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1 year surgery anniversary today. I can’t believe it’s been a year since my mitral valve repair - and it’s been a long time since I posted. But I wanted to share with everyone in this community my good thoughts and wishes for your own journey! For me, I am back to doing pretty much everything I was doing before - but with a greater sense of perspective and “seize the day”. I guess heart surgery does that for you. To celebrate this heart-a-versary I hit the road bike hard - 75+ miles/7000 feet of climbing - on this beautiful fall day in the MidAtlantic. I did something similar 6 months out, and am ever grateful. So yes, surgery is scary, and the recovery is never linear nor lock-step - but it is amazing what the docs can do when they find this thing and fix it.