Changing rooms!

[jkn2kids]

Congratulations!!! I felt the same way when my surgeon put me on the road to surgery.Go with your gut feeling on choosing a surgeon.

 

[aussigal]

I am leaning towards the SYDNEY MOB...due to their vast experience...

BUT...

I have a bad back ...and do not fly well those seats are not comfy

my only real worry 'bout the Sydney trip is the awful plane trip...

 

[aussigal]

Todays the day ..

somehow I managed a few hours sleep last-nite...I am so excited about seeing my cardio today...I will be disappointed if I dont leave with my referral to the Surgeon...

BUT.....

I have my AMMO!...and hubby is even coming with me because i am driving him crazy with all this OHS talk and he wants it all behind us...yes,,,he's in Denial and has admitted to being petrified of the whole ordeal but at least he is coming with me today...

usually I have to report to him,,he doesnt even ask how the cardio visit went! .

The surgeon in Sydney even sent me the 2 PDF files that show how he came to his figures for me...he used the body-ratio-anerysm size formulae and and was very careful to add in all the bad things i have done and inherited to give a better figure...


so here goes...back in a couple of hours with all the good news,,,

 

[gadgetman]

Keep on pushing them until you get what you need. Don't stop now.

BTW: Hope that was MOB (whatever the H*LL that is??? ) and not Mob. Da mob operation might be in a back alley somewhere.

And empty your "ammo" before you go in or you might not have any choice but to go to Sydney. Never mind, I thought you were talking about a GUN!!!!

May God Bless,

Danny

 

[aussigal]

OK...

So we made it safely home from our adventure through the city traffic and maze of roadworks to and from my appointment .


Its all good news! . My Cardio was thrilled to see me and even more so that I had bothered to go get some other opinions and learn up big-time on the ordeal ahead...

He agrees with all the surgeon recommends and has ordered another CT of the aorta and also one of the brain that I asked for..and also I will have the dreaded Angiogram ...and if my aorta has grown at all we are straight off to see the surgeon.

He wrote down the names for me of the 2 guys he would have operate on himself and also said the other surgeon in Perth I had been thinking of was also equally qualified. But he did have a preference for the other 2 chaps.

This all sounds pretty good to me...my BP has stabilised and now we just have to get healthy lungs and eat some more nourishing food and the second this sucka grows it'll ring bells ! .

We also had a quick chat about venues for the big-day and he recommends the local Mount Hospital, it is our states leading private cardiac unit...He says he would have surgery there too..

So there is no need to race off by the end of this week... but we do need to step it UP a level...
and so we have..

He has now heard the Surgeons letter, read to him by my cardio ...lol...hubby wouldnt read it before...talk about denial he was of the opinion I was exagerating the whole ordeal cos 2nd opinion guy was in denial or trying to move me to denial and hubby liked that scenario better...
cos you all know if you ignore these things they go away ...AS IF... ...

Hubby is happy with the outcome and plan of attack, and I feel totally at ease now .

I know this Cardio is on the same page as us...YAY!

Did I mention the root stabilising,,,he says YES they DO do it on me when they do the whole bentall thingy...and he also gave me the warfarin brochure to have a look at...Al would approve of the info in it.. .

So I think I have finally come to the point where I am willing to sit back and let this guy take control...
a decision that has caused huge sighs of relief to go out around the household ...i didnt think I was that bad to live with....

Oh well its gonna be better now...I know it is!...

Thanks again guys and gals...youre the BEST!

 

[mntbiker]

Glad to see your positive post and hear things went well with the cardio.

Of course it took you long enough to type it!

 

[OldManEmu]

I recall one of our members from Perth WA having his AVR done at the Mount Street Hospital I assume this is the same place as has been recommended to you. His user name is Arpy you may want to PM him and get his comments on it. So are you on the path to surgery or are they waiting for the aneurysm to grow?

 

[aussigal]

I have spoken a little with Arpy...and I have seen this Hospital,,,

My siter is one of our states Top Ambulance officers ( she trains the others ) ...she approves of The Mount .

quite an appropriate place for the mountain climb hey!


OK...Yes I am still technically waiting for it to grow...but I also know that he is only talking a miniscule growth here...the minute it looks like its not stable...they are all jumping to action...does that make sense?

There is the matter that I am about even with the mortality rates at the moment...My Cardio explained that they like to time these things as perfectly as possible and that is why he is watching me with scans much closer. He agrees with all the Sydney guy said and thats good enuf for me...The surgeon recommended I get my butt in the surgical pipeline and thats exactly where it is according the cardio!

means it will happen this year and I am on my way through the waiting room now...

I'm up the end of the hallway waiting for the door to OR to open...
"Intermediate" is my official status!

We have to get me healthy....gotta remember this is an ex-smoker here and her lungs got yucky from all that naughty stuff and my Cardio wants to make sure my lungs are Good before we go turning me off to fix.

I am not expecting this to all happen next week but it will happen this year the second this thing changes... we have the 3 scans all booked for the next few weeks too .

Its not exactly what I set out to get today but then again it is cos he agrees with all the suggestions of the surgeon.....I trust this guy and he isnt in denial like the #2 opinion. I am gonna sit back keep my BP low and let the Doc. drive now, he knows the way .