Brenda's Guestbook

Hi Brenda Just wanted to wish you well with your surgery.....some days it's hard to "get it" when you think why me? But life will improve and you will do great. Good luck to you and God bless.

Just a quick note to wish you the best! I had an aortic valve replacement done in November 2014. I was nervous of course, and scared. But I made it through and still am kicking! For me the recovery was difficult, since I also have COPD, but just take one day at a time- you'll start feeling better and doing better before you know it. Take it easy and know you have a light that surrounds you with love! Take care!

Brenda good luck this week. BTW what was your diagnosis in your twenties the level of regurgitation. Really I hope you will be able to hike better than ever soon$$$

Hi Brenda, welcome to HVS! Ive learned so much from this site, we learn/share from each other. I googled how to prepare for heart surgery and found some good tips there. Walk only if you are allowed, my Dr stopped me right away from tennis and told me I can walk but he scared me so much that I didn't even walk, had I known the process from diagnosis till surgery would take so long I would have walked a lot more, I think I was too cautious. I just picked up my sperometer today, need to work on that too. I've never had surgery either so I guess we have quite the new experience ahead of us! Nice to meet you, take care and ask questions on this site, so many people love to answer and help out 💖