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Jean
All is not doom and gloom...read my happy anniversary post in this form. I feel for those with legit problems...not all are as lucky as others in anything. But we are alive . Cheers
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Kevin M
I remember reading some stats about a year ago stating that the mortality rate was less than 7% when considering all patients.
It had an age breakdown that showed the problem areas for mortality and complications were those patients with "other accompanying medical conditions" and the same for increased age - particularly the elderly 80+ years.
The stats for an otherwise healthy individual that was anywhere under the age of 65 were dramatically lower.
The numbers for complications increase slightly with the number of surgeries one has (each one gets more difficult due to scar tissue, etc.), but there are people on this site who have had numerous operations and they are some of the more optimistic members of this forum.
It's all about attitude. If you want to beat this thing - you will. A positive outlook gets you everywhere.
If I can find that research, I'll post it.
Kev
It had an age breakdown that showed the problem areas for mortality and complications were those patients with "other accompanying medical conditions" and the same for increased age - particularly the elderly 80+ years.
The stats for an otherwise healthy individual that was anywhere under the age of 65 were dramatically lower.
The numbers for complications increase slightly with the number of surgeries one has (each one gets more difficult due to scar tissue, etc.), but there are people on this site who have had numerous operations and they are some of the more optimistic members of this forum.
It's all about attitude. If you want to beat this thing - you will. A positive outlook gets you everywhere.
If I can find that research, I'll post it.
Kev
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Les
Everyone here is so positive. That is what the quality of life is all about anyway, regardless of valve replacement. After my first AVR, I asked how long it would last and was told, "a lifetime." I joked that I could leave the hospital, get hit by a truck across the street, and that would have been my "lifetime" and they would have been right... No one knows...I am now into my eighth year after my second AVR and am REMAINING healthier than I was in my 20's when I was overweight and even smoked for a couple years. My prognosis then, I believe, would have been worse than my survival rate now, being that I keep moving and stay positive. What works for me is to not be in denial but to be in defiance. To hell with what happened in the past...I'm living and working for the future.
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Les AVR '93 / '95
"Click On...and On"
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Les AVR '93 / '95
"Click On...and On"
Amen!
Amen!
To both Barrett and Kev:
Thank both of you for again helping keep my spirits up where they belong. I am early in the "process" as I'm recently diagnosed and have no idea when surgery will become necessary. I, too, am doing my best to live each day for itself, asking the One Above each evening, "Thank you, sir. May I have another day like this?"
As for statistics, the ones I remember (and this allows for selective perception and recollection) are those that indicate that for people in the great middle age group without comorbid conditions, the life expectancy after valve surgery is nearly that of the age adjusted population who didn't need valve surgery. In other words, in general, if we address the problem before complications arise, we can expect about the same life span we would have had sans the heart condition.
If I'm way off here, I'm not sure if I want to know, though <g>.
SteveE
Amen!
To both Barrett and Kev:
Thank both of you for again helping keep my spirits up where they belong. I am early in the "process" as I'm recently diagnosed and have no idea when surgery will become necessary. I, too, am doing my best to live each day for itself, asking the One Above each evening, "Thank you, sir. May I have another day like this?"
As for statistics, the ones I remember (and this allows for selective perception and recollection) are those that indicate that for people in the great middle age group without comorbid conditions, the life expectancy after valve surgery is nearly that of the age adjusted population who didn't need valve surgery. In other words, in general, if we address the problem before complications arise, we can expect about the same life span we would have had sans the heart condition.
If I'm way off here, I'm not sure if I want to know, though <g>.
SteveE
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alicia
Richie Rich said it best. You never know when youre going to die or how (only God knows) so live each day and try not to worry about death. Life is too short and precius to worry about dying.
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alicia
how are you doing today? hopefully better.
rich
how are you doing today? hopefully better.
rich
Ross
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Umm, are you sure about that? I must really come off as positive when I really mean to be negative.
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alicia
Richie Rich, Thanks for asking...Im doing GREAT!!!
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Richie (or others)
Who do you want to win the big game Sunday?
Im cheering for Tampa Bay!!!
Who do you want to win the big game Sunday?
Im cheering for Tampa Bay!!!
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richie rich
i am rooting for the JETS to win the super bowl.
richie rich
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alicia
Maybe next year! They had an awfuly good team this year and I was very disappointed to see them loose out. Thye have a great coach and some awsome players!
I thought if we changed the subject, LA Cruiser would have something else to think about.
I thought if we changed the subject, LA Cruiser would have something else to think about.
