Joined February 25, 2011
Joined February 25, 2011
Hari Karra
Aortic Stenosis
March 29, 2024
Brian Ruff
Aortic Regurgitation
April 2, 2024
Cherie Duncan
Mitral Regurgitation
April 4, 2024
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Thanks for your incredible input. I know "my story" talks about the Evalve, but that is not on t ... Read more
Thanks for your incredible input. I know "my story" talks about the Evalve, but that is not on the table anymore, it has been recalled and I cannot wait for it to get FDA approval, so it is completely out of the question.
Currently I am just interested in finding the perfect surgeon for my needs, I need somebody that does a LOT of mitral vavle repairs, somebody that works with me long distance to set up information because I live in Boise Idaho and cannot be turning my life upside down to fly to florida or california or cleveland just to find out that the doctor is not interested in having me as a patient and cannot repair my valve, I have plenty of beginners right here in Boise that can replace my valve and give me a Johnson and Johnson metal valve and put me on cumiden for the rest of my life, there are literally 1000's of doctors that can do that, but what I am looking for is a doctor that goes WAY beyond that, one that wants to do it right the very first time and makes damn good and sure that my recovery time is short, my complications are ZERO or close to it and my life will return to normal under his care. Yes that is a tall order - but like I said, there are 1000's and 1000's of heart surgeons, surely there is at least one that fits my criteria. Dr James Hemp seems to be very close, think about it, you go in and he pokes 3 small holes in your right side, puts one hole in your groin, and one hole in your neck, then, the ONLY think that enters your body is Sterilized stainless steel from the robot. Then he blows your chest up with CO2 so he has room to work and goes to work, when the surgery is over there has been no chest cracking open, no hands or even air from the room inside the wound, SUPER sterile surgery, so far less chance of staph infection, IF he can repair the valve, I have no idea what kind of complications can come of it because Dr Hemps Nurse is SO hard to work with I cannot even get a phone call from Dr Hemp and he is the ONLY Surgeon that is charges for a phone call, I have only talked with 2 so far. One here in Boise that simply scared me to death and was very rude, he even cussed in front of my with, his name was Dr Heard, he thinks he is a god but only knows one surgery. The other Surgeon is in Utah named Dr Clayson, the works at intermountian medical and is VERY impressive, he says he can do minimal invasive on me but he does not use the robot. He returns calls and answers question at no charge at all, the only thing that bothers me about him is that he does not seem to be up on things either when it comes to patient care, I find the older the doctor the more set in their ways they are and they just do the same thing over and over, but advances in medical procedures are coming every day, so if they do not keep up on things then who suffers, the patient. I build hospitals for a living, and I can tell you that Scripps hospital was built in 1966, that mean there is aspestos and many other things in that hospital that can enter into the air steams and into a filleted body laying on an operating room for hours unless that OR is designed correctly, and it is not, so for me, I am looking at a robot sugery because unless I built the hospital or at least designed the ORs or can at least look at the ORs, I know the contamination is in thier air steams and the surgeons never take this into account, the simply put you on the table and cut you open as the contaminated air blows down on you, then they wonder why they are getting staph and other infections inside the wounds, in Scripps they actually stick Dr Hemp into some tiny little retrofitted room to do surgery, it is rediculous, he needs to Move to Boise and show St Lukes how it is done, they invest in smart capable doctors like him and I built St Lukes ORs air systems, and if you go to Vitals.com and look at St Lukes ratings, they get 4 out of 4 stars for Patient safety and recovery after heart surgery, NO other hospital gets that, not even cleveland clinic...
I just need a great surgeon that can get this done and one that will simply call back and tell me why robot surgery is better than any other surgery, I am still trying to figure all this out...
Jack