About 2.5 years ago, I went through the exact same thing. I managed to survive an ascending aortic dissection, and the resultant 11 hours of emergency open hea

About 2.5 years ago, I went through the exact same thing. I managed to survive an ascending aortic dissection, and the resultant 11 hours of emergency open heart surgery. post-surgery, my RBC count was abysmal. Simply walking would cause an intense headache. I feared it would never improve, and that I would be stupid forever. but I did.