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Thanks for all the prayers...I know both Luana and I will be in good hands. It is kind of nice actually sharing the surgery day with someone...Thanks Luana! Tomorrow being the 1st day of the week of my surgery makes it feel so much more real. I figured out since the phone call last night that...

Sounds like a good plan...prayers will be coming your way too.

Thanks...yes surgery is Fri Nov 20th. Guess that's 1 week from today isn't it...

Thanks for the update. Hope she continues to do well. Prayers are coming her way.

Hi all. I just got a call from my surgeon with my cath results, and confirming what the cardiologist told me yesterday. He said we should proceed as scheduled on Friday. The cath showed my gradient went up to 100 with the stress of medication. So my obstruction is significant. Good news is the...

Finally made it home from my cath today. What a day it was. I was scheduled for 8am, ended up going at 1pm. Made my anxiety a little hard to handle at times...but I managed. Husband said I was only 10% bad today. LOL Good news is it looks as if my aortic valve is in good shape with only a...

Best wishes...Thoughts and prayers are with you. Kerri

Thank you for you observations and thoughts. I am preparing myself to be a (good) patient and not a nurse, knowing I have little control over this. I know my husband will be by my side for whatever I need. I have asked him several times over the past few days if and when I can just forget...

Awake at 245am...I would love to be able to sleep. Mind just keeps going. Wishing I knew what time my cath is on Thurs. Won't get a time until Wed afternoon. Want to have things set up for who is caring for my son and when on Thurs. He has preschool and swim lessons. Thank god for grandma...

Possibly for the same reason I'm on here at 245am. ;)

Vent away...I know how you feel. I still have 2 weeks, but my cath is this Thurs the 12th. I am "nesting" trying to get everything done, cleaned and set up so life can gone on at my home without me here for a week. But the past 2 days I haven't finished anything I have started. My mind is...

So much for a good day in the ER, were we busy today. Oh well, it made the time go by quickly. I had a good cry hugging everyone when I left...the climbing of the mountain has begun. Funny little story about me. I decided when I was in the hospital after my first OHS at age 14 that I was...

I would think it is because there was also sinus bradycardia and sinus tachycardia since the heart rate was 57-185.

Off to work my last 9 hour day...Hope it is a good one. Thank you all for the words of comfort. I think my problem is that I know way too much about the surgery and what goes on throughout the process. Having seen my surgeon actually in the OR preforming a heart transplant and the other...

One more day of work then off till about Feb 1st. Don't know if I am excited about not working of scared out of my mind about surgery. Doesn't really seem real yet. Feel like I'm in a dream the past couple of days. I scheduled a massage for next week and a hair appointment and pedicure for...

Thanks again for all the well wishes. I had a really AWFUL morning today. I had about an hour that was just terrible. Everything that could go wrong did. I even walked into work with my socks in my pocket and not on my feet! I got to work and of course my friends noticed I was upset and then...

Glad to hear you and Brian got the vaccination. Hope you both are able to stay well. Part of the reason they are not testing everyone is that the flu test is not 100% accurate. There is actually a moderate % of false negative results. And there are 2 strains of flu, A and B. If you test...

Thanks all for your support. It is great having somewhere to go for support. Phillip - I wanted to have my surgery right after my vacation, but my surgeon was going on vacation himself right after mine. And then we tried to schedule it his first day back, Nov 11 but he wanted time to review...

Hi all, I got back late Monday from our family cruise. I am so glad we were able to get away from it all. It was one of the best vacations I have had with my husband, son and some friends. We visited 5 different beaches in 10 days, now that was relaxing. Now I'm back home and the stress...

Thank you all for the wonderful welcomes and thoughts. Having "friends" in high places does have some good points. My regular cardiologist and I run into each other in the ER almost weekly. He keeps close tabs on me, and if there is anything I need he is there for me. He has already offered...