Thread: Got an enlarged heart? Get it checked out

Just found this tread

Sorry to here about all of you but I am also in the same way, we must be a bunch of old croc's. I am in on Tuesday to see what they can find in the blood plumbing,angiography. I already have 4 stents from an op in 2003.

Best wishes and a speedy recovery to you Rockler and Artime

best of luck rocker,

As everyone on this forum is quick to tell you a heart op is reasonably routine these days and most people are in and out within a week. My heart problem was just a bit more complex, one new valve, a regrind on the other one, puncture fixed and original pacemaker pulled out and a new pacemaker defibrillator put in.

My point I came through that (even with my advancing years) and so will you, I'm sure. Just remember to work on your fitness when you recover. I have a home gym, exercise bike and weights and I use them every day. It might be hard sometimes to stick to a routine but it's necessary. I joke that when younger I could tear a London telephone directory in two and now I'm working up from opening envelopes with my bare hands.

Jerry


everybody is entitled to my opinion

Thank you, gentlemen, for all the re-assuring news and good wishes; I am hoping that I can get the catheter surgery done on Friday, and be out of hospital the same day. I am going there for a preliminary assessment the previous day, when they will probably stick a probe down my throat to do a transoesophagal echocardiogram. Hopefully they will decide to implant an Amplatzer device to block the hole the next day.

Rocker

Best wishes for a sucessful and speedy recovery Rocker from all of us in the frozen North. Hope all goes well and we will be hearing from you sooner than we think.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Rocker, and hope to see you back in action very soon.

Had an angiogram today, but no surgery. It seems I have a couple of partially blocked coronary arteries, as well as an atrial septal defect. The good news is that they will not require open-heart surgery - stents should do the trick; but I shall be making at least two more visits to get the requisite catheter surgery done. Hopefully I shall attend Teejay's gtg, but I might have to delegate the destructive testing of mitre joints there to more nimble Forum members

Rocker

Fingers crossed Rocker.

Originally Posted by Rocker

Had an angiogram today, but no surgery. It seems I have a couple of partially blocked coronary arteries, as well as an atrial septal defect. The good news is that they will not require open-heart surgery - stents should do the trick; but I shall be making at least two more visits to get the requisite catheter surgery done. Hopefully I shall attend Teejay's gtg, but I might have to delegate the destructive testing of mitre joints there to more nimble Forum members

Rocker

Be great to have you along Rocker.

I think stents are a good and effective non invasive solution too - wish my mate had one inserted a year back rather than medicine, exercise, diet and tests - he would most likely still be about today if they took that option.

Please let me know if there is any kind of preparation we need to make to do tests of value on your chair joints.

Hope you had a good Christmas - ours was fine. SWMBO got all her wonderful treats and the kids were happy with their lot. My take was a bit more modest but soon to have a birthday and a C12 Festool is top of the list - I can fit that in my shed Gotta tidy it a bit before the gtg - not that we will get a crowd (it's only single garage size full of stuff) in there but it is a mess right now and has been for some time .

Originally Posted by Rocker

but I shall be making at least two more visits to get the requisite catheter surgery done. Hopefully I shall attend Teejay's gtg, but I might have to delegate the destructive testing of mitre joints there to more nimble Forum members

Rocker

When are your return visits David?

Good luck with it mate.

Teejay,

I go back for one more investigation - a transoesophageal echocardiogram to determine the exact size of the hole in my heart - the day after your gtg; the dates of the repair jobs have not yet been scheduled, but I hope to get them all done in January.

I had already prepared the joints and test rig for the joint testing back in October, see https://www.woodworkforums.com/f11/proposed-destructive-testing-mitre-joints-qld-forum-gtg-57750 ; I think the only thing that you need to provide for the testing would be a strong board about 3 m long for the testers to stand on. I am going to bring a shorter 50 x 160 x 1600 mm board of rock maple which can be clampled to your board to provide rigidity.

In addition to the frames pictured in the above thread I have also made some other joints with varying amounts of reinforcement for testing.

Rocker

No problems all systems go with the testing.

I was delighted to hear today that I shall have an Amplatzer septal occluder and stents emplaced in my heart this Friday (11th January). Hopefully I can then look forward to another decade or so of woodworking

Rocker

Best wishes and to a successful op. on Friday from John

Rocker, all the best for your op on Friday, hope all goes well.