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I have a dissection in my entire aorta. I also have questions...
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Wayne. Anticoags because of the AVR. Metoprolol at first but then changed to Bisoprolol, and then they laddered up the bisop and the perindopril to max dosage. I was also having palpitations but these stopped when they increased the bisop to max level. currently laddering perind until I hit max just short of renal impairment. And I have a statin for arterial strengthening.
I was anxious during the palpitations but these have gone and now I just feel almost completely normal. Almost.
I think I have the elephant trunk but I haven't seen the surgeon since the morning of surgery.
I don't know how they are going to stent the entire aorta.
And Socrates is fine. An old friend actually.
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Probably won't see much of the surgeon except for 5 minutes of "Everything looks good" once a year. He's off to saving the next unfortunate member of the zipper club.
Develope a good relationship with a good cardiologist. They will be the ones looking at echos, ekgs, heart monitors, meds etc etc etc and being way too relaxed when telling you "yeah that's nothing to worry about" now that you're aware of every ache and pain and heartbeat. Easy peazy when it's not his heart! lol.
Sounds like you're well on your way to your new "normal". If it helps...I try to be blissfully unaware of how surgeons do anything. I won't even look at a CT scan or echo etc. I also steer clear of Dr Google lest it sear into my over active imagination the bredth and scope of what happened. I love learning about fascinating things, As long as it's on other people haha.