http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/03/06/exercise-before-heart-surgery/#comment-3472 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:39:57 +0000 http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/03/06/exercise-before-heart-surgery/#comment-3472 HI ADAM AND BRIGID: THIS IS WHY I LOVE THIS BLOG!! SO MUCH FEEDBACK!! HERE IS OUR EXPERIENCE. MY HUSBAND SERGIO (54 YO) WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A SEVERE DAMAGE IN HIS MITRAL VALVE, HE'S HEART WAS DILATED TOO AND HE WAS GIVIN HIS HEART A LOT OF WORK PUMPING. LET ME TELL YOU HE NEVER HAD A SYMPTOM ABOUT IT, BEFORE THE DIAGNOSIS HE WAS SPINNING, SWIMMING, SKATING LIKE AN 18 YEAR OLD, HE LOVES EXCERCISE BUT DOCTORS TOLD HIM TO STOP CLOMPLETELY WHAT HE WAS DOING, NOW HE KNEW WHAT HE HAD HE MUST GIVE HIS HEART A BREAK ON SO MUCH PUMPING. FIRST OF ALL HE FELT BAD BECAUSE HE LOVES TO EXCERCISE BUT WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU YOUR HEART IS NOT DOING WELL (IN SPITE YOU FEEL WELL) YOU BEGAN TO FEEL FEAR ITS GOING TO STOP SO WE THOUGHT IT IS FEW SACRIFICE JUST TO BE RELAXED AND PREPARED TO BE FIXED. THERE IS MORE RISK THAN GAIN BUT LIKE ADAM SAYS YOU MUST CHECK IT OUT WITH YOUR CARDIOLOGIST BECAUSE EACH CASE IS DIFFERENT. WITH THE HEART YOU NEVER CAN SAY EVERYTHING BECAUSE IN SERGIO'S CASE JUST ONE DAY BEFORE SURGERY IN THE CATHETHERISM THEY DISCOVERED HE HAD AN ADDITIONAL HOLE IN HIS HEART THAT HAD TO BE CLOSED!!!! SO AS MUCH AS YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEART BEFORE SURGERY IS THE BETTER. I HOPE EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OK WITH YOUR HEART, MY BEST WISHES FOR YOU. I FORGOT TO MENTION BRIGID MY HUSBAND MITRAL VALVE WAS REPLACED 15 DAYS AGO AND HE IS DOING EVEN BETTER THAN ME!!!!! HI ADAM AND BRIGID: THIS IS WHY I LOVE THIS BLOG!! SO MUCH FEEDBACK!! HERE IS OUR EXPERIENCE. MY HUSBAND SERGIO (54 YO) WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A SEVERE DAMAGE IN HIS MITRAL VALVE, HE’S HEART WAS DILATED TOO AND HE WAS GIVIN HIS HEART A LOT OF WORK PUMPING. LET ME TELL YOU HE NEVER HAD A SYMPTOM ABOUT IT, BEFORE THE DIAGNOSIS HE WAS SPINNING, SWIMMING, SKATING LIKE AN 18 YEAR OLD, HE LOVES EXCERCISE BUT DOCTORS TOLD HIM TO STOP CLOMPLETELY WHAT HE WAS DOING, NOW HE KNEW WHAT HE HAD HE MUST GIVE HIS HEART A BREAK ON SO MUCH PUMPING. FIRST OF ALL HE FELT BAD BECAUSE HE LOVES TO EXCERCISE BUT WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU YOUR HEART IS NOT DOING WELL (IN SPITE YOU FEEL WELL) YOU BEGAN TO FEEL FEAR ITS GOING TO STOP SO WE THOUGHT IT IS FEW SACRIFICE JUST TO BE RELAXED AND PREPARED TO BE FIXED. THERE IS MORE RISK THAN GAIN BUT LIKE ADAM SAYS YOU MUST CHECK IT OUT WITH YOUR CARDIOLOGIST BECAUSE EACH CASE IS DIFFERENT. WITH THE HEART YOU NEVER CAN SAY EVERYTHING BECAUSE IN SERGIO’S CASE JUST ONE DAY BEFORE SURGERY IN THE CATHETHERISM THEY DISCOVERED HE HAD AN ADDITIONAL HOLE IN HIS HEART THAT HAD TO BE CLOSED!!!! SO AS MUCH AS YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEART BEFORE SURGERY IS THE BETTER. I HOPE EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OK WITH YOUR HEART, MY BEST WISHES FOR YOU.
I FORGOT TO MENTION BRIGID MY HUSBAND MITRAL VALVE WAS REPLACED 15 DAYS AGO AND HE IS DOING EVEN BETTER THAN ME!!!!!

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