Recent content by Exoself

Rachel -- Dr Lytle was great to work with, and even though it has only been a week since surgery, I would not change anything significant. His breadth and depth of knowledge and experience is world-class, and his staff was equally skilled. I have had multiple consults and opinions from other...

I'm back home everybody! Just a quick update for you all that the surgery was successful and I am now back home and resting with loved ones. I feel relatively great considering what just happened. Was in the OR for ~6 hours with Lytle and team on 5/27, ICU for 24 hours, and released from...

Loving wife reporting...he has made it through surgery with great success. Doc put 2.7cm valve in which is nice and big, exactly what he needs. He's got alot of pain 1 day post-op but I'm guessing that this is the worst of it. Sleeping better too now that he's out of ICU which hopefully will...

Good luck Ken! Here's to the valve class of May 2011!

Leaky -- I just bought my ticket for the same ride, and sitting just a few rows behind you. The schedule is on time for tomorrow departure. All systems are go and the road is clear. See you on the other side, and let's get ready for the next better leg of our journey afterwards. All aboard!

Thanks RZG, Greg, and escargot! Meeting with Dr Lytle this afternoon for the final consult. Most likely going with bovine, root and ascending graft, and full sternotomy, but we'll see what he says. My peak gradient is 160 and mean is 87, which seems pretty high... Surgery is tomorrow and I am...

Thanks Everybody Thanks Everybody Thanks for the kind words all. I've requested another Q&A with the cardiologist at CC, Dr. Plana, for today because I have so many questions. Most due to my background as a software engineer, I want to have all the scope and details squared away beforehand...

RZG -- best of luck to you. I have AVR scheduled with Dr Lytle on may 27th. Pre-op tests and checkin have been smooth and professional at CCF. Best to you!

Good luck with Nemo Derek! Read your blog... Good stuff, thanks for sharing. I'm in the same boat for surgery on the 27th. All will be well.

Hi folks -- first post for me and just in time! Scheduled for OHS this Friday with Dr Bruce Lytle at CCF. Had first opinion at Stanford with Dr Craig Miller, and have been seeing cardiologists since birth, now 40, so have always been told yearly that this day would eventually come, but hard to...