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Diagnosis: Aortic Stenosis, Bicuspid Aortic Valve

Member Since: December 17, 2013

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10 years ago (January 7, 2016)

My sternum incision glued, drainage tubes incision stitched, pacemaker (left shoulder) stitched two weeks post surgery. The swelling at the top of my incision is finally starting to go down.

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Elaine Cutri

I recognize those bruises :-) Two weeks out, not bad. It may take almost a year for the sternum swelling to be completely gone. One day you'll wake up and realize it's not swollen, I speak from experience ;-)

Unknown

My swelling took three to four weeks to go down. Luckily it did. Sounds like you are making great progress!!

Bob M

Nice scar

Wanda Mroz

Looks familiar except I don't think I had stitches at all where the tubes were. My swelling was down in about 3-4 weeks. It will eventually go down. Looks like it's healing nicely!

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10 years ago (December 27, 2015)

I lost 20 lbs. pre-surgery and 10 more lbs. post-surgery. You can sure see it in my face.

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W. Carter

Don't worry as soon as your hemoglobin is back up to normal numbers and you get your appetite back you will gain it back. I did and 30 lbs. on top of that. :-)

Enrique K

Usually you lose 20 to 25 pounds after surgery. Eat healthy and exercise so you can gain it it muscle and not fat:-). You didn't even need to be in a diet:-)

Enrique K

Sounds great Cheryl! Yes, eating a well balanced diet lots of greens, fruits, protein and exercise will do the trick. Good luck with everything. Keep on healing!

Unknown

You look great! Wish I could say I lost that much!! Too many goodies in my house! Hope you are feeling well!!

Tina Maroon

I lost 20 pounds. I couldn't eat for up to 6 weeks after surgery. But then when I started to get an appetite back, Oh boy did the weight come back too.

Liz Burroughs

Congrats!! You're looking great! Keep up the good work!!