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kizzy
Hi everyone,
I met my surgeon Weds and after talking with him; I said: OH JUST BOOK IT! Lets get it over with! I have never had major surgery before or even been in the hospital except to have my daughter 25 yrs ago.
I choose April 19th. I may change my mind. I need to take care of dental cleaning and such before and that's not working out real well. I also choose a tissue valve and after talking with my surgeon I decided to let him decide which one when he got in there and saw the size of my aorta. I had a lot of questions and print outs of things on here to discuss with him but mostly; I don't want to be on cumadin. I guess it boiled down to that. I would rather bet that a less invasive type of surgery will be available to the general public next time then bet that I would keep my cumadin levels perfectly in balance or that a complication from it wouldn't land me back in OHS again anyway. I don't want to worry about a stroak or a fall or colon testings or even using power tools! I will get the newest treated tissue valve be it stented or not or porcine or bovine, as my very very good and valve experienced surgeon sees as the best choice for me. I am letting go with confidence but I will need lots of drugs!
I need to plan my daughters wedding next year!
(Please say a prayer for me) Thank you all for all the help and information!! God bless you all.
Kizzy
I met my surgeon Weds and after talking with him; I said: OH JUST BOOK IT! Lets get it over with! I have never had major surgery before or even been in the hospital except to have my daughter 25 yrs ago.
I choose April 19th. I may change my mind. I need to take care of dental cleaning and such before and that's not working out real well. I also choose a tissue valve and after talking with my surgeon I decided to let him decide which one when he got in there and saw the size of my aorta. I had a lot of questions and print outs of things on here to discuss with him but mostly; I don't want to be on cumadin. I guess it boiled down to that. I would rather bet that a less invasive type of surgery will be available to the general public next time then bet that I would keep my cumadin levels perfectly in balance or that a complication from it wouldn't land me back in OHS again anyway. I don't want to worry about a stroak or a fall or colon testings or even using power tools! I will get the newest treated tissue valve be it stented or not or porcine or bovine, as my very very good and valve experienced surgeon sees as the best choice for me. I am letting go with confidence but I will need lots of drugs!
I need to plan my daughters wedding next year! (Please say a prayer for me) Thank you all for all the help and information!! God bless you all.
Kizzy
