Hi there
I don't know what to do here. I am in a few categories so let me know if I should join one or four.
Can I post a link to my website? I made a site that explains in detail what happened to me.
I am almost 10 months on from a trip to the emergency of a major hospital, a 10 hours open heart surgery, short stay in ICU, a replacement of about 4 or 5 different things, and a grease and oil change while I was there.
I had type-A aortic dissection, and still have type-B dissection through my entire aorta (heart to legs), a busted aortic valve, busted aortic root, a 55mm aneurysm, hermiarch replacement, aortic valve replacement, aneurysm removal, aortic root repair,... and they also found a partridge in a pear tree.
I was/am in average health, 55y, no obesity, no smoking, healthy cholesterol, no diabetes, no recreational drugs, no pharmacy drugs, very infrequent alcohol consumption, no high BP, heart rate normal, and around 160lbs - everything as vanilla as it can get. And all of that is not by choice either - I am just a normal line-straight human. Then one night at 1am, pains in the chest. Three days later I woke up in the ICU. No one explained anything before, or after the OHS, except to choose what type of valve.
I have no advice to anyone about "preparing for surgery" or "what to do about your (body part)..." because I was very much straight into surgery from the street. But I can give some comments on my post-surgery care and hospital stay - and comment on what I shold have done before all that because now I know.