making things the way i would have wanted them

so for the last week i have been thinking about what i would have wanted around the time of my surgery from my doctors and other caregivers that i did not get or think could have been done in a way that helped my healing. . obviously i am not a doctor so i am really focusing on the emotional sides of things. . and the one thing that keeps coming back in my head is a support group for young people that have had or are about to have open heart surgery. .. to be able to see a 29 year old who had open heart a year ago and is now doing everything he or she could want to do would have helped me a lot. .. .i am currently working on a sort of proposal for the people i know at the hospital i went to. .. .to make this a reality. .. .. .ill let you know if it succeds. ..i have a feeling that this will come with a need to raise some capital. .. .. we shall see

bioprosthesis

i thought i would share a couple of links to my new aortic root & valve. .. .

what it looks like

how its implanted

references

aortic aneurysm websites

so lately i seem to always be on the lookout for interesting or helpful thinks into all things aortic. . i recently came across this site and while the woman is older than i was. . our stories are fairly similar. . i didnt have any real symptoms. . at least not ones which were consistant with my condition. . but it was found and operated on within a week. . i dont remember being scared then. . but i have had my fair share of sleepless nights. . its been about 7 months. . and i cant complain a bit. .

i also saw this site today. .which is full of links to some useful information. .

a motion powered pacemaker?

so i stumbled across this article earlier today .. .. and it has me a bit excited. . . the pacemaker that i currently have has an expected life of about 5-7 more years. .. perhaps this technology will be all worked out by then and this one will be my last one. .. .

nurses

so earlier today i was making my usual rounds to a couple of medical blogs that i started reading after my surgery. . one is called pixelrn and her last post i thought was just great. when i was in the hospital the level and nursing care and the like was just amazing. i have so much more respect for them than i ever had before. there was one in particular who was the ultimate pro. .. she would always fight to make sure i was getting everything i needed and had at least 5 or 6 other patients at the same time. she would come by my room and take me for walks when i needed help. .. .give me all my meds on time. .. and in general make me feel better. .both physically and mentally. .what amazed me most in some ways about the nurses was how good they are at responding to each individual personality of the different patients and making everyone comfortable. . i am not sure how much sense this all makes. . but either way. .. i want to figure out a way to thank them. . and it wont be a cheesy #1 nurse mug

dissecting aortic aneurysm

so there is a great article in sundays nytimes about the doctor who wrote the book on aortic aneurysm repair. .. .and how his own dissected. . and he lived to tell about it. . pretty amazing stuff. . thank goodness mine never dissected

conduction

earlier today i found the coolest image i have been looking for a cool image of the electrical conduction system for awhile.