Hi everyone. What follows is basically a summary of an email I wrote to Laurie after she emailed me following my myectomy, which was on the 19th of this month.
I have just returned home after 9 days in hospital. Don't have the energy to go into too much detail right now, but there were a number of complications and I almost died. The initial surgery went well, but they soon realised they had ruptured a blood vessel in my heart - I lost 10 units of blood and had to be rushed back in for emergency surgery to repair. To cut a long story short, the last 8 or so days have been **** - the most nightmarish experience imaginable - I was fighting for my life holding on in the days following surgery.
I also went into continuous Atrial fibrillation which lasted 5 days on end - it was only ended by 'electro cardio reversion' (I was shocked out of it!).
I am very tired and traumatised right now and only time will tell how sucessful the surgery will prove. These first few weeks are still critical and I get the feeling I'm not quite out of the woods yet. I do know, however, that my gradient has basically been abolished, so in those terms, it looks good.
Will write more in the days that follow and as I start to feel better.
Paul
I have just returned home after 9 days in hospital. Don't have the energy to go into too much detail right now, but there were a number of complications and I almost died. The initial surgery went well, but they soon realised they had ruptured a blood vessel in my heart - I lost 10 units of blood and had to be rushed back in for emergency surgery to repair. To cut a long story short, the last 8 or so days have been **** - the most nightmarish experience imaginable - I was fighting for my life holding on in the days following surgery.
I also went into continuous Atrial fibrillation which lasted 5 days on end - it was only ended by 'electro cardio reversion' (I was shocked out of it!).
I am very tired and traumatised right now and only time will tell how sucessful the surgery will prove. These first few weeks are still critical and I get the feeling I'm not quite out of the woods yet. I do know, however, that my gradient has basically been abolished, so in those terms, it looks good.
Will write more in the days that follow and as I start to feel better.
Paul
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