John's Posts

Good Morning! Another quick update... Today marks my six month anniversary of my SAVR! Started having palpitations about a month ago after a strenuous day of clearing brush, knocked me down about a day and a half, no chest pain but some shortness of breath... Saw the NP at my cardiology practice about two weeks ago and she thought dehydration and she discovered a new murmur I didn't have in December...labs came back good, haven't received the ZIO heart monitor results yet... Having an echo today....so we'll see what's what soon! 😊 Have a wonderful day!

Good Morning! A quick update... I'm a little over four months post SAVR, it seems like a lifetime ago! I retired on Dec 19 2024, wife and myself took a long trip in January and about a week after we returned we both got the flu... the cough was exhausting...took about three weeks to finally get well. I've been diligent about the stationary bike and weight training...my strength and stamina are starting to return... The one thing I'm really enjoying is not being short of breath doing every little job, but that's allowing me to also push myself too hard at times, in the evenings I'm exhausted! Slow and steady wins the race for sure! My lovely wife and caregiver is constantly reminding me of this! I'm still seeing my heart rate elevated alot of the time and I was told at rehab in December this is something time will take care of. No more cardiologist appointments until Aug. and that's to have my echo done. Overall, I'm extremely thankful I'm in very good health and have a great mind set, ...looking forward to the summer, my favorite time of year, our garden and seeing how much better things get! Have a wonderful day! 😊