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Diagnosis: Aortic Stenosis, Bicuspid Aortic Valve

Member Since: February 27, 2026

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2 months ago (February 27, 2026)

Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center cardiology unit. Danielle Jacks MD

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2 months ago (February 27, 2026)

ASANTE Rogue Regional Medical Center, Medford, Oregon.

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2 months ago (February 27, 2026)

3 days after arriving home from the hospital.

Steve C

I've been home just over a week. Feeling better each day. I hope your recovery goes well.

Marie Myers

The first 2 weeks were the hardestâ€¦

Deena Z

Nice, clean looking, healing well.

Robert Miller

What are those 4 wounds below the vertical chest cut? I only had one "wide" (3/4" or so) wide cut in that area. Maybe they put multiple drainage tubes for different areas? I had some other tubes, infusions, etc in other areas incl. arm, neck, up my member, etc but... Read more.

Marie Myers

@Robert -those are the incisions for pacer wires, chest tubes and other drainage tubes. Different surgeons use different incisions for these uses. My incisions are only 3 , resembling 2 eyes and a smileâ€¦

Robert Miller

@Marie Myers, that "big pipe" I had was also for drainage from what I recall. But it was just one. I heard some people have multiple placed to different positions. And I also had the pacer wires. They kept zapping me until they adjusted it a bit better. I thought... Read more.

Douglas Arnberg

Yeah, I had 4 pipes draining and they all merged into a single larger tube that drained into a storage collection device so they could easily see and monitor how much is draining.