision. Kept me in hospital for 5 days, then sent home. About 2 months before I started feeling better. They make you walk as much as you can as soon as you can. Catheter and bleeding tubes were removed on day 2 of recovery. They also do valve replacement without open heart surgery....same as stents, up through your thigh. I had the option of pig or mechanical. Mechanical you will be on blood thinners the rest of your life.
|
|
|
Re: Aortic valve replacement
[Re: 70sdiver]
#6668605
11/17/19 10:04 PM
11/17/19 10:04 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 1,742 In the south central Pa Mounta...
grayfox54
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 1,742
In the south central Pa Mounta...
|
I had my aortic valve replaced in 2015 plus 3 bypasses at the same time, took them 7 hrs to get it done. I was off work for 6 months, it was pretty rough for me I had to sleep in my recliner for 7 weeks. I had other issues as well like a buildup of fluids on my lung. It was rough but I made it through all that crap. It took me awhile to get to feeling good. Don't want to try and scare you or anything but you'll make it ok. BTW they watched my valve for 20 years before it got really bad.
Last edited by grayfox54; 11/17/19 10:06 PM. Reason: added more
I don’t trap because I want to I trap because I have to
|
|
|
Re: Aortic valve replacement
[Re: 70sdiver]
#6668617
11/17/19 10:14 PM
11/17/19 10:14 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 25,694 nm
adam m
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 25,694
nm
|
|
|
|
Re: Aortic valve replacement
[Re: 70sdiver]
#6668625
11/17/19 10:20 PM
11/17/19 10:20 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,038 Alberta,Canada 71
Bushmaster
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,038
Alberta,Canada 71
|
Methods and procedures are literally changing monthly. Transcatheter is now used regularly in valve replacement, stents and even bypasses. Anasthesia is not even required and recovery time is much shorter. In 2018 I had 3 stents inserted thru my wrist and was only kept in hospital for 3 hours after the procedure. So it really depends on what they plan to do with you. My stents were put in thru my wrist but I think they go thru your thigh for valve replacements.
Last edited by Bushmaster; 11/17/19 10:21 PM.
|
|
|
Re: Aortic valve replacement
[Re: 70sdiver]
#6668826
11/18/19 08:45 AM
11/18/19 08:45 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 1,749 eastern washinghton
70sdiver
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 1,749
eastern washinghton
|
Thanks for the good word guys.I defiantly want to go with a bovine valve so I won’t have to be on blood thinner the rest of my life.I meet with my doctor this afternoon .
|
|
|
Re: Aortic valve replacement
[Re: 70sdiver]
#6668993
11/18/19 12:28 PM
11/18/19 12:28 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 5,514 Orergon
alaska viking
"Made it two years not being censored"
|
"Made it two years not being censored"
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 5,514
Orergon
|
My son opted for the pig valve, also. Problem with those are that they typically only last about 10 years. Then you go through it all over again.
Just doing what I want now.
|
|
|
Re: Aortic valve replacement
[Re: 70sdiver]
#6669086
11/18/19 02:55 PM
11/18/19 02:55 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 15,697 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes
Trapper7
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 15,697
MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes
|
There is a 88 year old man at the health club I go to. He is having an aortic value replacement done next week. They told him he would be sedated and they would do the replacement through his groin. He would stay in the hospital overnight and if things looked good the next morning (and they felt they would) he would be released to his home. It's amazing the technology they have these days.
We are told not to judge all Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but are told to judge all gunowners by the actions of a few.
|
|
|
Re: Aortic valve replacement
[Re: Trapper7]
#6669333
11/18/19 08:07 PM
11/18/19 08:07 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 2,463 Tug Hill, NY
Squash
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 2,463
Tug Hill, NY
|
There is a 88 year old man at the health club I go to. He is having an aortic value replacement done next week. They told him he would be sedated and they would do the replacement through his groin. He would stay in the hospital overnight and if things looked good the next morning (and they felt they would) he would be released to his home. It's amazing the technology they have these days. If I were him I would be very skeptical about that procedure and think long and hard about it. My 88 year old father had that surgery at the Cleveland clinic, and he should have been advised by the doctors there not to have it because of his age. It ultimately killed him.
|
|
|
Re: Aortic valve replacement
[Re: 70sdiver]
#6670200
11/19/19 07:44 PM
11/19/19 07:44 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 1,749 eastern washinghton
70sdiver
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 1,749
eastern washinghton
|
Well the doctor gave me another 6 months on the waiting list.He said even though I have sever stenosis that overall my outputs are good so unless I start getting shortness of breath or chest pains they will wait on the surgery.I don’t scare real easy but this one does scare me something about stopping my heart lol.
|
|
|
Re: Aortic valve replacement
[Re: 70sdiver]
#6670202
11/19/19 07:45 PM
11/19/19 07:45 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 25,694 nm
adam m
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 25,694
nm
|
|
|
|
Re: Aortic valve replacement
[Re: 70sdiver]
#6670265
11/19/19 08:25 PM
11/19/19 08:25 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,038 Alberta,Canada 71
Bushmaster
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,038
Alberta,Canada 71
|
Not sure about your system but here the plan is to put you off as long as possible. Reason being, they only want to do it once. And thats understandable. I was "on hold" for almost 3 years....with 7 trips to hospital for chest pain. My last trip the local doc called it in and I had an appointment for surgery in 30 days. So, look after yourself, and don't be afraid to notify them if you get worse.
|
|
|
|
|