@jlharsh I feel I’ve picked the best hospital in my area, but no one is walking me through this yet, I have only seen the surgeon once, I’m scheduled for a cardiac cath soon and will meet with the surgeon after that, my biggest fear is not healing or getting infections because of my diabetes, I feel I will make it through surgery but afraid I won’t make it through the recovery, I can’t find any diabetics to talk to that’s been through this, so I can’t put my mind at ease until I do, I’m having an aortic valve replaced with a mechanical one because of a congenital birth defect, I have a bicuspid valve