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Hello everyone!
I desperately need some advice and this site looks like the best place to get it.
I'm going in for VR surgery very soon - probably sometime next week - and the doctors have offered me the choice between mechanical and bovine valves. The cardiologist said without hesitation that the mechanical is best, while the surgeon opts for the tissue valve.
I can't help but feel that each doctor has his own interest (and/or pocket) in mind here: the cardio wants me to continue visiting him, while the surgeon wouldn't mind me back on the operating table eventually. I guess I don't quite trust them or their judgements...
I'm 60 years old and while I don't expect to live forever, I want to be able to watch my newborn grandson grow up. I don't think I could go back into surgery ever again (the anticipation of it is making me sick) but at the same time the thought of Coumadin frightens me.
Can anyone offer me some advice?
sia.
I desperately need some advice and this site looks like the best place to get it.
I'm going in for VR surgery very soon - probably sometime next week - and the doctors have offered me the choice between mechanical and bovine valves. The cardiologist said without hesitation that the mechanical is best, while the surgeon opts for the tissue valve.
I can't help but feel that each doctor has his own interest (and/or pocket) in mind here: the cardio wants me to continue visiting him, while the surgeon wouldn't mind me back on the operating table eventually. I guess I don't quite trust them or their judgements...
I'm 60 years old and while I don't expect to live forever, I want to be able to watch my newborn grandson grow up. I don't think I could go back into surgery ever again (the anticipation of it is making me sick) but at the same time the thought of Coumadin frightens me.
Can anyone offer me some advice?
sia.