bigW
Well-Known Member
Well 'Groundhog Day' came to a screeching halt last Friday with a completely unexpected pronouncement that I need one of these...
Plus a new Dacron aorta and a lifetime supply of anti-clotting drugs. Crap genes appear to have given me a bicuspid valve and a dodgy aorta. Shit-city.
After a week a get my head around that plan ( better, stronger, faster ) it gets turned on its head today when I meet the surgeon and find out the 50mm ultra sound aorta measurement has been changed to 49mm after this weeks more accurate CAT scan.
Major dilemma as 50mm is the threshold for ( bicuspid valve ) requiring the surgery and I am now stuck in a no mans land where the surgery is now discretionary but high heart rate, stress or any heavy lifting can rupture the aorta.
Gonna wait six months and do the CAT scan again but in the meantime I some need a plan of attack for biking/exercise.
Shit
Shit
Shit
Not exactly Better, stronger, faster.
Pondering and making more Dr. appts.
W
Plus a new Dacron aorta and a lifetime supply of anti-clotting drugs. Crap genes appear to have given me a bicuspid valve and a dodgy aorta. Shit-city.
After a week a get my head around that plan ( better, stronger, faster ) it gets turned on its head today when I meet the surgeon and find out the 50mm ultra sound aorta measurement has been changed to 49mm after this weeks more accurate CAT scan.
Major dilemma as 50mm is the threshold for ( bicuspid valve ) requiring the surgery and I am now stuck in a no mans land where the surgery is now discretionary but high heart rate, stress or any heavy lifting can rupture the aorta.
Gonna wait six months and do the CAT scan again but in the meantime I some need a plan of attack for biking/exercise.
Shit
Shit
Shit
Not exactly Better, stronger, faster.
Pondering and making more Dr. appts.
W