{"id":10128,"date":"2013-02-02T11:32:03","date_gmt":"2013-02-02T16:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/?p=10128"},"modified":"2018-08-26T18:49:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-26T23:49:09","slug":"aortic-valve-replacement-marathon-runner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2013\/02\/02\/aortic-valve-replacement-marathon-runner\/","title":{"rendered":"Yep! That’s Mitch Running A Half-Marathon After Aortic Valve Replacement!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since launching this website 6 years ago, Mitch Friedman<\/a> has stood out as an extraordinary members of patient and caregiver community. As many of you know, Mitch has provided both on-line and off-line support to many, many, many patients searching for answers and guidance about heart valve surgery.<\/p>\n

Today is Mitch’s first anniversary from aortic valve and root replacement surgery. That said, I would like to take a moment to thank Mitch for all of his help, his time, his encouragement and all of his wonderful support to the patients and caregivers who visit this website.<\/p>\n

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\"MitchMitch Friedman – Aortic Valve Replacement Patient<\/p>\n

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It’s no surprise to me that Mitch is taking advantage of his “Second-Chance” at life. So you know, Dr. Leonard Girardi performed the successful aortic valve replacement<\/a> and aortic root replacement surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital \/ Weill Cornell Medical Center.<\/p>\n

As you can see above, Mitch has dedicated himself to running. In a recent note, Mitch wrote to me, “I hope all is well with you and your family. I am doing very well. I could not be better. I am training for my second half marathon since surgery. My first half marathon was 8 months post-op. My second half-marathon will be in March — just 13 months following my heart valve replacement. So yeah, things are good with me.”<\/p>\n