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Re: FREE TV if your have internet service/ DE 

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Wed, 30 Oct 19 3:04 AM | 58 view(s)
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De

Thanks for the update. If you had ANY modesty at all you won't after the angiogram.

I am very sad to hear about the procedure being the old fashioned way, splitting your chest open. Justthe SOUND of that verbage makes me shudder.
You do realize of course that your Thanksgiving AND Christmas are not going to be enjoyed by you this year?

That's a shame... I feel for ya De. Better be coming up with a plan for the pain meds you will actually need to help after this is done....

This is one of those good news/ bad news things that is serious. The good news is that you know what is wrong with you and the doctor can surgically repair the problem.

The Bad news is that their is a very long recovery time, it is over the TWO best Holidays and you are going to feel like you have been run over by a Tiger Tank .
and be in a lot of pain and acute discomfort.

I will keep you in my prayers and your wife as she is going to have to nurse you back to health and keep the homestead running during your recovery...

Please keep me updated if ya would.

And don't do anything vigorous and stupid with your heart condition being what it is. You are fortunate to have caught this before anything major happened...

Take it easy and we will all just enjoy your company as we have for so long.



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Re: FREE TV if your have internet service
By: Decomposed in POPE 5
Wed, 30 Oct 19 12:19 AM 		Msg. 43408 of 62138

micro:

Re: "I suspect thatonce De arrives at the hospital and they get a close look at that heart problem, he ain't coming back home. I think he will be spending time right there with a team of cardilogists who will formulate a plan of action that hopefully will work best for De...."I'm happy to say that that was NOT the case. I'm home now.

The doc says that since my valve is presenting symptoms (typically chest pain, arrhythmia, dizziness or shortness of breath, of which I only have chest pain), surgery IS likely to be required. I asked him what would happen if I didn't have the surgery. He said that I would not be here in two years. That makes the decision easy. But my condition doesn't have a "stop the presses!" urgency either.

I'm going in for an angiogram on November 8th. If all looks good (or not so good), they'll schedule surgery for "about two weeks" later. I may ask them to delay it a little until Joey's semester is finished. That would be around December 10th.

Here's the bad news. I have a bicuspid valve instead of the tricuspid valve you so-called normal people have. That means that my valve is probably elongated, not circular. Consequently, the replacement valve - which is round - won't fit properly. The doc thinks that, for that reason, I will not be a candidate for the non-invasive valve replacement. I'll have to have my chest cracked, spending 5 to 7 days in the hospital. He says it will take 90 days to recover, and for the first 30, I'll feel like shit. Okay, those are my words, not his, but you get the idea. Even I know that "chest cracking" is, for the patient, about the hardest type of surgery. During that period, I may come across as a bit crabby. I hope you guys will bear with me from whenever the surgery is until at least a month later.

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