Feeling pretty good today, 5 days after the surgery began (to the hour). Head is pretty clear, pain is very light when I’m sitting still. They’re trying to get my INR right which is slow moving. It was still only at 1.3 yesterday and they haven’t gotten the overnight result back yet surprisingly. On heparin drip in the meantime.
Bavaria’s speculation (which we talked about above a few weeks ago) was independently echoed by Svensson I think. He said the valve was actually unicuspid (not sure if he means fused or conegenital) and thatthe calcification was unusually troublesome. He said it was under the valve and like sandpaperwhatever that means, and actually said he was surprised it didn’t result in strokes which is a scary thing to hear! In fact, the first night of surgery I had transient left eye vision loss which could have been either ocular migraine or retinal artery occlusion. Fortunately my vision is fine now but that’s still very scary. They’ve done two CT scans and they’re not seeing any damage or blockages. I’m lucky so far.
But the calcification story I’m getting now seems consistent with Bavaria’s “throwing a clot” theory, which tells me I probably should have been more aggressive getting this surgery. Just moving forward and thanking my lucky stars!
