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Nope, no such fun for me. After waking up, my 2nd written phrase on a whiteboard was "I want to pee". The nurses thought it was funny: "Oh, you are peeing all right". Turned out, they inserted a catheter for this purpose. Two days later the attendant said that the catheter was really for...

I'm sure you are correct, in that the reality will be different. But the preparations are still quite helpful. And the reality is not bad. In fact, I kinda liked the place 🤷‍♂️ . The doctors, nurses, and other specialists are dedicated, and they really know what they are doing. There are backups...

It might be a generic policy with "bloodthinners" in the hospital. I was never on warfarin, but had regular heparin shots (*). So the policy was no sharp razors (electric shaver was ok), and no floss even (waterpick was ok). (*) It seems, the point was to avoid the blood clots. Which are more...

I'm not in a position to give any advise, since I never was 83. And how the age feels is probably different for everybody. The only thought on exercise is that it might help to "split" the walk into 2 or even 3, at different times of the day. As an example, if you walk twice for 20 min, that's a...

Thanks for the story. Hope you recover well. Would be great to know how well the plugs work out. I also a significant blood loss during the surgery. Many blood parameters got normalized quickly, within a couple of days. The one outlier was read blood cells. (It seemed they didn't want to give...

Hello, I'll try to provide comments below about particular details. My general impression is that you are overthinking your case instead of preparing for surgery. The said surgery likely has a very minimal risk and a huge benefit... right now. If you wait too late this opportunity will be gone...

FWIW, my cardiologist said their guidance post-surgery is 3-5 years. I'd agree that 5 does feel too long, especially since it was an annual check pre-surgery. Hopefully it's just a reflection of the timescale and odds of the "new problems".

Would imagine this may depend on where you wanted to go to. Just as a precaution, staying in places near major hospitals would be prudent for now.

🤣 And I cannot resist: .

I think you got quite good feedback here. My guess is that indeed getting the surgery done sooner would be helpful, in the sense of minimizing the risk. Which is likely small to start with. My experience (for a different condition) matches what @Paleowoman has said. The coronary artery check...

I disagree with the 3 statements quoted above. However, there are no signs on converging on anything, including the suggestion "to agree to disagree". Hence I do not wish to pursue this discussion any further.

Thanks for the explanation. They way it looks to me, it's a double hearsay, rather than a fact. Surgeon(s) telling the person who told you. Which is 2 opportunities for the misinterpretations. As I already said earlier, the chest is already open. So the surgeon(s) have a direct access to the...

Thanks for your comment. Logically I think you are correct. I guess I'm already used to "minimally invasive" surgery term being used as an alternative to OHS. Which is a bit confusing. But it would seem much more clear to contrast "minimally invasive" and "open chest" (full sternotomy). For...

It was your statement that the heart is placed on the chest during the surgery. And your only support for it was your friend being emotionally impressed from watching the surgery video. I'm just saying that neither the statement, nor the supporting reasoning make any sense to me. Please feel...

I guess it depends on how "recent" you'd like it to be. I had one 11 months ago, and it was for a different valve. FWIW, my understanding is that indeed the recovery time is faster with the minimally invasive surgery. The breastbone is either not cut, or only partially cut. And the bone takes a...

Sounds like a misinterpretation. The chest is open in OHS to start with (*). And there is not that much "slack" to move the heart around. Besides the blood vessels, there are nerves connected as well. (*) I really think OHS should've been called "Open Chest Surgery". Would've been a lot more...

It's a good point. I'd think that, as in most things, "knowing" is a matter of degree though. Sometimes patient reviews are available. And there can be signs during the visit. As an extreme examples: My cardiac annual surveyance started with a former PCP saying "Your heart murmur sounds worse...

Not sure if it was meant as a joke, but for some reason I found the comment to be completely hilarious. Made my morning (y) 😀

I guess whichever carries your boat blocks the sound well enough. (If this is indeed the transmission mechanism.) But I was only thinking out loud. Not in a position to test this for myself.

You mean, the chest wall emits the sound that propagates in the air to reach your ears? Which is stopped by the blanket? If so, a winter coat should also stop it. This would seem to indicate the "internal" sound propagation in the body, contrary to the reasoning above. For this, and other...