Hey Cathy....I wish there was something I could do to at least stop you from smoking. Usually they want you to stop smoking 3 weeks prior to surgery...I know it's hard to give up the one thing that...
HI Teri - I just told Dave that you were thinking of him...he went...."Oh!! well....thank her" Like I said, he's a man of few words but he understands!...
Good luck you guys...I am still here reading this...funny our thread was locked down...my landlord is doing very well still...just got a hole in one in his golf game today...never had that before his...
Hi Cathy My landlord, Dave, had Scarlet fever when he was around 18 years old...that might have been the cause...Also, there is talk that one of his lead wires from his pacemaker pierced the heart...
Just to let you know what it's like here in Victoria, Bc....the wait for surgery is completely crazy...If you need a knee replacement, you are looking at at least 2 years...hearts ...not so long. But...
Cathy - go for it!! Get it done before it gets too bad....my landlord made it through just fine....and he feels so much better....do not put it off. It will just be harder for the surgeon to get all...
My landlords surgeon said that he did about 3 of these surgeries a year...at first he said Dave needed to have 2 valves repaired plus the removal of the pericardiem.. the team of surgeons had a...
Hi I am back...I'm the one who had the landlord who had this surgery. He had about a half inch of calcium build up around his heart. He turns 80 this year. He had the surgery last October. The...
My landlord did...I can't see how they could perform the operation without being on the heart-lung machine...? Michelle...
OK Henk...tell us all about it! Michelle...
Hi Nan - Glad to hear that you had your surgery...As you know, my landlord had his in October...he's still recuperating but much much better. You have to give your sternum 12 weeks to heal...and I...
Hey Eric! Glad you are doing great! The lungs will take time...everyone seems to have a cough and shortness of breath...Don't worry. If they gave you that breathing thing to blow into, use it....it...
An aura can happen before a migraine starts...some people get them some don't..I get the aura before the headache...first I loose my vision in one eye...just part of the vision goes...like a zigzag...
Hi - I get migraines only a few times a year...I have had them since I was 12 so I'm thinking mine are hormonal....I use Zomig...seems to work OK but I'm still having to lie down for most of the...
ericleer My landlord's surgery took around 6 hours but his pericardiem was severely calcified and they also fixed a hernia....Someone else had the procedure done in around 4 hours. I guess it depends...
Hi Nan: Teb is right! you will feel great after your surgery and recovery....my landlord, Dave, is doing so much better...when we walk, he walks a lot faster than before his surgery...he really...
Nan: How did the appointment at Mayo go??...
Being as young as you are you should feel better even sooner...It's just the breastbone that has to heal - you won't be able to drive for about 6 weeks, but that's about the only inconvenience....you...
Hi Nan: My landlord is just 4 weeks post op...he's doing quite well...his breathing is quite good. His problem is that he does not walk as much as I think he should. But he's 79 and walking wasn't...
I know you will be fine....being so young, and the fact that your pericardiem is not calcified, you will be just fine. I have not had the procedure but my landlord did....His was calcified and they...
My mom also has Parkinson's and I know it's hard....my mom was so fit all her life..she hiked and just was an active person. Now she is tired a lot of the time and her medication makes her have...
Just so everyone knows - Dave is home from the hospital and doing very well. He is finally able to sleep. Back to having little naps during the day and last night he slept for the first time in days....
thanks Teri : I saw Dave last night but he was sedated.....He seemed OK yesterday morning but the confusion set in again...He's on medication for it but didn't seem to be working yesterday. I hope he...
The saga goes on - Dave's still confused ( as of last night) from the surgery and all the painkillers I guess. He has been moved the CVU onto the ward but we all think that was a bit premature..He's...
Well......I guess the surgeons were surprised when they cut into Dave's chest....his pericardium seemed OK but a hard layer of calcium had formed on Dave's heart...so they cut the pericardium and...
Thanks Teri: Tuesday is the day...Monday we go in for a 4-5 hour orientation at the hospital where we will meet the surgical team, nurses, etc. I am up and down about the surgery but my landlord is...
Thanks - I'm hoping. His angiogram showed that his heart was smaller than it should be...since the pericardium was obviously constricting it. We have some stairs leading up to the house and over the...
How is the scenario conflicted? And with our health care system, it's amazing he got in this quickly! Although he really isn't suffering right now...it has not progressed to a stage where it makes...
Poor kid....this happened to me too...when I was 12. I never vomited but the pain in my head was so severe...I was put on Ergomar ( spell?) because that's all they had in the 70's and early...
My landlord saw his cardiologist today and the surgery is set for Oct 19 th! So soon... God I hope things go well. Total pericardiectomy - his pericardium is calcified.... I am very worried. I guess...
I'm still here! My landlord did not bother to call the surgeon back because he is scheduled to see his cardiologist this Thursday ( Oct 7). He figures his cardiologist will explain everything and...
The surgeon called today - unfortunately my landlord was not home ( he was playing 9 hole golf - par 3)...he left a message on the answering machine so he was cut off. But what he did manage to say...
Have you tied Zomig??? It seems to help my migraines...better that Imitrex....doesnt upset my stomach. I can get bad headaches but when I get a migraine I know it...I get the aura...I kind of get a...
My mom has PD and Sinamet is her drug...try keeping the dosage as low as possible. It's when you get into the higher dosages that you experience more side effects. At least it is for her. I feel for...
My mom has had Parkinson's for about 10 years now. I have watched her lose a lot of weight and watched her lose her motor skills. I think it's more the medication that does that. If mom doesn't take...
The surgeon is supposed to call this Friday with the results that he did not have from the angiogram. I guess they were not sent to him..Some type of pressure test? I'm not sure what this is but with...
Thanks - his has calcified....he seems in good spirits about having the surgery. He feels that if your time if up then it's up. He wants it done before he is too old to have it done. I don't think he...
I hope this thread is not closed yet. My landlord needs a pericardiectomy in the worst way. Although he does not show too many symptoms. They found his problem while doing a routine heart check...he...