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Category Archives: Pre-surgery
Pre-surgery hair-do!
That ought to be a bit easier to manage. The family came over this afternoon and we had a very delightful time together.
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Chest cold! Is this a roadblock?
On Wednesday I began to feel like I was coming down with a virus infection. I worked from home for the afternoon (until after midnight) and then went in to work on Thursday for half the day. Today I have … Continue reading
Pre-Admission Clinic
I went in for my pre-admission assessment and meeting with staff at the hospital today. It was a cold (3 degrees C), damp day. Traffic was very heavy and the Port Mann was congested as usual. We made it with … Continue reading
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Angiogram at Royal Columbian Hospital
This was an all day ordeal. We arrived at RCH at 7:00 as instructed and then waited in one of the recovery rooms for several hours while various medical staff came in and out and assured us that we would … Continue reading
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Pre-angiogram lab work done
So, more blood drawn, another electrocardiogram and more time sitting waiting in line at the lab.
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Orcas Island and Camping with the Family
We were worried that my heart condition would not allow me to go camping with the family. But it did not and we had a marvelous three days of camping together on Orcas Island.
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Stress Test
Subsequent to the TEE procedure the cardiologist also had me do a stress test. I was hooked up to a electrocardiogram monitor and then put on a treadmill for 9 minutes. I passed that with no complications. The cardiologist is … Continue reading
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TEE or Transesophageal Echo
The Transesophageal Echocardiogram is not a nice procedure. Here is Becky’s account of “The Procedure”. That is not something I am likely to “want” to repeat – ‘nuf said! Just letting you know that Loren made it through his “procedure” … Continue reading
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Cardiologist
I met the cardiologist for the first time at 12:30 or so today. After a brief listen to my chest he had his receptionist set up an appointment for me to have a TEE and a Stress Test.
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Echocardiogram
The echocardiogram showed that I had something wrong with the mitral valve in my heart. It seemed that the valve was not closing properly and blood flowing from the Left Atrium to the Left Ventricle was being allowed to partially … Continue reading
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The beginning
Back in April, 2011 I was playing badminton regularly with the club and one evening I came in to do my warm-ups and found myself breathing very hard after only a few minutes of drills. I chalked it up to … Continue reading
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