Anybody had a heart operation ??

**GNR** · 1st July 2005, 17:27

I had one on thurs,(yesterday), for Wolf-parkinson White, bascially they went into my leg, up the main atery, and into my heart, and they were controllin the speed of it electronicly, hehe, coz i was awake for the 1st part, then they burnt of one of the signal paths goin to my heart

all fixed

rest now, i have sore leg

**Sensei** · 1st July 2005, 17:41

Shit dude your only 18 & the Heart giving ya trouble already . Hope you get well soon & get back to full heath quickly

**Paul in NZ** · 1st July 2005, 17:43

Hope you have a speedy recovery mate!

Winter is a good time for recovering from stuff!

Cheers

**toads** · 1st July 2005, 18:48

get better soon, sounds like a freaky experience, but glad it's all fixed for you know.

**TonyB** · 1st July 2005, 20:59

Crikey! 18 and having stuff like that done... What is Wolf-parkinson White? Too many signals to the heart or something?

**MadDuck** · 1st July 2005, 21:10

Nup but my mum did and she died so you doing damn fine to be here.

Hope your recovery is fast

MD

**bugjuice** · 1st July 2005, 21:12

aren't we at an amazing age? Heart surgery by entering in via a main vein in the leg.. and the recovery period being almost nothing by comparison..
My bro had a PICC line in his arm. Basically he had to administer his own meds, which went into the main vein in his arm, and ended just above his heart, just to get the meds to the core of his body.. amazing..

hope you recomver quick, just chill out to some easy goin DVDs and take care!

**zeRax** · 1st July 2005, 22:08

crank that gnr

**matthewt** · 1st July 2005, 22:17

I had mine when I was 4. No fancy micro surgery for me. They just cracked my ribs apart and went in directly (ie, open heart). Without the op I would of died before I was 10. It took them 2 years to figure what was wrong. Made a huge difference to my life.

PS: Stonechucker also qualifies now

**thehollowmen** · 2nd July 2005, 00:22

take care of yourself and get well soon

**John** · 2nd July 2005, 00:44

Wow, thats pretty cool stuff oh well you will be able to throw that bike around more violently now! take care and get well soon!

**pete376403** · 3rd July 2005, 16:15

Had an angioscopy done in much the same way after a heart attack last year. Went in the same way, got up to the heart and injected some dye, so the could see where the blockage was. There was a blockage but not serious enough to require the angioplasty, where a balloon is inserted into the vein and inflated to open it up, and then a stent is inserted to hold it open. It's quite cool that they position a monitor so you can see whats going on inside.

**GNR** · 3rd July 2005, 17:59

thanks guys,

yer i recon its amazin what they do aye, they where speedin up and slowin down my heart beat electronical :S, haha
i'll still be able to throw the bike around, don't worry, haha.
oh yup pete, i had a customer tell me about it before i went it for my surgery, haha, even tho i was gettin sothing a bit different.

leg still sore, fells like ive pulled a muscle

tonyb, wolf parkinsin white, is preatty much too many signals going to the heart, to put it short, sometimes the signals (from the brain to the heart, tellin it went to beat) will backtrack on each other, and will send like double the signal, so instead of my heart beatin at like 70bpm, it would be 140bpm +. and some people faint, but i mostly just felt wierd, and bit light headed, it would beat that fast for about 10mins then just 'click', back to normal heart beat speed. yer and all they did was burn the extra pathway. i only got it like 2-3 times a month

**murhf3** · 3rd July 2005, 18:06

and I had a feckin heart attack,god was it agony and I mean agony,nothing like it[6mths ago] they put a 3inch metal stent in my right arterie, put me on 12 pills for life, so what did I do ? Bought myself a brand new bike and ride like deaths chasing me every bloody day. Life is fantastic now, it was the best and worst thing to ever happen to me?