Open chest mitral valve repair 2017 , aged 55.
Went without a hitch. Very efficient, had the process down pat.
Checked in hospital 0530 Monday, they kicked me out @ 1300 Wed.
First three / four weeks weeks suck. You have to be very careful to let your ribcage knit back together and begin to heal. You cough alot and it’s very uncomfortable. But you get through it.
Not a pleasant experience, but for me, it wasn’t near as bad as I imagined it would be.
Good luck! Let me know if you have any specific questions.
Diet comes to mind, don’t need any stressful times on the stool straining and you know what I mean. I am sure the va will give me guidance on that.
This will be at the Nashville Vanderbilt campus, I think I will be in good hands, Several years ago they also did my prostatectomy and they did an outstanding job eradicating that cancer.
And try not to laugh!
Good for you! I had my mitral replaced in 1990! Hard time recovering but I did! Was weeks in the hospital!
Not long back, in a hospital visiting, I saw a man walking the halls with a small scar on his chest and staples holding it together. I asked about it and he said he had a mitral valve replacement just a few days before. And he was up walking the halls on his own!
Thank Heavens for Modern Medicine procedures!
My mitral mechanical valve has clicked millions or more times. Like a Timex, “It takes a licking and keeps on ticking!”