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Diagnosis: Aortic Stenosis, Bicuspid Aortic Valve

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Rodger Dixie posted an update

10 years ago (October 15, 2015)

Yesterday, I started my whipper snipper,lawn mower and leaf blower. I did all my yard work easily and with no pain. Feel good today as well. I can't believe it is eight weeks and three days since I received my new aortic valve. Feel'in good!

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Gerald Schaffer

10 years ago (October 15, 2015)

You're doing much better than me. I'm a couple days past seven weeks and can't think about yard work yet. Congrats on how well you're doing.

Rodger Dixie

10 years ago (October 15, 2015)

Gerald it will come. I have had a great recovery. I was able to walk 5km or 3 miles at,four weeks and one day after surgery in under an hour. I really don't have any pain left. I am very fortunate.

Gordon Currie

10 years ago (October 15, 2015)

Roger, I too am 7 weeks plus since my mitral valve repair. It was a bit slow the first four weeks but I kept getting stronger...walking and working a little...after the first four weeks started jogging (that first one was 0.25 miles and had to rest after only 0.125 miles)... Read more.

Ginger Marine

10 years ago (October 16, 2015)

I have been working in my garden for 6 weeks now, and it feels GOOD! Today I pulled up 32 bean stakes and carried them up to the house. As long as you don't overdo (which I think varies by individual) the sun and greenery help your mood and your... Read more.

Rodger Dixie posted an update

10 years ago (October 6, 2015)

I choose a tissue valve so I would not have to take an anticoagulant. My cardiologist insists I take xeralto because I went into AFIB four times over the last seven years. He says I need to take it to prevent a stroke. From my research I think that I... Read more.

Tammy Pilcher

10 years ago (October 6, 2015)

I'm sorry I don't have any answers for you, Rodger, but hopefully someone here will. God bless!

John Noriega

10 years ago (October 6, 2015)

Ask if there a different medicine you can take. There is one called Aggrenox - I took that after having a stroke in 2006. It was changed to Plavix after my AVR. It seems to work just as well, and it is cheaper!

Steve Salvador

10 years ago (October 7, 2015)

Hello Rodger, I was told, by having a Maze procedure, I would be on Warfrain for only 6 months.

Rodger Dixie

10 years ago (October 7, 2015)

Steve I am on xeralto for the rest of my life. I don't have any reactions to it but the drug scares me.

Jean Raber

10 years ago (October 7, 2015)

Rodger, I understand why you are worried, especially with lawsuits over this drug still ongoing. It sounds like your doctor wants you to take a blood thinner, so you could ask him why you couldn't take Coumadin, which is a much older drug with better known side-effects (though less convenient... Read more.

Rodger Dixie

10 years ago (October 15, 2015)

Jean my wife and I travel a lot and Coumandin requires too much testing to keep everything balanced.

Jean Raber

10 years ago (October 15, 2015)

Yeah, Coumadin's a pain and Xarelto's scary. I got nothin'.

John Noriega

10 years ago (October 15, 2015)

Rodger as I said I took Aggrenox, but it was too expensive so we switched to a generic form. It is an 81mg aspirin (low dose or baby aspirin) & 200mg dipyridamole. I took that for about 5 years until they switched me to Plavix this year! The reason for... Read more.

Rodger Dixie

10 years ago (October 18, 2015)

John thanks for the info.

Rodger Dixie posted an update

10 years ago (October 4, 2015)

I had my first meeting post aortic valve surgery with my cardiologist. He was extremely pleased with my recovery. I no longer take blood pressure pills as my blood pressure is now on average 110 over 60. I am off metapropolol 100 mg and am now taking 5 mg of... Read more.