jag004
Well-known member
Hi, my name is Joe. I have been posting on here the past week or two.
Last Wed went to the the cardiologist for a check up , had upper back pain radiating into right shoulder. After the office echo, my doctor sent me directly to the ER to throw me in the CT scan. A leaflet on my tissue valve wasn't working at all, and there was fear that the aorta dissected.
To save you all a long story, I am now four days post op with a St Jude valve and an aortic aneurysm cleanup from surgery #1, so to speak. I feel like a million bucks compared to surgery #1. I guess I owe it to my surgeon. A bunch of people saved my life.......from the girl who scheduled me quickly to get me into the office, to the echo tech, to the cardiologist, to the surgeon, to all the nurses, etc etc etc. Its really amazing what these people do for us.
Only probem is my EF is low, but the surgeon said it's way to early in the surgery game to to find out where that will land.
Fingers crossed.
Last Wed went to the the cardiologist for a check up , had upper back pain radiating into right shoulder. After the office echo, my doctor sent me directly to the ER to throw me in the CT scan. A leaflet on my tissue valve wasn't working at all, and there was fear that the aorta dissected.
To save you all a long story, I am now four days post op with a St Jude valve and an aortic aneurysm cleanup from surgery #1, so to speak. I feel like a million bucks compared to surgery #1. I guess I owe it to my surgeon. A bunch of people saved my life.......from the girl who scheduled me quickly to get me into the office, to the echo tech, to the cardiologist, to the surgeon, to all the nurses, etc etc etc. Its really amazing what these people do for us.
Only probem is my EF is low, but the surgeon said it's way to early in the surgery game to to find out where that will land.
Fingers crossed.
