Geoff's Photos

It's been a while since I checked in, but this coming Tuesday marks my 6 month anniversary of OHS (bicuspid aortic valve replacement) from The Cleveland Clinic & Dr Roselli.

All of my pre-op symptoms are gone and my scar continues to heal up nicely. I'm still working on my drain tube scar (I call it my extra bellybutton BBOTN - Belly button of the north). I do feel some pulling and stretching and some.pain through my upper chest & rib area when I get into certain positions or try to move in a certain way, but that's pretty much all the bad stuff. I do get some ocular migraines still, but they're getting less frequent.

After cardiac rehab, I stopped exercising for a bit, life & work got busy, but hoping to ramp it up a bit now that the weather is starting to break.

Hope all you heart warriors are doing well & if you're just going through it, there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Mini sternotomy ✔️ 10/15
Replaced Aortic bicuspid valve
Released from hospital 10/19

First 36 hours were very hard and I feel like I barely made it out, but after that, it all got better.

Don't give up, it'll get better!