David's Photos

Kimberly Eisenhut  That's amazing and so wonderful your family participated 👍🫶
I cannot wait to be able to do things like this when my pericarditis is gone in a couple months🙏😊

Kimberly Eisenhut  Wow! I'm lucky if I walk 5 min in the house and am so out of breath but pt said I'm doing well. Man, I wish! My right side is so swollen still it's hard to put my arm down so walking is awkward.

Shaun Bloodworth  Well done mate, that's fantastic.  Everyday that little bit better.  I'm 10 weeks post OHS after having my mitral valve repaired and I walk up to 6kms a day and go to the gym twice a week.  Blood pressure 120/80 and resting heart rate 70.  Bigger & Better Mate.

David Buchanan  Kate I am so lucky 
my chest was deep which meant surgery was difficult but basically the valve is completely silent 
🤫 
unless I lift my right arm which is where the surgery was completed using a minimal approach 

Deena Z  Also- just read in your “story” that you are in a surgical trial in Australia.  May I ask what the trial entailed?

David Buchanan  It’s called EASY-AS, and it’s focused on people with severe aortic stenosis who don’t yet have symptoms.




Right now, the standard approach is usually “watch and wait” until symptoms show up. This study is testing whether it’s actually better to replace the valve earlier — either with surgery or a transcatheter procedure — before the damage sets in.




They’re looking at things like:

• Survival and long-term heart outcomes


• Heart failure hospitalisations


• Quality of life and independence


• How many days people stay well and out of hospital

The trial is running in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Serbia, and will follow almost 3,000 people to get clear answers.




For those of us living with valve disease, it could help decide whether “early action” is safer than waiting until symptoms force it.




More details here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38821453

Fidel Martínez Ruiz  From the antipodes, you look very good after surgery, David!! I wish smooth and quick recovery !🤝

Kimberly Eisenhut  Wow! That was quick👍❤️ So happy to see you smiling ☺️ Thanks for the update!
Tomorrow is my turn 👍 

Susan Lynn  What a beautiful view!   We'll be sending you positive thoughts and prayers!  You've got this, David! 

Kimberly Eisenhut  Sending you all the best for your great outcome and cannot wait to see you on the other side! You will do GREAT! I will be joining you there in a few days

Marie Myers  Cheers! I was advised to eat more protein to help with post op healing.  It is also wise to go off any/all supplements as some  may impair clotting also.

Grace Mason   Hi David and good morning 🌞
I'm in Midwest USA and it is dusk now.🌆
Wishing you well in your upcoming surgery ❤️‍🩹

David Buchanan  Grace thank you so much. I will be having the operation early September having met my cardiac surgeon today. I now need to decide between the mechanical valve and the bovine 

David Buchanan  Adam thanks for your support over the last 4 to 5 years of this journey. It’s been extremely important to me here in Australia to have a community like yours that you have built. Thank you from the bottom of my hopefully brand-new heart valve very  soon.

David Buchanan  Shaun I’m in Geelong…


I will keep you all updated 

I feel privileged that I may help someone in the future by doing this trial .

Like all of us- this is a journey I was born to take 


Trial is Western Australia / 🇦🇺 Victoria and London UK