Comments on: Patient Recovery Spotlight: The Incredible Taylor Browning http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2007/11/27/patient-recovery-spotlight-the-incredible-taylor-browning/ Former Patient And Author, Adam Pick, Blogs About Heart Valve Replacement And Heart Valve Repair Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:18:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: jiniani http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2007/11/27/patient-recovery-spotlight-the-incredible-taylor-browning/comment-page-1/#comment-3024 jiniani Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:41:44 +0000 http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2007/11/27/patient-recovery-spotlight-the-incredible-taylor-browning/#comment-3024 I live in SF bay area, 36 yrs/m. I had my surgery with Dr.Miller on 20th July, 2006 (aortic valve replacement, root replacement due to an aortic aneurysm and congenital bicuspid aortic valve). I'm pretty confident whoever goes to Dr.Miller will experience a complete success. The team at Stanford is just incredible. In fact, with Dr.Miller as my surgeon, I didn't worry about my surgery at all. I would compare my experience/anxiety similar to taking an intercontinental airplane ride. I felt tiny bit apprehension but confident of the pilot (Dr.Miller) taking me over to the other side of the mountain. Amazing thing for me was... When the nurse asked me to lie on the surgery bed in the OR I felt like I was in Dentist office and just hopped in. I had absolute confidence in Dr.Miller and his team. I met with couple of Dr.Miller's patients before the surgery. I also met with another guy who had the same surgery just a week before me. Since then we are very good friends. It is great to discover your blog. Keep up the good work. I'm amazed at my experience. I hope anybody who will go through this experience will get confidence from people like us. If anybody in the bay area/california want to get the perspective and confidence, I'm more than willing to communicate/talk with them. I live in SF bay area, 36 yrs/m. I had my surgery with Dr.Miller on 20th July, 2006 (aortic valve replacement, root replacement due to an aortic aneurysm and congenital bicuspid aortic valve). I’m pretty confident whoever goes to Dr.Miller will experience a complete success. The team at Stanford is just incredible. In fact, with Dr.Miller as my surgeon, I didn’t worry about my surgery at all. I would compare my experience/anxiety similar to taking an intercontinental airplane ride. I felt tiny bit apprehension but confident of the pilot (Dr.Miller) taking me over to the other side of the mountain. Amazing thing for me was… When the nurse asked me to lie on the surgery bed in the OR I felt like I was in Dentist office and just hopped in. I had absolute confidence in Dr.Miller and his team.

I met with couple of Dr.Miller’s patients before the surgery. I also met with another guy who had the same surgery just a week before me. Since then we are very good friends.

It is great to discover your blog. Keep up the good work. I’m amazed at my experience. I hope anybody who will go through this experience will get confidence from people like us. If anybody in the bay area/california want to get the perspective and confidence, I’m more than willing to communicate/talk with them.

]]> By: Cheryl http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2007/11/27/patient-recovery-spotlight-the-incredible-taylor-browning/comment-page-1/#comment-2997 Cheryl Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:51:51 +0000 http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2007/11/27/patient-recovery-spotlight-the-incredible-taylor-browning/#comment-2997 I am one of those people that like Taylor Browning had an incredibly easy journey. I have only had Tylenol sporadically since I left the hospital. I am no longer taking it as I didn't feel I needed it. I have had 2 -20 min. walks today, albeit a snail's pace (1.7 mph). I am really wondering if some of those complications are the result of patients overthinking what is going on in their bodies. I know we are destined to feel different twinges, imagine we are a little short of breath, maybe (certainly my case) that I am doing things that I am not supposed to. I tend to wonder that when I put my hands over my head, stoop to pick something up I think is a little heavy, etc. I have a pig valve so of course one of the huge topics in my imagination is will my body accept it, how long will it last. All questions from a "control freak" which I readily admit to being. I am making a HUGE effort to accept my pain free recovery with gratitude and trust that all that other stuff is just my imagination. After all, if I am charting all of the things I do on the chart I sent you in my last e-mail then if anything was radically wrong I should be getting clues. Thank you again for all your work and as usual I am looking forward to reading the next e-mail from you. By the way, I am using the book as a resource text when I have questions. Looking at your picture showing your incision it is no wonder you needed lots of Vicodin. Gosh, my 4 inch scar is rookie stuff. I am one of those people that like Taylor Browning had an incredibly easy journey. I have only had Tylenol sporadically since I left the hospital. I am no longer taking it as I didn’t feel I needed it. I have had 2 -20 min. walks today, albeit a snail’s pace (1.7 mph).

I am really wondering if some of those complications are the result of patients overthinking what is going on in their bodies. I know we are destined to feel different twinges, imagine we are a little short of breath, maybe (certainly my case) that I am doing things that I am not supposed to. I tend to wonder that when I put my hands over my head, stoop to pick something up I think is a little heavy, etc.

I have a pig valve so of course one of the huge topics in my imagination is will my body accept it, how long will it last. All questions from a “control freak” which I readily admit to being. I am making a HUGE effort to accept my pain free recovery with gratitude and trust that all that other stuff is just my imagination. After all, if I am charting all of the things I do on the chart I sent you in my last e-mail then if anything was radically wrong I should be getting clues.

Thank you again for all your work and as usual I am looking forward to reading the next e-mail from you. By the way, I am using the book as a resource text when I have questions. Looking at your picture showing your incision it is no wonder you needed lots of Vicodin. Gosh, my 4 inch scar is rookie stuff.

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