Magic8Ball
Well-known member
Went to see my surgeon yesterday (before i spent the night in hospital after having my four wisdom teeth out) and we have pencilled in the date of 16th November.
He feels that i should have both the aorta and the aortic valve replaced but at this point keep the root.....although when he gets in if the measurements don't look good i'll be going bentals.
Thats not exactly what i wanted to hear as i wanted to keep my own BAV initially but only over the last few days had thought of the continuing effect it would have on the size of my heart and was slowly comming around to mechanical.
Going to be going St jude for the valve, surgeon says on-x is good but still not as proven as st jude so although its up to me his recco was for st jude. If i was going to go mechanical i'd have chosen st jude anyway so that's no big change.
The surgeon fills me with confidence in his ability and his straight talking, he's got great bedside manner.
I am seeing another surgeon on the 1st of Nov just for a comparison but on my initial feelings for this second guy there is no doubt he's a good surgeon also but he didn't give me the warm calming feeling the first guy did.
one thing i've had said is always pick a busy surgeon rather than a queit one and when i asked the second guys receptionist what dates he had available for surgery in November he was completely free...
Anyway, off to suck on some jelly....
He feels that i should have both the aorta and the aortic valve replaced but at this point keep the root.....although when he gets in if the measurements don't look good i'll be going bentals.
Thats not exactly what i wanted to hear as i wanted to keep my own BAV initially but only over the last few days had thought of the continuing effect it would have on the size of my heart and was slowly comming around to mechanical.
Going to be going St jude for the valve, surgeon says on-x is good but still not as proven as st jude so although its up to me his recco was for st jude. If i was going to go mechanical i'd have chosen st jude anyway so that's no big change.
The surgeon fills me with confidence in his ability and his straight talking, he's got great bedside manner.
I am seeing another surgeon on the 1st of Nov just for a comparison but on my initial feelings for this second guy there is no doubt he's a good surgeon also but he didn't give me the warm calming feeling the first guy did.
one thing i've had said is always pick a busy surgeon rather than a queit one and when i asked the second guys receptionist what dates he had available for surgery in November he was completely free...
Anyway, off to suck on some jelly....
...I just knew you would like John...I'm so happy for you...John certainly does fill you with confidence...the team he works with at the hospital are all wonderful too...
