Whew. Glad your still here. Amazing what can be fixed nowadays.

Good luck with your surgery. I had a heart catherization done and they found I had a defective aortic heart valve when I was 62. We monitored for 3 years and in 2013 I had my 1.25 inch aortic valve replaced with some bovine pericardium. Still working today. They watch annually now after 10 years as their expected life is around 15 years. The good news they can put a liner in now through my groin! No opening up the chest. 8 weels of no more than a gallon of milk for lifting until the chest got healed up. Recovery went well and my activity levels are good. Valve is working well. Had another catherization last December, valve is good but I have 50% blockage in the main artery which was not there 13 years ago. Not enough for a stent but no have been put on a statan even though my bad cholesterol is not real high.

Bryce