No matter whether I have a relatively good sleep or not, when I get up and go downstairs I sit down to watch the news and almost immediately fall into a deep sleep which can be for anything between an hour or three hours, iften I can wake up tgen half an hour later I fall asleep again.
I am wondering if anyone else experiences this? I have aortic stenosis, and arterial disease.
I suggest you make an appointment with your GP. There might be a medical reason for you falling asleep (e.g hypersomnia ...look it up)
I will do thank you 👍👍
In the later (severe) stages of aortic stenosis I was very tired, dropping off to sleep throughout the day and zero exercise tolerance. No quality of life at all and my surgeon told me that without surgery I would die within 6 months.
It was classed severe at my last echocardiogram, (February 2024). I will get another on 1st November thereafter my cardiologist will phone me in December to see if I have changed my mind, as I have said I will not have open heart surgery so my position on this hasn't changed. I will not go into hospital so regardless of what this next scan shows that will still be my position.. In June when he phoned me he said because of my other health issues he was concerned about my post op recovery. That was something that further made me realise I will not go into hispital.
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Same here and mine was masked for months by other problems I was having including similar symptoms from my reaction to Ramipril. The surgeon said I was lucky I was still alive by the time I finally had to go to the ER because of that and the shortness of breath had gotten more than I could handle.
you are far from alone in needing sleep
I assume you , whether it’s the condition or the meds making your drowsy
Pre op I used to get up early , go back on couch
Sleep when home from work up to 90 mins , cat nap on a evening
Post op - quad bypass - tbh about same , been asleep already this morning and will be off for a Kip soon
Yesterday morning did a short walk but had nearly 2 hours on the settee afternoon
You do have my sympathy , you begin to question yourself as to why I need so much sleep etc
Regards
yes you are absolutely right I also find it scary and frustrating.
I’ve just had another hours kip Everyone says you will be a new person after the op - the old one just as dozy literally
I hindsight one of my symptoms was tiredness creeping up more than normal ,I used to fall asleep completing simple paperwork on a A4 sheet before now !
The consultant reckons my condition is genetic , which would explain whilst in my younger life cat napped too
Driving any distance , make I’m well rested , stop and nap if needs be en route . Even today
Don’t try and fight it I’ve found as your body needs to recover .
You will slowly improve , I have the energy to do a couple hours of light exercise , stop , repeat throughout day
Best wishes
I can't do any of tgat, but I can empathise.
Mornings don't exist for me. I wake around 9am, have my coffee and drop off to sleep for 1 hour wake up about 11 and have more energy.. usually end up on the settee for another hour in afternoon and very lethargic for the rest of the day. It's GP appointments that keep me going as I have to force myself to leave the house.
Glenys my sleeping is much worse in that it is very deep and each time throughout the day lasts for at the very least two hours each time.
Sorry to hear of your experience but glad I'm not alone. Must go and get breakfast now as I can feel eyelids drooping.
I was doing that and then ended up with pulmonary edema so bad I ended in the emergency room. My stenosis had gotten extremely dangerous, had to have a TAVR done. Wish I had gone sooner but felt 100% better after and no longer fall asleep all the time.
I have been told I'm not suitabke for TAVI which I believe is done through the groin. Also it is only performed at a hospital 91 miles from me, so that alone is another reason I don't want that procedure so glad I won't be suited to it, but I also have arterial disease and diabetes.
Sorry to hear that you have those problems complicating your situation. Both of my parents had the aortic stenosis (and they found an aortic aneurysm too) and both ended up having open heart surgery to save their lives. It was much harder on them although my dad came through it better than mom did (she was a heavy smoker).
For me the TAVR was a breeze, one hour and ten minutes in the OR and then home the next day feeling so much better. It was very scary knowing I needed something done ASAP to stay alive but I knew I had to do it or it was the marble orchard and I wasn't ready for that so I went through the procedure even though I knew that even that less traumatic operation could be fatal.
thank you for explaining 👍
This is quite normal and it's to be expected. May improve with time as your body adjusts to its new condition.
it was diagnosed in 2021 till then I didn't know I had a probkem.
It may be worth discussing with your gp about having a sleep study to check for sleep apnoea. My mum had that and even after a good nights sleep she would fall asleep in the day. After she started using a cpap machine, she felt much better and no longer went to sleep randomly in the day. May be worth ruling it out as a contributing factor.
thanks that might be an option, it hasn't happened this morning so far 👍🤞
Definitely caused by the stenosis I had never experienced tiredness like it and my Doc said you have nowhere near enough oxygen going round your body what do you expect and you shouldn't be doing much of anything
I am getting an oxymeter delivered today so I can check my oxygen. Thanks you coukd be right.
Constantly scared!
Trouble sleeping every night
Update 23/03 Home!!!! 
re; statins. Follow Up. 
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