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[MrsMistyReal]

sweet dreams everyone

 

[pennyJo1960]

Night Misty .. I just know the orthopedic I saw is well respected except by me
he bluntly said they could not alter what is happening but would look seemed a bit odd but the whole thing was a flipin nightmare to me

 

[drumstick diva]

.... and he made a pile of money even for a bad outcome. So very sorry. He should have to pay for family heartache..

 

[Cynthia12]

I have small zucchini on both of my plants. Need to check them tomorrow. I love breaded zucchini sticks baked to a golden brown.

I can remember seeing a cardiologist about 25 years ago who checked my heart function and told me I was in good shape. My cardiac meds were working and the worse he could foresee for me was the possibility of a valve replacement after the age of 40 (gonna be 65 next month so everyday I wake up and say a prayer of thanks). He advised me to stay active, watch my weight and not to worry about it because by the time I might need a replacement it would be and 'in and out' surgery. Sure enough. About 18 years ago I knew somebody who was getting a new mitral valve replacement. They were going into the hospital on Thursday evening, surgery Friday morning and home on Monday.

Pretty amazing for heart surgery.

My hubby had his mitral valve repaired. He had enough skin there, that he didn't need a replacement. Man...they took his heart out, stopped it to work on it. I was scared to bits. I've heard they don't do it that way any more. I'm trying to remember how long ago. It's been a good 14 years if not longer. He's done excellant with it. He was only in for around 4 or 5 days. The nurses kept saying they couldn't believe how well he was doing. Well, he wanted to get out of there. Did everything they told him he needed to do to go home!

 

[drumstick diva]

really scary - don't blame you.

 

[chickadoodles]

Wow Bc and Micro so sorry you having critter problems in your gardens. Dh has been taking down our critters pretty regularly. The few that are left take off running when they see us now.


Clue and Ron I did a search to see if we have any Dr.'s that do disk replacement here. And i found several that do.
One place is the sports medicine clinic. I found some info on John Hopkins hospital website and read some of it to dh. And told him to read it. I also told him he should go see one of the Dr's and get a second opinion.
I tried to stress the fact that he would not have the constant pain like in his neck if he had disk replacement and that he would recover faster.

How do we go about getting a referral for a second opinion?
Do we ask the nerusergon he already saw for one?

 

[chickadoodles]

Cynthia that is scary. Happy he's doing better. And happy that you have recovered from your surgery.

 

[drumstick diva]

Cynthia for you and hubby.

 

[Cynthia12]

 

[MrsMistyReal]

Night Misty .. I just know the orthopedic I saw is well respected except by me
he bluntly said they could not alter what is happening but would look seemed a bit odd but the whole thing was a flipin nightmare to me

Hope you're well rested and on the mend