and.... I got the all clear!! WOOHOO! He's really happy with how everything went, and pretty confident that everything they did should last a lifetime - or at least only wear out as fast as someone with a completely healthy heart.
He wants me to start pushing myself a bit harder - walk faster, start exerting myself a bit more, and increase how much exercise I'm doing, then by the start of April, I'll be off all restrictions, and can get back to normal
I'm so so so happy! I mean really, I pretty much knew all this before, to have it confirmed is fabulous!
He said the aortic tissue they replaced was super thin and "cheese-like" consistency. Apparently this is not normal, even when it's in bad shape, it's normally thin, but not so fragile. It's just something else that makes my condition a little more interesting, and it certainly explains why when my dad died, they couldn't fix it - the tissue was probably the same consistency and too fragile to fix given that it had already started tearing and he was already losing blood. Apparently for me that had to go very slowly and pretty much treat everything like they would treat a child's, it was that fragile. I'm soooooo glad it's all fixed
He wants me to start pushing myself a bit harder - walk faster, start exerting myself a bit more, and increase how much exercise I'm doing, then by the start of April, I'll be off all restrictions, and can get back to normal
I'm so so so happy! I mean really, I pretty much knew all this before, to have it confirmed is fabulous!
He said the aortic tissue they replaced was super thin and "cheese-like" consistency. Apparently this is not normal, even when it's in bad shape, it's normally thin, but not so fragile. It's just something else that makes my condition a little more interesting, and it certainly explains why when my dad died, they couldn't fix it - the tissue was probably the same consistency and too fragile to fix given that it had already started tearing and he was already losing blood. Apparently for me that had to go very slowly and pretty much treat everything like they would treat a child's, it was that fragile. I'm soooooo glad it's all fixed
