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What I Learned From My Open Heart Surgery

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) | Last Active: Aug 16 11:41am | Replies (104)
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Debra
Excellent assessment about what open heart surgery is about. This was pretty much my experience also. Had replacement in 2020 with MAZE procedure to correct afib and been doing great ever since. It's scary as hell but totally worth it. I had virtually no pain, that I can recall as I was in ICU for 4 days.

Love this support group. There are also Facebook groups which were a great resource for me pre and post surgery.

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lindalee88 | @lindalee88 | Apr 7 5:22pm

4 days in icu.??
My doctor told me
If everything goes ok only 2 days in icu 1 to 2 weeks in the hospital then afew weeks in the Phoenix area then I can go home. I live in Vegas. I hope it really works out that way. I’m happy everything worked out good for you. I’ll be happy when this is all behind me.
So scary and stressful…

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