Group: General Fitness & Exercise

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Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Heart Surgery

2006/12/04, 09:25 PM
how invasive is the surgery?
2006/12/04, 09:12 PM
Good Luck and I wish you a speedy recovery.

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stevehwms
stevehwms
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United States
2006/12/04, 06:09 PM
Hey. I have been on the sidelines for a few months because of a :love: condition. I am going in for aortic valve replacement next week. Has anyone here been through that? I am hoping to be working out again by February.:dumbbell: Just curious if any FT folks have any words of wisdom for me.
stevehwms
stevehwms
Posts: 169
Joined: 2003/02/17
United States
2006/12/05, 07:18 AM
It is open-heart surgery that involves stopping the heart, operating on it, and then starting it again. They do tens of thousands of them a year in the US, so it is not uncommon. From all that I hear about it, I should come out feeling better than I have in years after an 8 week recovery period.