Heart Surgeon Visit

[lucky401]

Hi Folks,

Hope you all had a great summer. I had my 9 month visit with the heart surgeon, Dr. Bavaria, at University of Pennsylvania Hospital yesterday. My echo was one of the best I have had since my heart surgery 2 years ago. I am thrilled.

However, my wires are hurting me and are very close to the skin - actually feel like they are going to go through my skin. So I am having 4 of the wires removed the day before Thanksgiving (so I will only miss one day of work). I was surprised because Dr. Bavaria is doing the procedure himself. It is an out patient procedure and I'm sure it shouldn't bother me much at all.

I was just wondering whether anyone else has had that done and how it went for them.

Thanks.

Barb

 

[AgilityDog]

I believe several people have had this done. You might try a search on "removing wires" or some such. Otherwise I'm sure someone will be along who has had this done.

 

[Lynlw]

Glad everything else went good. Hopefully the wires out with make you feel much better. I was surprised to read you had a 9 month post of surgeon visit. I don't know many people who go to the surgeon after the intial post op release around the 2 month mark.

 

[nngbwh]

Glad everything else went good. Hopefully the wires out with make you feel much better. I was surprised to read you had a 9 month post of surgeon visit. I don't know many people who go to the surgeon after the intial post op release around the 2 month mark.

Same here. Surprised to hear your 9 month post with your surgeon. I believe "Smiley2000" and couple other members had this done.

 

[lucky401]

It's been 2 years since my surgery. I was going every 6 months to the surgeon because I developed heart failure issues and had a very rough recovery. After my last visit I started showing improvement and he made it 9 months before I had to see him again. Since I am so much better I won't be seeing the surgeon for one year (next August) except for the wire removal. I am thrilled to have graduated to once a year; it means I am much better (also I feel very well)!!!!!

 

[vtbecca]

Gabe had a small bit of wire poking out the top of his incision. His cardiologist actually just did it right in the office. Pulled on it a bit, snipped, and the rest went back in. No trouble at all.

 

[mainframe]

I had a couple of bothersome wire removed. It's a very easy procedure. In my case I had some granulated tissue removed and the resulting wound is slowly healing. Seems I'll have something of a divot in my chest where the wire/tissue was removed. I'm thrilled (not)

 

[Greg a]

here is a thread

http://www.valvereplacement.org/for...remove-sternal-wires&highlight=removing+wires

 

[Orangebrittainy]

Congratulations on the Good News

 

[LisaD]

My heart surgeon removed all of my wires about a year after my heart surgery. I was in a lot of pain with them, so even though I was sore for a couple of weeks after, I felt so much better immediately from the resolution of the chonic pain they caused. I had all of mine removed, I did not want to find that others were bothering me later on and have to have the procedure again. I needed the prescription pain killers for a couple of days after, but that is bacause they had a difficult time getting some of them out. Good luck I hope it gives you the relief it provided me. I was in the hospital for a total of 5 hours and under anaesthesia for about an hour.