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Corliss Johnson I finally had aortic valve replacement Nov 7th 2018 at Swedish Hospital in Seattle. Unfortunately I had complications due to having asthma, copd and having taken prednisone to clear up bronchitis episodes. I knew prednisone was a drug with many side affects but it also caused a tear on the backside of my heart and my throat to be restrictive when they were intubating me. I ended up going back into surgery 3 times because of the lung issues. I hesitated to even post this because my surgery was not the usual. But now I'm almost 3 months post op. I was in the hospital 3 weeks and then rehab just under 3 weeks. I'm doing better all the time. Trying to build up endurance because I do wear out easily. I started this post a month ago. My energy level has not improved hardly at all. I am anemic, have been taking iron for 2 weeks. I'm having in home pt 2x a week. Have been for 3 weeks. I want to go to cardiac rehab soon, but I worry about how weak I feel. Anyone else experience anything like this? Also, my cardiologist said I suffered symptoms of psychotic anesthesia the first 3-4 days after surgery. The hallucinating was terrifying. Due to that my Dr has recommended treatment for ptsd. I think these symptoms are unusual, but would sure like to know if anyone else had anything like this. The hear surgery was successful, but I didnt expect the side effects.