| Anyone had Heart surgery 10:03 - Mar 2 with 11498 views | 2Thomas2Bowles |
After having some pain in my back (not unusual being in a wheelchair), neck and jaw pain(new) it turned out to be a low-level heart attack
Had an angiogram Tuesday
LMS Minor disease
LAD Severe disease
LCx Severe ""
RCA completely blocked
Leaking heart valve
Told
Not treatable with stents
High risk with open heart as complicated
Will be seeing a surgeon who does keyhole, for a better word, not hopeful
Hate Hospitals
Hate surgery
Anyone with experience?
Yes I know some of you don't believe I even had a heart!
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| Anyone had Heart surgery on 10:16 - Mar 2 with 5174 views | PunteR |
Blimey mate. Bit of a scarey time for you. All the very best with it all .. |  |
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| Anyone had Heart surgery on 10:43 - Mar 2 with 5117 views | 2Thomas2Bowles |
| Anyone had Heart surgery on 10:16 - Mar 2 by PunteR |
Blimey mate. Bit of a scarey time for you. All the very best with it all .. |
Yeh and thanks
All a bit strange and a shock, no real indication before maybe masked by other ailments. I have a few.
Pain, Not what you would consider being a HA no chest pain, no angina, normal BP 98% sats, no real warning of anything else till the neck and jaw pain. [Post edited 2 Mar 2019 14:14]
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| Anyone had Heart surgery on 11:18 - Mar 2 with 5067 views | loneranger1 |
Sorry to hear all of that... no experience to offer I'm afraid, but all the best - sure you'll be in good hands |  | | |
| Anyone had Heart surgery on 11:21 - Mar 2 with 5061 views | 2Thomas2Bowles |
| Anyone had Heart surgery on 11:18 - Mar 2 by loneranger1 |
Sorry to hear all of that... no experience to offer I'm afraid, but all the best - sure you'll be in good hands |
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| Anyone had Heart surgery on 11:24 - Mar 2 with 5048 views | Hooparoo |
Yes, very recent experience. Had a heart valve replaced just 6 weeks ago. Had a leaky valve my whole life, even ran 8 marathons but never knew. Got much worse 6 months ago but now I’ve had it replaced I feel great.
Trust your surgeon mate, they can do wonderful things now so get it fixed and you can get on with your life.
All the best mate, hope it goes well. |  |
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| Anyone had Heart surgery on 11:25 - Mar 2 with 5045 views | colinallcars |
Very best of luck with all your problems mate |  | | |
| Anyone had Heart surgery on 11:31 - Mar 2 with 5031 views | 2Thomas2Bowles |
| Anyone had Heart surgery on 11:24 - Mar 2 by Hooparoo |
Yes, very recent experience. Had a heart valve replaced just 6 weeks ago. Had a leaky valve my whole life, even ran 8 marathons but never knew. Got much worse 6 months ago but now I’ve had it replaced I feel great.
Trust your surgeon mate, they can do wonderful things now so get it fixed and you can get on with your life.
All the best mate, hope it goes well. |
Thanks, glad to hear you are ok.
Did you have an open heart or keyhole?
What hospital, I'm under St Thomas's | |
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| Anyone had Heart surgery on 11:32 - Mar 2 with 5027 views | 2Thomas2Bowles |
| Anyone had Heart surgery on 11:25 - Mar 2 by colinallcars |
Very best of luck with all your problems mate |
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| Anyone had Heart surgery on 11:32 - Mar 2 with 5023 views | loftboy |
| Anyone had Heart surgery on 11:25 - Mar 2 by colinallcars |
Very best of luck with all your problems mate |
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| Anyone had Heart surgery on 11:46 - Mar 2 with 5005 views | 2Thomas2Bowles |
| Anyone had Heart surgery on 11:32 - Mar 2 by loftboy |
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| Anyone had Heart surgery on 12:03 - Mar 2 with 4962 views | JAPRANGERS |
Well I can only wish you all the best. Hope all goes well for you mate ! |  | | |
| Anyone had Heart surgery on 12:09 - Mar 2 with 4956 views | Hooparoo |
| Anyone had Heart surgery on 11:31 - Mar 2 by 2Thomas2Bowles |
Thanks, glad to hear you are ok.
Did you have an open heart or keyhole?
What hospital, I'm under St Thomas's |
Open heart surgery. I’m lucky that I live in Brisbane as the 4 best cardiac hospitals in the country are all here. My surgeon has done more valve replacements than any other surgeon currently operating in Australia.
You’ll be ok mate. Have faith. Faith is the opposite of fear.
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| Anyone had Heart surgery on 12:11 - Mar 2 with 4947 views | RangersDave |
Christ on a bike mate, thats fecking awful.
My thoughts are with you, stay strong, and no matter what, listen to what the docs say, and aheer to it like glue, even if it means giving up your favourite cheese.
Your extended family here wish you all the best i'm sure.
Cheers and keep your chin up
Dave |  |
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| Anyone had Heart surgery on 12:12 - Mar 2 with 4944 views | 2Thomas2Bowles |
| Anyone had Heart surgery on 12:03 - Mar 2 by JAPRANGERS |
Well I can only wish you all the best. Hope all goes well for you mate ! |
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| Anyone had Heart surgery on 12:16 - Mar 2 with 4934 views | 2Thomas2Bowles |
| Anyone had Heart surgery on 12:11 - Mar 2 by RangersDave |
Christ on a bike mate, thats fecking awful.
My thoughts are with you, stay strong, and no matter what, listen to what the docs say, and aheer to it like glue, even if it means giving up your favourite cheese.
Your extended family here wish you all the best i'm sure.
Cheers and keep your chin up
Dave |
Ok thanks
Kings/St Thomo's Guys are the main ones here apart from Harefield | |
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| Anyone had Heart surgery on 12:17 - Mar 2 with 4927 views | 2Thomas2Bowles |
| Anyone had Heart surgery on 12:11 - Mar 2 by RangersDave |
Christ on a bike mate, thats fecking awful.
My thoughts are with you, stay strong, and no matter what, listen to what the docs say, and aheer to it like glue, even if it means giving up your favourite cheese.
Your extended family here wish you all the best i'm sure.
Cheers and keep your chin up
Dave |
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| Anyone had Heart surgery on 12:19 - Mar 2 with 4915 views | BerkoRanger |
YES.
Back in the 90s I had two heart attacks. Urgent tests revealed I had an aortic root aneurysm when they rushed me into Harefield Hospital. It turned out it was the largest aneurysm (8.5cm) they had ever seen on someone still living! Sir Magdi Yacoub, the famous heart specialist, performed my heart surgery in a 9 hour operation and managed to save my heart valve so I didn't need a transplant.(And ALL on the NHS!) I still get checked out yearly in Harefield's outpatients, where there is a statue of Sir Magdi - it always brings a tear to my eye when I see it.
I'm telling you this to encourage you as I am still here and fairly fit at 67 years of age (with a new Grandchild) so there can be long life after heart surgery. Show your heart surgeon this if you wish.
One thing I have to be careful of though - too much stress.
So why am I still supporting QPR??????? LOL
Wishing you all the very best for the future, mate. | | | |
| Anyone had Heart surgery on 12:26 - Mar 2 with 4895 views | Discodroids |
Sorry to hear that mate. I wish you a speedy and more importantly, a full recovery.
I'm stunned given the bestial manner in which i abused my body as a brassneck chalkstripe ponce in the city square mile in the 90's and first half of the noughties, that i'm still in relatively good health.
We are so fragile . look after yourself me old mucker.
Glenn.
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| Anyone had Heart surgery on 12:33 - Mar 2 with 4872 views | DejR_vu |
Best of luck 2T2B. | |
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| Anyone had Heart surgery on 12:34 - Mar 2 with 4871 views | timcocking |
Sounds hideous, best of luck to you. Best of luck to us all i suppose. Friend of mine given less than a year recently, didn't even realise he was ill, only just turned 50, couple of young kids. Life can be tough.
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| Anyone had Heart surgery on 12:36 - Mar 2 with 4867 views | 2Thomas2Bowles |
| Anyone had Heart surgery on 12:19 - Mar 2 by BerkoRanger |
YES.
Back in the 90s I had two heart attacks. Urgent tests revealed I had an aortic root aneurysm when they rushed me into Harefield Hospital. It turned out it was the largest aneurysm (8.5cm) they had ever seen on someone still living! Sir Magdi Yacoub, the famous heart specialist, performed my heart surgery in a 9 hour operation and managed to save my heart valve so I didn't need a transplant.(And ALL on the NHS!) I still get checked out yearly in Harefield's outpatients, where there is a statue of Sir Magdi - it always brings a tear to my eye when I see it.
I'm telling you this to encourage you as I am still here and fairly fit at 67 years of age (with a new Grandchild) so there can be long life after heart surgery. Show your heart surgeon this if you wish.
One thing I have to be careful of though - too much stress.
So why am I still supporting QPR??????? LOL
Wishing you all the very best for the future, mate. |
Thanks for that Berko.
I still have a lot of questions that need clearing up when I see the surgeon I've been allocated
Clearly doing nothing is likely to result in another HA and not with any good outcome
I asked to come home and not amitted as it would have been a 3/4 week or longer wait for surgery anyway.
Pissed off with my GP, well really her staff, can't get an appointment until April
Fecking gatekeepers who only care about admin.
Stress you say!!!! | |
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| Anyone had Heart surgery on 12:38 - Mar 2 with 4864 views | 2Thomas2Bowles |
| Anyone had Heart surgery on 12:26 - Mar 2 by Discodroids |
Sorry to hear that mate. I wish you a speedy and more importantly, a full recovery.
I'm stunned given the bestial manner in which i abused my body as a brassneck chalkstripe ponce in the city square mile in the 90's and first half of the noughties, that i'm still in relatively good health.
We are so fragile . look after yourself me old mucker.
Glenn.
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| Anyone had Heart surgery on 12:42 - Mar 2 with 4840 views | 2Thomas2Bowles |
| Anyone had Heart surgery on 12:34 - Mar 2 by timcocking |
Sounds hideous, best of luck to you. Best of luck to us all i suppose. Friend of mine given less than a year recently, didn't even realise he was ill, only just turned 50, couple of young kids. Life can be tough.
Try to keep positive where possible, don't let the buggers get you down. |
Thanks, Tim, sorry to hear about your friend that's dreadful
Coming up to 60, up to 50 I was pretty fit (a far as I know) this last 10 years has been all downhill. [Post edited 2 Mar 2019 12:43]
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| Anyone had Heart surgery on 12:45 - Mar 2 with 4829 views | 2Thomas2Bowles |
| Anyone had Heart surgery on 12:33 - Mar 2 by DejR_vu |
Best of luck 2T2B. |
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| Anyone had Heart surgery on 12:45 - Mar 2 with 4826 views | TacticalR |
Heart surgery. It sounds scary. But then it seems BerkoRanger has had more heart attacks than I've had hot dinners.
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