Congenital heart defect.

[Jemjha]

Hello all. It's been 9 weeks since I had open heart surgery to close an ASD and rerouting of a partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage. I'm on my 3rd week of cardiac rehabilitation and planning to go back to work in a few weeks. I started having symptoms a couple of years ago which included tachycardia and palpitations. I never had any problems during my 43 years and I'm so thankful to all the nhs staff who found my problem and fixed it.

[Jo_BHF]

Really glad to hear you're doing so well, Jemjha - hope you're finding the cardiac rehab helpful. Fantastic that you're not far off going back to work too

[Patra79]

Hi. Good to hear your doing well.

Im 37 and I'm having a 23mm ASD repaired soon.

I'm trying to make sure my kids are prepared for what is to come. How long did it take you before you could walk just a couple of streets?

Any pearls of wisdom you wished you'd known?

[Jemjha in reply to Patra79]

Hi, they'll get you up and walking soon after your op. I could walk a couple of streets soon after I'd got home but everyone recovers differently and you must take things easy. I wish they'd warned me about sneezing and hiccups, painful, be warned!!😁