text: Steven A Husted i to was similar to you i was diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis and tried to put it off but the shortness of breath got to bad and i went to the hospital right from my doctor appointment not much time to do anything a few days later i had a new bovine heart valve and i am glad i am doing fine and i am over one year out and in phase 3 of cardio rehab you will do great it is really not as bad as i thought it was going to be