Valve Job while its running???

[twhitaker]

I'm sure you heard the joke. I get to find out next week if I need to have one done. I'll get to pay the hospital 7 grand to find out if I need it now or later. At least my deductible will be over with.

[Gliderjohn]

Hope the best for you.
GliderJohn

[guzzisteve]

Good luck w/check up. Best to know for sure.

[Zoom Zoom]

Well, that sucks. I hope everything goes well.

John Henry

[Chuck in Indiana]

What everyone above sez. It's routine if it's not happening to you.  You might think of modifying a destructive habit .. Not that it's any of my business other than caring.

[giusto]

I'm sure you will be feeling better in no time. Prayers for you

[cwiseman]

I'll be thing of you, hope everything goes well!

[davedel44]

Best of luck buddy!

Dave
Galveston

[Wayne Orwig]

You might think of modifying a destructive habit .. Not that it's any of my business other than caring.

 :1:

[twhitaker]

What everyone above sez. It's routine if it's not happening to you.  You might think of modifying a destructive habit .. Not that it's any of my business other than caring.

Shirley, you're not suggesting I quit smoking, eating, and drinking are you? <shrug> 

[ohiorider]

Good luck with the test.  Maybe it'll indicate your doc should simply monitor the valve periodically.  I made it for 6-7 years with periodic monitoring.  Currently recovering from aortic valve replacement.

Regards,

Bob

[twhitaker]

My aortic valve has been monitored for the last 4 or 5 years. He said that if I had followed his advise and took Crestor we would not be having this conversation.

[Chuck in Indiana]

My aortic valve has been monitored for the last 4 or 5 years. He said that if I had followed his advise and took Crestor we would not be having this conversation.

So. You're a little slow, then? <running and ducking>   
<soapbox/1> FWIW, I started smoking as a teenager. It was the thing to do, and I *liked* it. In my early 30s, I was in a state of (ahem) heightend awareness  was coughing from a cold and reaching for a cigarette. Thought, "this is just stupid, I know that it'll take years off my life." I quit then, and it was the hardest thing I've ever done, not that it's a drug addiction or anything.  <soapbox/0>
Seriously, I and many others care about you. Guzzi guys are scarce on the ground.. Quit it, Terry. 

[twowings]

FWIW, I was an Operating Room Nurse for 32 years...If I had a nickel for every time I heard a surgeon say 'I warned him/her to quit this [insert destructive behavior here] about [1-5] years ago or else we would quite likely be doing [insert costly surgical procedure here] about now', I could afford to fly everyone and their significant other to the MGNOC John Day Rally and back home again...

I kid you not.

[davedel44]

Shirley, you're not suggesting I quit smoking, eating, and drinking are you? <shrug> 

I lost my younger brother two years ago.  He was unwilling or unable to make the lifestyle changes that might have prolonged his life.

I miss him everyday.

Think of those that would miss you, and those who you would miss.

Even small changes can can pay big dividends.

Good luck and God bless.

Dave
Galveston

[nobleswood]

Terry,

Good luck with your testing.

As others wiser and more experienced than I have pointed out, if you continue on this road it's only a question of when you reach that particular place.

Try a different road. It won't be the same. But you might be surprised & like it.

Tim

[CapitalGoose]

Good luck to you, sir.

[pete mcgee]

I wish you well.
The one bright thing in all this is unlike in the joke they won't be operating up your exhaust.

Heal well, heal quickly.

Cheers

[guzzi ride]

Good luck with the tests Terry.

[Dean Rose]

Good luck Terry.

Dean

[Arizona Wayne]

I thought this was about the Volvo mechanic who used to adjust the valves on my 142S when the motor was still running.   

But no, I guess you're a life time smoker.  I'm 72 and 1 of the few who never took up that habit growing up.  But it was pushed all over the place so to not do it was not easy for some.

My oldest son died at an early age because he didn't eat right and I guess he thought it would never matter, but it did.   He had a massive stroke in his 30s. 

I probably drink too much beer or wine and do seem to be slowing down a bit.

Whether we want to admit it or not we do make decisions about how long we are going to live, including doing things like riding MCs for decades and getting away with it. 

I had a double hernia and was told if it ruptures I'll be dead within days.   Some times we gotta listen to what others say unless we're just ready to check out.

[Arizona Wayne]

FWIW, I was an Operating Room Nurse for 32 years...If I had a nickel for every time I heard a surgeon say 'I warned him/her to quit this [insert destructive behavior here] about [1-5] years ago or else we would quite likely be doing [insert costly surgical procedure here] about now', I could afford to fly everyone and their significant other to the MGNOC John Day Rally and back home again...

I kid you not.

The funny thing is a lot of medical workers have unhealthy habits and yet they keep doing them anyway.  Like a CHP officer who got busted for drunk driving.  He knows and arrests others for doing that, but yet he does it too. 

[twhitaker]

I went to the hospital this morning for a left heart catheter. They did not put in any stents. I will have the aortic valve replaced in a couple weeks. I asked if it would be open heart and they said yes because a young and healthy person like myself will need a valve that will last a long time. They said the 'robotic' valve replacement is called for for patients that have neither.

They said a normal valve opens up to about the size of a half dollar but mine only opens up to about the size of an M&M.

Ain't supposed to lift anything over 10 pounds for 5 days. No motorcycle during that time either.

[Muzz]

All the best Terry. A valve grind usually improves performance.

Not sure what it is like over there but the hospital would not do a triple bypass on the father-in-law until he had quit smoking for three months. he improved so much he was scared that they would not operate!

[Dean Rose]

I went to the hospital this morning for a left heart catheter. They did not put in any stents. I will have the aortic valve replaced in a couple weeks. I asked if it would be open heart and they said yes because a young and healthy person like myself will need a valve that will last a long time. They said the 'robotic' valve replacement is called for for patients that have neither.

They said a normal valve opens up to about the size of a half dollar but mine only opens up to about the size of an M&M.

Ain't supposed to lift anything over 10 pounds for 5 days. No motorcycle during that time either.

Terry, It was six weeks for me after my triple bypass. The procedure must be totally different.
Dean

[ohiorider]

Terry, It was six weeks for me after my triple bypass. The procedure must be totally different.
Dean

I think Dean is right re the lifting limit. My limit was restricted to no more than 10# for the first several weeks.

Bob

[twhitaker]

The 10# 5 days is relative to the catheter I got. They don't want that femoral artery springing a leak.

[davedel44]

Good luck buddy.  I feel ya.  Take time to recoup fully.

Dave
Galveston

[Chuck in Indiana]

Best of luck, Terry. .

[rboe]

Dad had a valve replaced about 26 years ago. He's gone now, but other things got him. One of my favorite uncles bought the farm this past winter - leaky valve. Late 80's so he had a good run, but probably could have gone a lot longer if he was a bit more aggressive in treating it.

Valve jobs are scary but they are pretty routine - but like someone else said - if it's not you.

And consider the soap box sermon said all over.