Hi Help12345. I had a pericardiectomy at The Heart Hospital, London in May 2007. I've been doing fine since and glad it's all over. Drop me a line if you want to know anything I'm more than happy to...
Congratulations Boog! Excellent that it's done. Don't know anything about the rub. Could it be that for a while your heart will take time to get back to normal? I was told by my cardiologist it could...
Hi Sherwood; Thanks for the kind words. I must have been one of the lucky ones. The operation report says my pericardium was only 1-3mm thick. I guess they must have caught it a lot earlier before it...
Hi Boog; By all means email me. Basically my issues began around 2 years ago with what was thought to be a major chest infection at the time and I was off work for about 5 weeks feeling terrible....
Well, I'm home! and it's all done. Got to say it was a lot less painful / scary than I thought it was going to be. I suspect I may not have had the pericarditis as bad as some on here, as I was only...
Hello All. Well, I finally have a date for surgery. Monday 21st May 2007. The last echo I had showed no evidence, but I saw the surgeon shortly afterwards and he thinks from the previous evidence...
Hi Sherwood; Excellent news. Both of you need to get plenty of rest now I guess. Probably one of the toughest weeks you'll ever go through! Bet your glad to be out the other side. I'm still waiting....
Excellent news Sherwood. Wish him my best. Glad things went well. Nyonuk....
Hi Sherwood; No email as yet. I'll keep checking though. Nyonuk...
Hi Sherwood; Just to let you know, I'll be thinking of you and your husband on the 24th / 25th. Keep positive. It may well be worth setting up a site / group for similarly affected people, there is,...
Hi Sherwood; Where is your husband having his op? I'm still waiting for a final decision on mine. They found a congenital abnormality whilst investigating it and I think that threw things a bit....
Quick update: Had my appt. at the Heart hospital today. Nothing really to report. Added a few more diuretics as I have more fluid to come off. I've lost 2 1/2 stone since 18th December already....
Hello All; Sorry I've not posted for a while. Things went a bit screwy as my last but one MRI scan showed a congenital abnormality on top of the constriction so I got shuffled from one team to...
Thanks for that. I guess the less you remember of ITU etc. the better. I've had two major operations as a child and spent time in ITU both times. That was around 25 years ago now though. They took us...
Thanks. I have no idea how many pericardiectomies my surgeon has done. From the way he spoke last time I saw him, quite a few I think. I've got my pre-admission day this Tuesday, although no date has...
Thanks Nan; Sorry forgot to add the personal bits. I'm 38 years old, have 3 daughters 8,5 and 2 years old. I have a pre-op day on the 26th Sept. They say it will be up to six weeks after that I will...
Hi Folks; I've recently been diagnosed with constrictive pericarditis and am due to have a pericardiectomy (pending another Echo and Cardiac MRI) here in the UK within the next 3 months at the Heart...