Is High End Audio catchin' up with you all?

@asvjerry , I think we can avoid testing that. Good that you got the TAVR. I avoid using medical terms when talking to lay people. I think most still get the "donkey kick version" but, I am just a family doc so what do I know. I do not have any of the soft kick versions in my practice. I do have three Bicuspids in the practice that I am watching. They will probably need valves eventually. It is a very common congenital defect like cleft lips. Waking up with an endotracheal tube still in place is considered bad form. Must have been a nurse or a resident running the case. The anesthesiologist bounces back and forth between several rooms making sure things are running well. It is less expensive than running an anesthesiologist in all the rooms. I have been replaced by nurse practitioners. They expect me to be a supervisor, not what I went to medical school for. Anyway, when I had my wrist fused I got screwed at both ends. My throat was sore and raspy for a week and I peed razor blades for three days, residents at both ends. The lesson here is avoid teaching hospitals whenever you can. Unless you have a really uncommon problem stick with community hospitals. 

@mijostyn (We be wayy off topic now, but I'm real good @ that.... ;)...)

Down with that 'we will Not test That' function, Yes....I've only had a gun waved near me once a very long time ago, and fortunately I was Not Involved. *whew*

I was happy about TAVR as well, I'd advised any and all that I thought would give a * about it that I would likely be an utter prick if involved in the rehab of having my chest wrenched open.  TAVR is a walk in the park....*S*

The Boston Sci implant is/was a new device at that time, ergo the study.  I was pleased to be included in it, 'spearheading SOTA' in my own small way.
I've actually seen a commercial for it awhile back; if anyone is a candidate for it, push towards it..👍😁

If the 'defib' function fires, I'll let you know what that's like.  So far, no 'events'... ;)

(You can 'go technical' on med terms with me, I was reading at a college level at an early age.  And I've a vested interest in what I'm being subjected to...

"Oh, that drug does....*boing*...That....*LOL*)

The specialist that initially treated my suggested that I'd need a 'valve job' eventually, so I'd kept in mind that I was just an organic '57 Chev in the long run....
"Reseat my valves, Baby!"

Hey, being a GP is a Good Thing.  Not enough of you of late, and mine is a good one.  Sarah is used to my 'left of centerline humor' and saved my lunch once...
"Go to the ER NOW!  Can you get there on your own?"

Yup, just watch... ;)  And I did....the troops were waiting with a 'chair...
Local med center is a short mile away, and specializes in pulmonary, so I couldn't be in a better place unless I lived there....

I think I surprised the attendants re the trach tube....that, and apparently they'd nearly 'lost me' in the OR, so I can accept a higher level of concern overall.

My 'valve thing' was an utter surprise, and is part of the family DNA.
My father passed from heart issues (was called an 'athletes' heart' at the mid-/60s'), my brothers' first child didn't survive, my nephews' first needed cardio surgery to pull through....
...and brother was mis-diagnosed by his MD, and dropped dead in the home hallway.  Same thing, caught too late. 😔

Upshot on my end:
I take a lot of non-recreational drugs, including blood thinners.  Being 'thin-skinned' due to age, if I damage self I leak like I've gotten knifed.
Fortunately, I clot quick...which is why the thinners...

I work with saws and other 'high probability of severe damage devices' but still have all appendages in place. 👍😁

Had to have my right little toe exorcised, but unrelated to work issues.
But *sigh*, I can only count to 19 now....*L* 

Keep on doin' whatcha' do, J

Well this thread took an unlikely turn - didn't expect to see cars as a subject of discussion.

Best sound comes from a V12 (I miss my old Lamborghini!), next best from a straight six (sold my MGC but still have a BMW Z4MC), and after that maybe the rather blatting loud but unrefined V8 (though I still own them as well) and then the poor four cylinder (still own three of those - one makes 375 bhp out of a 2.0 - but the sound is always a bit inferior to the others mentioned.

This one (I drive it in summer) sounds decent as well, although a V6)

@asvjerry , it sounds like you beat the odds. You can try recreational drugs now.

@wspohn , What is that? Not a Ferrari or a Lambo. 6 cylinder? That's rare. I thought only the Dino did that. I agree, 12 cylinders make the best sound for an automobile but IMHO the best internal combustion noise comes from an L twin Ducati. The worst comes from my snow blower which I shall know intimately in about 24 hours. 

For any New Englanders out there, good luck tomorrow. Warm up your generators!

It is actually a 1956 MGA under the skin with a GM V6 I transplanted into it and a body by Fiberfab called a Jamaican made in the 1960s..

It is another hobby of mine.