Hello, I had a mitral valve repair in 2019 via robot and just was told that it may not have been successful or simply the leak is back. I will be having a ...Read more
Hello, I had a mitral valve repair in 2019 via robot and just was told that it may not have been successful or simply the leak is back. I will be having a TEE in a couple weeks to reveal some more details. I wanted to see if anyone has traveled out of state to have a procedure done and discuss how that process went? At my age, a repair is likely and there is only 1 surgeon in Colorado that has experience with a robotic valve repair.
Appreciate any feedback!
FYI. I am researching the Cleveland Clinic...
Darrin Vohs Interesting. I hope you post a follow up when you know more. BTW, I also live in Highlands Ranch ... Read more
Darrin Vohs Interesting. I hope you post a follow up when you know more. BTW, I also live in Highlands Ranch and had a robotic assisted mitral repair (Jul 9) by Dr Tripathi. So far it was gone very well.....
scott armock Hey Darrin, thanks for the reply. I too thought Tripathy did a great job so we will see what is goi ... Read more
scott armock Hey Darrin, thanks for the reply. I too thought Tripathy did a great job so we will see what is going on. I did have a good echo post surgery, but year check up revealed it was declining... I will be sure to post findings and such! Good luck to you on the road to recovery,.
Jennifer Winslow Hi Scott....sorry to hear your new valve is leaking. There’s lots of folks on here that traveled ou ... Read more
Jennifer Winslow Hi Scott....sorry to hear your new valve is leaking. There’s lots of folks on here that traveled out of state for surgery. I didn’t go out of state but did go about 3-4 hours away to get to a great surgery and highly rated hospital. I personally didn’t want to have to fly anywhere. Wanted to come home when I was released from hospital.
Jennifer Winslow Best of luck in your TEE and finding the right surgeon you feel good about!
Susan Lynn Scott- Good luck with your TEE. Lots of people have traveled for surgery. If you're in need of ano ... Read more
Susan Lynn Scott- Good luck with your TEE. Lots of people have traveled for surgery. If you're in need of another procedure, you're going to want to find a surgeon who is experienced in re-repairs of the mitral valve. Best of luck to you! ❤
christine moody I traveled from Oregon to The Cleveland Clinic for my mitral valve repair in 2009. My doctor was Marc ... Read more
christine moody I traveled from Oregon to The Cleveland Clinic for my mitral valve repair in 2009. My doctor was Marc Gillinov. Repair lasted 10 years and I returned to Cleveland for reoperation which was a tissue valve replacement.
Peggie Perry Scott, I'm from Florida, but summer in Michigan for 4 months. While up here, i decided to get a seco ... Read more
Peggie Perry Scott, I'm from Florida, but summer in Michigan for 4 months. While up here, i decided to get a second opinion about my mitral valve regurgitation. The docs in Florida weren't in any hurry to "fix" me and I questioned that. Dr. Bolling at U of M Hospital told me that I should have had surgery a YEAR ago! I'm scheduled for October 20. So I guess you can say that yes, I traveled out of state for surgery. BEST OF LUCK!!!!
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I am 5 days post surgery from a Mitral Valve repair (for mitral regurgitation) done with the DaVinci Robot here in Denver, CO. For the last few ...Read more
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I am 5 days post surgery from a Mitral Valve repair (for mitral regurgitation) done with the DaVinci Robot here in Denver, CO. For the last few days I have been experiencing eye floaters and they seem to go away after about 15-30 minutes. I have seen some posts in the past but wanted to get an idea if this is a normal occurrence?
Steve Farthing Since it has been less than a week since your surgery, it doesn't hurt to report any concerns or ques ... Read more
Steve Farthing Since it has been less than a week since your surgery, it doesn't hurt to report any concerns or questions to your surgeon even vision related issues as you mentioned.
Dianne A I’m having those vision issues also. Each day improves, home health nurse says it is a common side ... Read more
Dianne A I’m having those vision issues also. Each day improves, home health nurse says it is a common side effect and so long as it continues to get a bit better each day not to worry
Marie Myers I had dozens of auras in the weeks after my heart surgery. Did not get headaches, but had the visual ... Read more
Marie Myers I had dozens of auras in the weeks after my heart surgery. Did not get headaches, but had the visual disturbances (twinkling lights) that are usually associated with migraines. I asked an opthamologist about it at work, and interestingly, he knew nothing about it. But I have seen many people post about this in their post-op period. It never hurts to check-in with your doc, though.
scott armock I truly appreciate all the feedback! Thank you!
Peggy Whitecotton I had a lot of vision distrbances after my heart valve surgery. But I was told I might have them for ... Read more
Peggy Whitecotton I had a lot of vision distrbances after my heart valve surgery. But I was told I might have them for its common. Also was told to wait 6 months before having my vision checked as the Reading would be off
Lisa Guinan I had ocular migraines too, but only for a few weeks. They are an annoyance but did go away in my ca ... Read more
Lisa Guinan I had ocular migraines too, but only for a few weeks. They are an annoyance but did go away in my case.