Goodbye Everyone

Good luck and God Bless. Physicians know much about the heart and cardio vascular system. Be confident in the collective accumulation of knowledge and experience and the skills of your surgery team.

Wishing you a easy non stressful experience with your surgery and recovery.

Best of luck Elliott. I think you'll be fine. Say hi to your Mom!

@elliottbnewcombjr ....'phase shifting' over from the MM/MC scroll, I'd forgotten 'bout your upcoming bout in the sterile suite....but go with my hopes and thoughts that you'll be back sooner in '24. 👍👌🤞😃 'n all....

When I ran into my Reality of CHF re my aortic valve, I was well aware of having one's ribs wrenched and what + how long recovery from that could go....my basic energy levels and 'tude then would have made most around me wishing I'd either relapse and 'go away'.....Spouse Ev said she'd kick my tush if I did...
"Have at, I don't think I'll notice....but I'd opt for a synth cast of the original, since it wouldn't last long...that, and the dogs might chew it up on you..."

TAVR made that whole scenario a non-start; I had resisted the OHS scenario, so when advised that I might be a candidate for TAVR, jumped on it like a Wagyu 5   steak....and went home 3 days afterwards, the third lasting forever.

I felt great immediately the day after....hope you experience the same.

I was considered a higher risk for OHS, and they had a little difficulty 'jump-starting' me, and it was noted I 'skip beats' during my rehab stints on a recumbent (used to cycle in my teens, still have most of the thighs left...)....(monitoring RN looks up from the screen, looks at me, comes over with that concerned stare..."Did you feel that?"  Feel what?..).

Ended up with my onboard pacemaker and an auto-defib... 2" dia, "lump' below left collarbone, over from left shoulder....

Asked my cardio...'How durable is this?"  One was known to stop a bullet, and keep working...I remember that, just in case....;) *L*

Anyhow, my hopes for you is that all will go absolutely perfect, and they'll shuffle you out 'n home asap+....which seems to be SOP of late.  Hosp. food fare isn't any fairer than it used to be ever, and I had Ev smuggle me in a beer and a Starbucks.

Don't know how the staff can cope with the brown liquid they call coffee...and they agree!  I don't comprehend how the residents can pull the hours they do on that mouthwash.....😬😖🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️  "Shoulda learned to play them drums...."

Have a 'productive and considerably Different Holiday Week', and know that I and the crowd here are in your cheering section...and we expect to hear all about it. *S*

...but...don't pull a 'Lyndon'....we don't need to see the scars, and leave the dog's ears alone...😑

Jerry

Just in from a FB post from an aquaint....

"1.4% of people have a condition known as Nocturnal Lagophthalmos; they cannot sleep with their eyelids shut, either fully open or partially open.
They have no idea that they do it."

Don't do that during your surgery....It WILL weird them out. ;)