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[Bbbananas]

I go down to Papworth the morning of the op - have to be there for 8 a.m. One overnight stay if all goes well. However, I think the trickiest bit will be the 2 or 3 days pre-op as I have to completely stop dead the Verapamil on the monday evening. Now I know what I feel like after I'm only a few hours' late with the tablets, so after 3 days without any I think I'm going to be feeling pretty disorientated & queer. So I may have to have a few days off work pre-op & a week off post-op (cannot drive for a week apparently).

[Sqad]

salla...thanks, keep me informed.

I have tried on your new lingerie and it fits me perfectly...;-)

[Bbbananas]

But please,,, wash them before forwarding - and not like last time. The appeal of sniffing used underwear is definitely a 'man thing'......

[Sqad]

will do my darling.

[LoftyLottie]

Salla, I am sure she won't mind me mentioning it, but have you spoken to 'Smudge'. I think she had a similar op a couple of years ago. Hope all goes well for you. I am sure it will. Just had news yesterday that one of my closest friends has to have a heart bypass op very shortly. When is your op?

[yogi-bear]

Salla,

I wish you all the very best for this op, my lovely, and for you to be out, fit and back to full blown smut, as soon as possible.

Lots of love to you, sweetheart.

yogi xx

[zzxxee]

all the best salla xxxxx

[Bbbananas]

Ah, thanks guys - I go in Friday the 19th. I have a top man doing it - one of the perks of my job is that I can do some research and find 'the best man for the job' (Pity I can't do that in real life....!) He does look a little bit like Mr Bean, but he knows his stuff which is all that matters. It might be a disconcerting - all the fiddling around my groin area that will have to be done - not many women have the fantasy of Mr Bean prodding & poking around there, but needs must...

[Bbbananas]

Lottie - thanks for the advice. yes, I did liaise with smudge on this a few months back when I was first listed for the operation - she did indeed have something quite similar (I thought smudge was a 'he'....?!) and was very reassuring and helpful.

[LoftyLottie]

Smudge is most definitely a she, Salla!

[smudge]

Hi salla - further to our pevious convo's about this procedure, I'm sure all will go well for you. Let's know how you are when you feel up to it afterwards.

Will be thinking of you....-x-

Thanks for that Lottie & for confirming that I'm a female - don't I know it! ;o}

[Bbbananas]

No problem tullia - thanks for your interest.
It sounds a similar procedure - to give it its full title, the op is in two parts - firstly electrophysiological testing, which is a catheter inserted into the heart to stimulate the faulty nerve impules so they can be pinpointed. Then, once that's been done (after about 1-2 hrs under local anaesthetic & sedative I think, cos I have to stay very still & I'm not very good at that...!) the second part of the op is called catheter radiofrequency ablation - where the faulty nerves that were located earlier are then 'ablated' - i.e. zapped & destroyed. This could take around the same amount of time, depending on the extent of the damage.
I will be conscious throughout - I think that part of things will be quite fascinating!

[Bbbananas]

thank you headwreck - that's kind of you.

(I do hope your head's not really a wreck.....?!!)

[mrs.chappie]

By heck sal - you have put my worries into perspective. I am soon to be having carpal tunnel release surgery and I will be awake and apparently not sedated. I have been having kittens, thinking about it (I am such a coward).

Your bravery has certainly made me realise how lucky I am!

I will be thinking about you and wishing you a very speedy recovery. xxx

[Dris]

O now im going to sound nosy but im concerned really -what symptoms did you have for the diagnosis to be made.It seems really unusual. I havent heard of this before not that im remotely medically trained but I do take an interest.Has it stopped you leading a 'full' life?
Everthing will be fine -best place and in the best hands- and i'll be thinking of you on that day (my sons 25th) -im like you I cant sit still I have to !! Hence my hatred of the dentist !

[smudge]

Hi again salla - did you see my post? Just wondering. -x-

[Bbbananas]

I have now smudge - thanks x
Mrs C - I'm not brave. Just stoical... It's something I've got to do, so may as well bite the bullet and get on with it. I'm 48, and the longer I leave it, the worse the condition will get & the more nerve damage could occur. Medication is no longer controlling it, so the sooner the op happens now, the better.

Dris - no, I don't think you're nosy. Its a condition which started off as SVT (supraventricular tachycardia) which I first developed when I was 12. The symptoms were intermittent & I just put up with them until my first real serious attack at 21 when I gave birth to my son. Up until that point I hadn't even told my parents cos I didn;t want them to worry :-)
Over the years the attacks got worse & more frequent - & in the last year they have been sometimes been accompanied by near-faints and 'greyouts (as opposed to complete blackouts). They've become more distressing & debilitating in that now I get very short of breath. I have missed beats, extra beats, and runs of tachycardia where the dodgy nerve impulse can trigger my heart beat really fast - it has been known to reach 240 beats per minute, which makes you a bit dizzy I can tell you!

Has it stopped me doing anything in my life? That's a big fat NO !!! I've lead a full, exciting (and some would say stupidly dangerous at times) life !! Stress I went through a few years back in my marriage breakdown & worse, did give me more episodes where I was always in A&E.

To be honest, it's something I've grown up with & haven't let bother me, until the last few years when it has started to worsen considerably.

[smudge]

Jolly good salla - just wanted you to know I was thinking of you. Good luck. -x-