Diane Pellowe - Heart Valve Journal

Jason Hyrup No.... But my dad has to wear them all year around. He dose ok in the summer. His socks are pretty th ... Read more

Shelly Hubbard first night home we have adjustable tempepedic bed stiill not help any suggesttion to sleep?

Patsy Stewart I wear them, and they really help with the swelling. Don’t get the ones that are toeless. They’ll ... Read more

Richard Munson Get those fur babies in your bed. Nice you are home.

Greg Lewis This is one place the adjustable bed was handy. Raised my feet higher than my heart for awhile. Then ... Read more

DeLois Tweedy I wear knee highs, a local cardiologist suggested them to keep my heart from working so hard. I can u ... Read more

Angela Meletiadis I wore them for three weeks after surgery. In July. I'm glad to be done with them.

Rose Madura Yes Diane. I had odd reactions to Percocet. It kind of made me hallucinate and the nurses looked li ... Read more

Michael Tarasewich I had to be medically restrained, and I thought there was a Cruise Ship outside

Diane Pellowe Rose, thank you for sharing that! It’s such a weird experience to know you are not in your right m ... Read more

Diane Pellowe Michael, thanks to you, too, for sharing. I thought there were bugs in my bed and got really frighte ... Read more

Shane Cipolla 4 weeks post op. I did not receive any hallucination inducing drugs (I.e. morphine I assume?). In th ... Read more

Diane Pellowe Shane, I didn’t get morphine, but oxycodone. Also a muscle relaxant. Hard to know which one broug ... Read more

Joyce Shelby Yep, oxy had me seeing purple butterflies that looked like bats. I kept waking up and swinging at th ... Read more

Rose Madura Diane, sorry to hear your EF has gone down. What did the cardiologist say about it?

Susan Lynn Diane - Glad your valve is working! I think a drop in EF after surgery is normal. Please keep us ... Read more

Ejection Fraction After Heart Surgery: What Should Patients Know? (with Dr. Marc Gillinov)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIphZGL7kyU

https://www.Heart-Valve-Surgery.com - Why can the ejection fraction fall after heart surgery? What can be done to increase the ejection fraction and remodel ...

Richard Munson What a great video. I took away that people should not wait and wait on surgery due to in many cases ... Read more

Diane Pellowe Thank you Susan, for posting this video. That is basically how my doctor described it to me. So gla ... Read more

Leona Resch Lol Diane!! I’m a little over four weeks out from Aortic valve replacement and if I sit on a chair, ... Read more

Danielle Elizabeth I love your optimism and the grace you allow yourself for healing! Hope it’s only up and up from he ... Read more

Amy Berger Hi Diane - thanks for keeping us posted. My hope is that after my surgery I will heed what you all re ... Read more

Rose Madura Should like you are doing well. It will take a while to build back your stamina. Be kind to yourself. ... Read more

Frank Giovanniello Diane, think back 30 - 40 years, most of this wasn't even a thought. At the mere thought of OHS, it ... Read more

Rita Savelis 4 weeks is very early. Your heart and body have been through a lot and need time to heal. Exhaustion ... Read more

Robert Stebbins Leona nailed it! Day to day, I find recovery progress to be unpredictable. But week to week, I almos ... Read more

George Gardopee Hi Diane. I had similar ejection fraction and severe mitral regurgitation. I never noticed anything unusual relative to getting tired during the day, but I am 70 and I may have just chalked it up to aging. People on this site report a wide range of experience with severe MR ranging no discernible symptoms to severe symptoms, so it’s really hard to tell if your fatigue is the result of MR or not.

https://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/learning/asymptomatic-degenerative-mitral-regurgitation/

An EF of 60% is very good, but because of the regurgitation the blood is not all going in the right direction. My EF dropped after surgery (to 50-55%) but this is pretty common. I’ll attach a link to a video that discusses this (coincidentally featuring the surgeon who repaired my valves).
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