Husband needs aortic valve replacement

[Luanne Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Luanne]

Sending support.

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

I was certainly lucky with my knee replacement. It went fine, I heal well I guess, at least I finished rehab before scheduled. Good luck Frank with your surgery. It is a good thing to walk, dancing...not sure about that.

[taffy19 Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close taffy19]

Frank, so good to read that this is planned so the operation will not be as painful as last time. As Jacki wrote, the procedure must have improved from four years ago so that is positive too.

Please, do what the doctor and rehab therapists tell you to do and drink a lot of water. That always helps for pain. Most people do not drink enough water so are in pain constantly. I hear it all the time. I read this a long time ago by an MD and I believe it because I never complain about pain and drinking more water is so very simple.

Your Body's Many Cries for Water

Good luck, Frank, with your hip operation.

[shaggy Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close shaggy]

So sorry Jackie. Will send prayers and positive thoughts.

[ronparise Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ronparise]

My mother in law had a valve replacement at Johns Hopkins in her 70's They cracked her open like a coconut. she was out of the hospital within a week and back to her normal life a week after that. She had her 88th birthday last week> She celebrated at her favorite slot machine in one of the new Maryland casinos

Contrast that to my knee replacement a few years ago; a week in the hospital, and two more weeks in a rehab facility and several more weeks of pain. Im 70 and hopefully I wont need my other knee replaced or open heart surgery, but given my experience and my mother in laws, if I needed either one, Id be more scared of the knee.

good luck

[jackio Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close jackio]

My mother in law had a valve replacement at Johns Hopkins in her 70's They cracked her open like a coconut. she was out of the hospital within a week and back to her normal life a week after that. She had her 88th birthday last week> She celebrated at her favorite slot machine in one of the new Maryland casinos

Contrast that to my knee replacement a few years ago; a week in the hospital, and two more weeks in a rehab facility and several more weeks of pain. Im 70 and hopefully I wont need my other knee replaced or open heart surgery, but given my experience and my mother in laws, if I needed either one, Id be more scared of the knee.

good luck

They say hips are much easier to recover from than knees.
I think the first time my husband, who was 52 at the time, tried to do much too fast. He was back at work in 6 weeks and it took him a full year to feel like his old self.

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

Jacki, I am glad to hear about the 4 inch incision physician. That is a big difference then a fully opened chest. Fingers crossed it goes well, he is in good shape otherwise which helps with his recovery.

Frank, sorry to hear about your hip but there is a BIG difference between planned surgery and an emergency procedure. And as someone else said, having a "good" hip to lean on will make your rehab go much more smoothly.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

Wish I could have you ladies as my nurse, More pain meds please