Mitral Regurgitation, Joined November 5, 2022
Mitral Regurgitation
Joined November 5, 2022
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Dr. Alfredo Trento is a heart valve expert having performed over 4,000 heart valve repair and replacement operations during his career.
* What kind of tubes and wires will I wake up to?
- Emergency electrical wires to the heart?
- A tap into my neck to draw blood (I like that instead of being poked all the time)?
- A tube up my private part to pee?
- A drainage pipe to the heart/lungs (no big deal but that one isn't fun to pull out)
* What medicine did you have to take? I was told I will be on some (toxic) medicine for a couple of months to control flutter.
* What is the actual recovery time? I have a big/long trip coming up. The surgeon says it should be fine but I would like to get some input from people who had ablation and traveled (~30 hours trip and hot climate).
The ablation will be done through the groin and take a couple of hours. My wife and I don't recall the name of the medicine but I know it's a toxic medicine and I will be on it for 1-2 months. So that is matching with what Rose said. I am currently on a high dosage of Metropol and Digoxin and blood thinner, etc.
Going back to what to expect after the surgery, what tubes and wires did you have? Maybe a temporary wire for a pace maker? Were you on a pacemaker after the surgery? Could you go to the bathroom yourself or were you hooked up to some drainage pipe through your private parts? I assume there was no ~1/2" drainage pipe because the procedure was all just internally so there is no liquid to pull out.
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The ablation will be done through the groin and take a couple of hours. My wife and I don't recall the name of the medicine but I know it's a toxic medicine and I will be on it for 1-2 months. So that is matching with what Rose said. I am currently on a high dosage of Metropol and Digoxin and blood thinner, etc.
Going back to what to expect after the surgery, what tubes and wires did you have? Maybe a temporary wire for a pace maker? Were you on a pacemaker after the surgery? Could you go to the bathroom yourself or were you hooked up to some drainage pipe through your private parts? I assume there was no ~1/2" drainage pipe because the procedure was all just internally so there is no liquid to pull out.
I think it's going to be pretty easy compared to the open hear surgeries which was mostly a significant inconvenience rather than pain. I just would like to have proper expectations when I wake up and the next few weeks that follow.