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Richard Munson No doubt stressful when dr. Is in the dark. Infection seems like the cause but crp does not say where ... Read more

Fidel Martínez Ruiz

Thinking of you Kimberly and wishing you a recovery asap.

Rose Madura Praying for you Kimberly. You've been through so much with your very eventful recovery. God, give

K... Read more

Pamela Gregory Sending prayers Kimberly

I am praying things take a positive turn

John Cook I’m sending you good thoughts.

EDIT: I misunderstood the difference between standard and h ... Read more

Kimberly Eisenhut Thank you all! Got two calls from Dr today talking about way forward. He said add 400 mg ibuprofen on ... Read more

Kimberly Eisenhut Thank you all! Got two calls from Dr today talking about way forward. He said add 400 mg ibuprofen on top of other meds for a bit, but if I get any stomach/ intestinal pain, stop and tell him. It is a taper dose that goes along with tapering down the Prednisone . So for instance, tomorrow I'll take 35 mg Prednisone, instead of 40, add 400 mg ibuprofen 3x a day, and colchicine and the pantoprezole for my stomach, do that for 7 days, then go down 5 mg Prednisone and to 400 mg ibuprofen 2 x a day for 7 days, etc. But if my inflammatory markers don't go down below 5 and stay there, I'll have to do biologic 🥴Then said make decisions on which biologic I want to do if this doesn't work to clear up pericarditis. Either ARCALYST (rilonacept) which has been used for a couple years or newer version of same brand but newer formulation that's supposed to be better medication that is a trial (all visits, testing, injections and follow ups included in trial) with KPL 387. It's a lot to take in and decide on. 1st two weeks of trial would be 4 visits downtown and once every other week after that for like 6 months. Including all echos, bloodwork, any other tests needed during study .
Oh, he also mentioned the heart rhythm issue and said I'll get a call from electrophysiology person Monday. He really doesn't want to even think about pacemaker because pacemaker wires run over the tricuspid and could be a bad thing in my case. I think that's another reason he must have been sitting at home thinking about my case and called me back, to just try adding the ibuprofen, even though there's more risks with that too of bleeding, etc. He wants to make sure we try everything else possible before jumping to biologic injections. I do remember my cardiologist though, Dr Rigolin from last 9 years, with this looking very concerned when he mentioned this route last week and that's when they took me off ibuprofin and stated Prednisone only instead of both. I just am so confused and nervous. Hard making these choices on my own, but in the end I guess that's all we can do right?
Please my sinus node, wake up! Please start working right again🙏
Thanks for letting me get these things out here, I don't know what I'd do without you all❤️

Kimberly Eisenhut Need more interviews with specialists on this if Adam can get them with these Drs, it may help others ... Read more

Melinda Donahue Oh Kimberly i
pray for you every day. I hope you wake up tomorrow and are improving.

Suzette Schear Kimberly sending prayers love and hugs I hope you find some kind of balance, it’s the not knowing w ... Read more

Adam Pick Hi Richard, Sorry to hear about your recent struggles. Were you diagnosed with atrial fibrillation af ... Read more

Atrial Fibrillation After Heart Surgery: What Should Patients Know?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0qXScTcTOk

https://www.HeartValveSurgery.com - Post-operative atrial fibrillation (AFib) is one of the most common complications for patients after heart surgery. In fa...

Marie Myers Hopefully you have contacted your cardiologist and spoken with you doctor about your decrease in ener ... Read more

Kimberly Eisenhut This does not address if you start having it over a month after surgery. I still am really struggling ... Read more

Richard Hines I knew about my aFib about 20 months ago. I think it started after a 5 hour phone battle with AT& ... Read more

Richard Munson If i read this correctly it sounds like you knew about a fib before your surgery. Curious why they di ... Read more

Richard Hines That I don’t know. But, before surgery, my watch wouldn’t stop warning me about an irregular hear ... Read more

J Alexander Lassally Hey - You should have a proper rule in or rule out for afib... Assuming this was a Mitral Clip and no ... Read more

Richard Hines No clip, mini sternotomy. Leak is no more. Follow up is on 12/5.

Richard Munson Good luck on 12-5-23 appointment. Ask some serious questions. Maybe like when do i get an echo, and w ... Read more

Kimberly Eisenhut Richard, hvs step dad; what is the implanted version you have, I cannot remember . If need be I may m ... Read more

Richard Munson Its called a linc by medtronic and it has a 3 year battery life and mine has gone over that. It is a ... Read more

Richard Munson Also, i had an issue last year with the bedside unit and called medtronic. They sent me a new unit, n ... Read more

Richard Munson Sorry, one more thought. This unit was great for all the reasons above but more so because my a fib w ... Read more

Kimberly Eisenhut Ok, I'll ask about it, thank you. I have a Medtronic contour ring in my tricuspid, so already a custo ... Read more

katie shaw My husband was scheduled to have Mitral valve surgery today, but they had a. Emergency patient surger ... Read more

Richard Hines I usually am very anxious for any medical procedure, but for some reason I slept well the night befor ... Read more

Fidel Martínez Ruiz I also am anxious for any medical procedure, but if the surgery will be on Dec 1st, I think is not ve ... Read more

Richard Hines Just read my statement and have no idea what happened to it. But some how tha genius spellcheck chang ... Read more

Fidel Martínez Ruiz

J Alexander Lassally Great question. Do something fun for yourself now, with a little cushion before surgery as it gets bu ... Read more

Rose Madura Great advice by J Alexander Lassally. If you feel like it, you may want to prep some meals and freez ... Read more

Kate Watson I would practice working on using your core and butt muscles to go from seated to standing without us ... Read more

Pamela Gregory All good things listed! You should bring a comfortable pillow and warm blanket to the hospital too. M ... Read more

Corey Potter Lots of great points here. The one thing I would like to point out is how absolutely amazing the Cle ... Read more

Pamela Gregory That sounds doable. We will hope for no more seizures but at least there is a plan if one happens

Ana Brusso So glad our Shadow had his neurosurgeon appointment and you are satisfied with her explanations. Now ... Read more

Rose Madura Thank you for the update. Glad to know it's not overly concerning for her. I'm sure it was awful for ... Read more

Richard Munson Thank you all, rest assured he will he watched like a hawk and if this reoccurs, we will act accordin ... Read more

Suzette Schear Did shadow ever fall and hit his head?

Richard Munson No but i did which explains a lot.

Deena Z Glad the diagnosis was confirmed. Did the vet say what the triggers are generally?

Ana Brusso Richard, that fall made you more lovable

Richard Munson I was lovable from birth

Kathy Ozio Sorry to hear about Shadow!

Susan Lynn Sounds like you found a good vet. Let's pray that Shadow doesn't experience any further seizures. Ho ... Read more

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