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Diagnosis: Aortic Stenosis

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Gary Biggar posted an update

2 months ago (March 16, 2026)

Surgery scheduled for March 13/26. However was postponed on Match 11 due to "recent emergencies" and then rescheduled for March 25/26. Stay tuned.

John Cook

Getting rescheduled sucks, it happened to me once. Still, it's better to get bumped for someone else's emergency than to be the emergency.

Gary Biggar posted an update

5 months ago (January 8, 2026)

Angiogram scheduled for January 27/2026. have stopped all wheat and grains. food intake almost KETO like. Down 10pm s since initial diagnosis Nov7/25. Holding at 182lbs. (6'1") BMI24 so pretty average.

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Marie Myers

Sounds like you are ready to go.. Godspeed!!

Gary Biggar

Angiogram done and bifurcation plus trifurcation spotted. Meeting card March 3 probably to discuss what I'm guessing will be CABG during SAVR But no date yet. Echo done Feb 19.

Marie Myers

Do as much walking as you can to get in the best shape you can be prior to surgery. Stretching excercises might help to lessen the upper back and shoulder aches that so many of us experience after surgery.

Gary Biggar posted an update

5 months ago (January 8, 2026)

Today is Jan 8/26 with one week down in the new year my new focus on health and food is ramping up fast. Binge reading about nutrition and how critical good health management is linked to avoiding ALL wheat and grains. SINCE IT IS NOW CLEAR that that's how I... Read more.

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John Cook

The protocol for aortic valves seems to be moving towards recommending surgery when stenosis or regurgitation becomes severe even if patients are asymptomatic. It's because, the healthier you are and less heart damage you have pre-surgery, the better your post-surgery recovery tends to be. It's a lot different from the... Read more.

Gary Biggar

Thanks for the reply. Better to be 85% now than 0% at any given moment? It's all about choices now for us all that provides best options for BEST QUALITY OF our remaining time/days/months/years etc.