I use the stall cleaning as exercise instead of going to a gym.

I work full time as a ranch manager and was walking up to 12,000 steps a day 5 days a week. Helping staff clean horse stalls twice a day.

I hit the ground running with it when I was born. No problems for 70 years then the doctor in Amarillo, TX said I should have it taken care of. So they installed a pig. I hope the next one will be a horse or bull if I need another one. No problems till 10 days ago with the heart. Then all of a sudden, I was passing out. The longer I went the more episode I was having until 10 days ago I had 7 in a twenty-four-hour period lasting up to 14 seconds.

I have a question. What were your symptoms that you had an aortic valve issue? I have pain on left side about inch below armpit, xray showed aortic calcifications, I am lightheaded a lot.