heart surgery

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Aug 24

Most of my friends here know that my husband, Vince, has had heart surgery. There also seemed to be an issue with a lesion on one lung. Several health professionals saw the X-rays and scans and thought that it probably wasn’t much...

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Good news from Vince's heart surgeon

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 3 Jul 24

The photo has nothing to do with the topic. It’s a cat on a windowsill in Ireland. We saw Vince’s heart surgeon today for his six-week check. How the time flies! Vince got a good report. The surgeon also deals with lungs and we...

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A bit of a hiccup

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Jun 24

We had a phone call at 8am. Vince took the call although he was still in bed. It was the hospital emergency area where I took Vince about a week ago. The lady on the phone double-checks all discharge forms to ensure everything...

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A scene from a year ago

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Jun 24

After a bit of a scare the other night when I took Vince to Emergency, he has been doing really well. He is doing more for himself and we’ve been for two half-decent walks outside of the house. He isn’t sleeping quite so well as...

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Wearing crocs to work

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Jun 24

I wrote about having to take Vince to Emergency a couple of nights ago. The waiting room was full of people but mention chest pain and you’re popped in a wheelchair and trundled off to a cubicle quick smart. They took me along...

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We had a health scare yesterday

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Jun 24

Vince has been taking a very strong pain-killer each evening since his heart operation. He decided to miss it a couple of nights ago as he wasn’t in a great deal of pain. Next day, after lunch, the pain became quite severe and his...

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No grapefruit for Vince

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Jun 24

The photo has nothing to do with the text except that Vince’s operation has bowed him over like the wind has done to this tree. My husband has had heart surgery and is now taking Warfarin which is a blood thinner. He was on a...

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My project for this afternoon

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 29 May 24

Vince has had his open-heart surgery and now has a ‘teddy’ which is a folded towel. He has to press it against his chest when he coughs to help to stabilise the area where the chest has been opened. Today, I suddenly thought...

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Another update on another husband

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 22 May 24

I went to see Vince in hospital this morning. I managed to find the entrance to the car park and found an empty spot but the bays were very tight. Luckily I have a smallish car. I was able to pay with coins so that was good. I...

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We have a new bed

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Mar 24

Some of you might have read that my husband needs open-heart surgery and that it is scheduled for the middle of May. The sternum/breastbone will be sliced through the middle so the surgeon can get to the heart. Then it’s put back...

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This Has Been The Fastest Year

Gloria Faye Brown Bates @GrannyGee (3517) • Louisburg, North Carolina 8 Dec 19

I have been thinking about how fast this year has passed by. It's almost Christmas once again. Hard to believe. I have so much to be grateful, thankful for. People have been good to us ... I have had double bypass surgery ......

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My Mom Doesn't Have Congestive Heart Failure

StacyB @Srbageldog (7716) • United States 26 Feb 18

A few months ago I posted about how my mom's blood work indicated she might have congestive heart failure. She FINALLY got in to see a cardiologist and had a ton of tests, the last one being a procedure where they inserted a...

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My brother in law.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 6 Nov 17

I talked today with my sister. Today they will only do lots of exams, but not surgery yet. My sister also told me that the doctors had seen a tiny wound in one of his feet and they will check what it is before surgery. It seems...

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A morning to pray.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 6 Nov 17

Today my brother in law will have a big surgery. It is an open heart surgery to change a valve and place a by pass also. I worry for him and specially for my sister. He will have it done in the best hospital here, with the best...

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Help about Gene- and cell-based therapies for cardiovascular diseases

kenney2008 @kenney2008 (9) • China 6 Nov 13

Hi, I want to get some information about Gene- and cell-based therapies for cardiovascular diseases. I want to help my friend because he do not want surgery on his heart due to risk concerns. My questions are: 1. Does Gene- and...

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Reed had heart surgery

stealthy @stealthy (8181) • United States 16 Jun 12

Max Page, who plays Reed, had another in a series of heart surgeries to repair a congenital heart defect he was born with. The last I heard he is doing well. He is also the little boy dressed as Darth Vader in that great Super...

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quita88 @quita88 (3715) • United States 29 Sep 10

Some of you know I've had open heart surgery the last two weeks. It's been a bugger let me tell you. When all this heart stuff first started I told God I choose life and I won't smoke again. I have had some discussions on this...

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Surgery - Brain or Heart?

Jess @JJ4Ever (4693) • United States 12 Apr 10

If you had to have surgery, which would you rather have - brain or heart surgery? Why? On the other hand, if you had to perform surgery, which would you choose and why? The brain produces ideas, personality, and things like that...

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Need some assurance

bhawanee @bhawanee (174) • India 21 Dec 09

My neighbors child is supposed to undergo a heart surgery. He is just 6 years old. He is very intelligent and tops the class. Yesterday i visited him at the hospital and since i had some leisure time, I took my laptop and started...

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US to be facing a shortage of Heart Surgeons

estherlou @estherlou (5015) • United States 28 Jul 09

That is scary. When a lot of us are getting older, (I'm a baby boomer) to hear that heart surgeons are going to be scarce is not a good thing. The article linked here says "...the demand for cardiothoracic surgeons could rise by...

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