Recent content by john79t

As I understand the proceedure a balloon is used to crush the old valve and make the opening wider then the new valve is expanded and deployed. I also read in one of Adam Picks news letters that it is being tested for those who already have a tissue replacement that is failing.

Ross I have not seen you post for a while hope you are OK. It was when Ross related his experience that revoved all doubt from my mind about waiting or not doing it. Thanks Ross and so many others on this site.

Hey Kathy I was young when I had my AVR also (61) LOL. The murmur was first found at 40 then at 61 I was needing a new hip and had sever AS. I got it done then 6 months later got the hip. Have done great except for now having pneumonia and a lung cancer scare. I am home and recovering fine...

We got back home yesterday. Yes HALLELUJA is about right. I will go back on March 2 and they will do another X ray and perhaps another scope to be safe but things look a lot better than a couple of days ago. Thanks for everyone's support.

Yes it was a great relief. When the Dr. told me my wife and oldest daughter was here and we hugged and cried tears of joy.

Those of you that don't believe in God close your ears. When it appeared that I had lung cancer we called everyone we knew that believed in prayer and started a prayer chain. The lung dr. came by a little while ago and said he did not have bad news. He said in fact I have good news. He said if...

Duffey Thanks and a mini reunion sounds good.

JKm7 Thanks I needed a story like that and do appreciate all the support from everyone.

Thanks to all. Just waiting to see the plan. Hopefully it is in early stage and local. I will ask for more information today . There was not so much confusion on the Xray it indicated a collapsed lung lobe. The confusion was if it was from pneumonia or not. The support of folks on this...

Well I had the scope at 10:30. There is a mass and they took samples. The dr said it will likely come back milignant. I guess I will just have to wait and see what the plan is. It is scarry because I know the survival rate for lung cancer is not good. Kind of down.

Thanks catdog. As you can imagine I am doing my share of worring right now. It is 8 AM and they will be comming to get me in a couple of hours.

Norma Yes I knew if the CT indicated a colapsed lobe they would want to scope me. I also knew the Dr. in my home town that does it and his record is not good. ( I have a surgery RN for a daughter and a Xray tech. son so I knew I did not want it there) The Dr. came by and explained the...

Well I guess it is not a simple case. After the CT I am now without food so they can try to schedule a broncoscope. There appears to be an obstruction in my lung and they are going to take a sample to determine wat it is. Does not sound good.

Thanks to all. The docs came in earlier and they are going to do another ct scan on me in a little while to get a better reading and check progress. I am still coughing but feel tons better. I think they are scratching their head because my symptoms did not fit any typical pneumonia . Of...

Hey super Bob. godd to hear from you. So far i have still had small problems compared to so many here on the board. We have plans to travel more and spoil our grand kids even more than now so we will just have to stay healthy.