"Michael Koblic" wrote in message
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"SteveB" toquerville@zionvistas wrote in message
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That's funny. They gave ME a lifetime warranty on my heart valve. ;-)

I know it's a no brainer. It's just hard to report for it now knowing
what's going to happen. Last time, the hardest thing was to crawl from
the gurney to the table. They couldn't get an IV started, so had given
me no happy juice in the two hours I got there previous to surgery. They
wouldn't slide me for some reason. I was having second thoughts. A
minute later, ten people were on me, and a minute after that, I was
asleep.

Well, I am sure the valve is in pristine condition. It's the stitching
holding it...:-)
Seriously, reading between the lines I am guessing re-do mitral valve?
Maybe with the left ventricle a tad banged up? Maybe a bypass or three on
top?
I agree, no picnic!
On the positive side this time you should have a buttload of central lines
in so the happy juice should not be a problem. You can still walk into a
doctor office, throw keys about and pick them up - so I suspect the valve
is not infected and you are not in a hospital bed gasping for breath (or
on a ventilator) and as such in better shape to withstand the ordeal. Also
this is probably the best researched and documented branch of medicine
there is so your treatment is more likely to be based on hard facts than
on unsupported opinons.
I trust you are having this done in a place where they do many of these
every year.
I do not know if any of this is cheering you up. Just say and I shall shut
up. Or e-mail me privately if you want to talk details. I am here.

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Michael Koblic,
Campbell River, BC

Ascending aortic aneurysm.