Wayne's Posts

I had open surgery on June 25th to replace my aortic valve with a tissue valve(I had a leaky bicuspid valve before) and had ascending aortic replacement due to an aneurism on my aorta. I'm 66 and going into this surgery I was an endurance athlete. The aneurism was discovered as a result of being in a bike accident and the scans revealed the aneurism. With one exception, I'm now four weeks and a couple days post surgery and recovering pretty well. The exception is I went into afib shortly before leaving the hospital. I'm still in afib and being monitored to possibly have a cardioversion in a couple weeks. That is if the afib does not resolve itself on its own before then. Any shared experiences or perspectives is greatly appreciated. Before surgery my resting heart rate was around 48. With the afib going on, my daily resting heart rate is around 90. Again, any comments are welcome and appreciated. Thanks, Wayne