Thanks: 0
Likes: 0
Needs Pictures: 0
Picture(s) thanks: 0
Results 16 to 30 of 30
Thread: open heart surgery
-
14th September 2011, 09:00 PM #16acmegridley Guest
Not warfarin but next best thing clopidorol just bump yourself, you bruise and bleed like a stuck pig.
Be careful, staff at the hospital told me you unexpectedly, at odd times, start crying,for no reason at all,it has something to do with the bypass machine when they cool your blood some strange sort of metamorphosis takes place.It happens to nearly all zipper cases,but if thats the worse that can happen?
Good luck
-
14th September 2011 09:00 PM # ADSGoogle Adsense Advertisement
-
20th September 2011, 07:42 PM #17
thanks for the tip about the crying acme i will look out for it
the angiogram got cancelled last thursday the machine had a wobbly attack and have reprogramed it for this friday with the surgeon reviewing it next tuesday
-
21st September 2011, 12:10 AM #18
Hi Greg
Here is my take on it.
When I had my Quad I had a murmur in my heart from a leaking valve and the anesthetist asked me if I was going to have the valve done so I asked the cardiologist what he thought and he said that I would be trading for one disease for another and a pig valve would only last 10 years then it would have to be replaced and I would be on warfarin for the rest of my life with the pig valve so I opted out of the valve replacement.
My father-in-law had two mechanical valves put in his heart in 1973 and he lived for 26 years and died at age 86 and at the time he was the oldest living recipient at the time with mechanical heart valves. He was on warfarin all that time.
Now don't take this as medical advise but just as information to digest.
-
21st September 2011, 11:47 AM #19
I had open heart surgery to repair a 30 mm atrial septal defect, and for a single coronary artery bypass 3 1/2 years ago. I found that the pain from the chest opening was not nearly as bad as that from the cuts made in my calf and thigh to harvest veins for the bypass. In any case, the pain had pretty much gone after about three weeks. After 4 weeks I flew from Brisbane to Canberra to visit the Bungendore gallery, and I was able to climb a steep 600' hill exactly five weeks after the surgery, which was done when I was aged 72. I am reasonably hopeful that I shall survive another ten years or so, unless I am hit by a bus.
You can be pretty confident that you will survive the surgery and feel much better after it is done. I never felt depressed after the surgery, although an acquaintance of mine was affected by depression after open heart surgery. I was just very happy to feel much better after my recovery. I was told to stay out of my shop for six weeks after the surgery.
Rocker
-
22nd September 2011, 10:33 PM #20Skwair2rownd
- Join Date
- Nov 2007
- Location
- Dundowran Beach
- Age
- 76
- Posts
- 19,922
The wife was on Warfrin. Bruised easily and had to be very careful with what she ate.
If Warfrin is prescribed you will be given a list of foods to avoid.
LOML found the regular testing to be the worst part.
Since I had my 2 bypasses and two stents I have been on Plavix and Imdur. Also take Fish oil capsules.
So far so good.
I met several other patients with bypasses. Some talked about bouts of crying, some went int depression and I think all of them had nightmares and/or bad dreams. Just par for course by all accounts. the
-
23rd September 2011, 07:34 PM #21
thanks everyone for your kind words and encouragment
I had the angiogram with mixed results, all my arteries are clear with no blockages
how ever the aortic root has severe dilation increased from moderate in a few months which i guess is probably the result of the aortic valve regurtitating I get to see the surgeon next Tuesday and will find out when I get my surgery
I must be a special case, all the other guys got there angiogram through there arm but I drew the short straw and got mine in the groin ouch as the femeral aretery is better to go through for my problem
It felt very strange
greg
-
27th September 2011, 08:11 AM #22
The waiting must be nerve racking. good luck with your operation. I have a friend who had this surgery about 10 years ago and is thriving in his 80s.
Reality is no background music.
Cheers John
-
28th September 2011, 10:30 AM #23
My Surgeon has had bad experiences with pig valves and reckons if i get one i will see him in 5 years to or so to get replaced with a 30% chance of mortatlity on the table when i get it replaced
so i am going for a mechanical valve and synthetic aoric root as well, it is the best option for me and my condition and get the chop in 30 days or less as my condition is not very good
Greg
-
28th September 2011, 01:43 PM #24GOLD MEMBER
- Join Date
- Jun 2003
- Location
- Sunbury, Vic
- Age
- 84
- Posts
- 2,719
Hope it all goes well. The sooner the better now as the waiting is probably the worst part at this stage
Tom
"It's good enough" is low aim
-
5th December 2011, 09:34 AM #25
Hi All
I am back with the living,I spent 8 days in hospital having heart surgery the first 3 days are a big blur even the other days are fairly vague with the drugs they give you then they kicked me out but then 2 days later was readmitted with a bacterea infection compliments of the hospital and spent another 8 days on IV drips and more antibiotics to take home for another month or two
the bacterea infection is called Scarriatta and lives under your skin festering away
although i feel good within myself, the antibiotics have some bad side effects diziness and nausea are the top two
I can handle 5 minutes on the computer then i havent got the patience to stay on any longer
best wishes for now
Greg
-
5th December 2011, 09:56 AM #26
Glad to see you back in the land of the living Greg.
Kick that infection and you'll be good as new. Better even.Those were the droids I was looking for.
https://autoblastgates.com.au
-
5th December 2011, 10:48 AM #27
Glad to hear youre back with us Greg. All the best with your recuperation mate.
Cheers MartinWhatever note you blow youre never more than a semitone away from the correct one....(Miles Davis)
-
5th December 2011, 12:13 PM #28Foo
- Join Date
- Jul 2009
- Location
- Sanstone Point
- Posts
- 296
Good you're up and about and in the land of the living!
Foo
-
11th December 2011, 08:39 PM #29Skwair2rownd
- Join Date
- Nov 2007
- Location
- Dundowran Beach
- Age
- 76
- Posts
- 19,922
Good to see you back among us Greg!!
Bummer about the infection but that seems to be under control.
Remember to talk to your dentist about your op and the drug regime. You will most probably be prescribed antibiotics before any dental procedure to prevent chances of bacterial infection getting to your heart.
All the best mate and let us know how you are progressing.
-
18th December 2011, 08:38 AM #30Hewer of wood
- Join Date
- Jan 2002
- Location
- Melbourne, Aus.
- Age
- 71
- Posts
- 12,746
Good luck with the recovery Greg.
And yes, I'm afraid depression is a relatively common reaction after major heart surgery.Cheers, Ern
Similar Threads
-
PenPal-Peter Doing well after Surgery
By PenTurner in forum WOODTURNING - PEN TURNINGReplies: 15Last Post: 28th May 2010, 12:52 AM -
Heart surgery
By artme in forum Hatches, Matches & Dispatches. Birthday greetings and other Touchie-feelie stuff.Replies: 57Last Post: 30th December 2007, 12:39 PM -
Some Open Heart Surgery
By Barry_White in forum NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH WOODWORKReplies: 33Last Post: 27th June 2005, 02:10 AM -
Dog surgery before or after?
By Woodlice in forum WOODWORK - GENERALReplies: 8Last Post: 1st June 2005, 02:31 PM -
OH&S - How to shorten your spine without surgery
By SeanS in forum NON WOODWORKReplies: 7Last Post: 9th May 2004, 09:21 PM