Susan's Posts

Welcome home! Hope you continue to do great. Food did not taste good to me for weeks, but I ate it anyway to keep my strength up. Eventually, it will creep back. The word I most often heard was "patience." I am now almost 9 months post-op, and food has tasted great to me for some time now. lol

Welcome home, Susan! Such a great feeling! It's not uncommon for foods not to taste good like it usually does. I was told medications I was on, could be the cause of that. I am four weeks out, tomorrow, and food tastes really good the past two weeks! Eat, to keep your strength up! God Bless You as you continue to heal.

Susan, do you know what your numbers are ie: pressures, opening size and ejection fraction? What I know about the heart muscle is that it thickens up and enlarges because it has to work so much harder to expel blood from the valve that is stenotic. Higher pressures at your heart equate with higher blood pressure numbers, right? Once corrected at the valve the heart muscle should revert back to original size. If I were you, I would look into the diagnosis of "hypertrophic cardiomyopathy". Is this part of the surgery really necessary. Many of us report dizziness and hot flashes and high blood pressure prior to surgery because we are not getting the oxygen/circulation our body needs. Take care. Prayers aloft for you.