David's Posts

Happy Friday! I continue to be both inspired & humbled hearing about everyone’s individual journey on this site. Quick update: to my utter amazement I received the blessing from my cardio rehab team to begin running again this week only 7 weeks post surgery to replace my 5.3 mm aneurysm. Granted it was only a total of 8 min broken into 2 min intervals but still very excited! Felt great and exhausting at the same time but to my surprise no discomfort. Between this, light weights, indoor biking and daily hikes I just want to share an optimistic message of what’s possible. The previous year of stress, anxiety, decisions etc only make running for 2 minutes that much sweeter 🙏 as I honestly didn’t think I would be able to do these activities again. Thank you HVS community! There’s times in this experience where we need to be lifted up and supported as well as times when we are able to do the heavy lifting to help others as we all travel a different road to recovery. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there as well and as Adam says, Keep on Ticking 😎! Cheers!

Hello all! I received a shirt as a gift for post surgery but ended up not needing it. It’s brand new with tags and I’d love to give it to someone that might be able to use it. Let me know who wants it and I’m happy to mail it to you ❤️‍🩹. It’s size large with snap away shoulder and side so good for the first few weeks of post op.

Happy Friday my fellow heart warrior brothers and sisters! Today’s my one month ‘surgaversary’. Walking / hiking 3-4 miles daily, started cardio rehab (which I strongly recommend) and despite daily aches and pains from who knows what (or possibly overdoing it at times) feeling very positive and grateful. Met w/ both my surgeon and cardiologist last week. Both gave a thumbs up on my recovery and the best news is that I no longer need to take beta blockers! I continue to find inspiration and perspective from the HVS community on the daily, thank you all and wherever you are in the process, don’t hesitate to reach out if and when you need support or help ❤️‍🩹. Cheers!