Pig Heart Transplant

RobBase (c) said:
When I was in the hospital for my transplant I was in there w another guy awaiting his second one. He was the same age as me. The first transplant he had lasted about 8 years and began failing him. I forget the exact situation w the heart, but he knew it was defective to an extent when he got it. Sometimes patients are faced w tough choices of accepting a defective (but still capable) heart from someone w a serious disease, or die waiting for the next match. I guess this was him 8 years prior. Anyways, he got his heart a couple weeks before me. We rehabbed together. I wonder how he’s doing now w his third heart.
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Wait a cotton picking minute!

You've had a heart transplant?

Why?

And how old were you when you got this transplant?

How old are you now?

 
White Knight said:
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My sugar sins are mostly in my past. BBQ sauce and chili get a little brown sugar but not into sweets at all.
 
Red_Alert said:
My ex mother-in-law has been living with 2 pig valves in her heart for at least 10 years. She's 90 now.
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My mother, now deceased, had converted to the Nation of Islam. When it came time for a valve replacement, she insisted on a horse valve instead of pig. She lived for another 12 years and passed at 91.
 
Dole ver 2.0 said:
My mother, now deceased, had converted to the Nation of Islam. When it came time for a valve replacement, she insisted on a horse valve instead of pig. She lived for another 12 years and passed at 91.
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The apple didn't fall very far from the tree... Just sayin.
 
Dole ver 2.0 said:
I was raised Catholic and was a confirmed Catholic. I'm not too religious and I identify as an "unaffiliated montheist".
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I was raised Methodist but converted to Catholicism.
 
Gatorchip said:
Sounds like the new ticker works for boners. You got a good one.
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My ejection fracture was at 15% at the time of my transplant. Basically a dead heart. The ejection fracture of a normal heart is 50-70%. I noticed a major difference in blow flow immediately.
 
RobBase (c) said:
My ejection fracture was at 15% at the time of my transplant. Basically a dead heart. The ejection fracture of a normal heart is 50-70%. I noticed a major difference in blow flow immediately.
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Ejection fracture(evac rate) after 2nd attack is in low 20s. It was the widow maker. Gained 3% during rehab. Too late to look for a donor.
 
just saw on Linked In that the surgeon who performed this graduated from my alma mater
 
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