Guest guest Posted October 2, 2001 Report Share Posted October 2, 2001 Bill... only thing that comes to mind here is ask if it's standard procedure to " reduce " size of pocket to fit new unit... my EP always goes w/surgeon that takes the time to do this... however, I've heard from many that it's not part of their replacement... Oh... might want to know if you'll be done in OR of EP lab... I've always been done in OR... I understand it's now done in EP lab and they put you " under " to test unit... I always want to be " under " when they're doing that JES in NJ... The best revenge is to live long and well... God Bless America > I am getting close to a replacement. Probably with a year or so. I have an appointment with my cardio on Friday. any suggestions as to specific questions I should be asking re: a replacement? BTW I have a great cardio. she will remain my medical provider and laugh at my bad jokes until I tell a funny one. Given the lack of humor in my jokes, I should have her as long as I live. > > Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 2, 2001 Report Share Posted October 2, 2001 JES: thanks for the advice. am starting a list of things to ask on Friday. I probably should cancel my cardio appointment and resched with a proxctologist I's such a pain in the *** with my questions. will let everyone know what I find out. Bill Re: Replacement AICD > Bill... only thing that comes to mind here is ask if it's standard > procedure to " reduce " size of pocket to fit new unit... my EP always > goes w/surgeon that takes the time to do this... however, I've heard > from many that it's not part of their replacement... Oh... might want > to know if you'll be done in OR of EP lab... I've always been done in > OR... I understand it's now done in EP lab and they put you " under " > to test unit... I always want to be " under " when they're doing that > JES in NJ... > The best revenge is to live long and well... > God Bless America Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2001 Report Share Posted October 3, 2001 Bill... I really doubt if your cardio/EP considers your questions to be a pain, anywhere ... I've apparently been able to trick my EP into thinking that because I ask them I therefore know something about all of this ICD stuff 'cause recently I was selected by her and her staff to be interviewed for an article written for the American College of Cardiology on ICD recipents ... I was told that of all her patients I seem to be among the most informed...(doesn't say a hole lot about her other patients :X )... so you see, our questions say something about us... at least we know enough to ask about what we don't know JES in NJ... The best revenge is to live long and well. God Bless America > JES: > > thanks for the advice. am starting a list of things to ask on Friday. I > probably should cancel my cardio appointment and resched with a > proxctologist I's such a pain in the *** with my questions. > > will let everyone know what I find out. > > Bill > Re: Replacement AICD > > > > Bill... only thing that comes to mind here is ask if it's standard > > procedure to " reduce " size of pocket to fit new unit... my EP always > > goes w/surgeon that takes the time to do this... however, I've heard > > from many that it's not part of their replacement... Oh... might want > > to know if you'll be done in OR of EP lab... I've always been done in > > OR... I understand it's now done in EP lab and they put you " under " > > to test unit... I always want to be " under " when they're doing that > > JES in NJ... > > The best revenge is to live long and well... > > God Bless America Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2001 Report Share Posted October 3, 2001 ----- Original Message ----- From: <Naojeca@...> > I've apparently been able to trick my EP into > thinking that because I ask them I therefore > know something about all of this ICD stuff ' JES: Had a similar experience with the docs at UCLA in '85. the cardio assigned to me was very uncomfortable when I had a list of 21 or 22 questions waiting for her on her evening rounds. UCLA is a teaching hospital and I took full advantage of the Medical Library on site. the cardio asked he chief to be removed from my case, and she was. My internist and I agreed that it was an ego thing and I was better off with someone more comfortable when being asked questions. Strangely the woman was held in very high esteem for her knowledge. Best. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 4, 2001 Report Share Posted October 4, 2001 Hey Wild Bill Ya got the DuffDander up! > the cardio... was very uncomfortable when I had..21 or 22 questions What a clueless ninny! She should have realized right then and there she was not explaining things well enough if you had that many unresolved issues! > the cardio asked... to be removed from my case Oh wow. Wish I had been her chief. I would have removed her from not just your case... but the staff! Just what the profession needs... another ego driven fancy switchboard not connected to anything! Without a heart of her own, why is she messing inside other people's chest cavity? She ought to go work on robots... that have no feelings. She should NEVER be allowed near human beings. > Strangely the woman was held in very high esteem for her knowledge. Doesn't mean diddly if she can't communicate what is in her head! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 4, 2001 Report Share Posted October 4, 2001 Jon: Do your meds hinder getting your dander up? Or just up off your duff? The list of questions was a regular for me in the hospital. It was her first day assigned to me. The questions were written out well before she arrived, and she ansered each one quickly and completely to my satisfaction. It was strictly an ego thing as far as I could see, and not one of compassion. I heard later that the docs who knew me (I spent 89 days in 1985 as an in-patient there.) gave her a hard time (humorously and professionally) afterwards. BTW my first (open heart to correct a fistula) surgery was done by Hillel Laks who came up with the " not-perfect heart for the not-perfect patient " tranplant program. Great idea that was probablyu not used earlier because it involved common sense. I would totally recommend UCLA (and Stanford) for anyone too far west to go to the Mayo clinic or U of Texas at Austin. As for allowing the doc to go near human beings, I think she's fine as long as the patient is willing to be a non-participant. there are people like that, and they need medical help, too. One UCLA memory: My sick mind and sicker sense of humor is what gets me through the difficult times. while I was at UCLA for endocarditis they discovered my fistula. First they heard strange noises in my chest. (They tried to tell me it was my thorax, but my thorax is where they gave me my enemas.) Eventually they decided (correctly) that it was pleuropericardial rub (Something that's illegal if the masseuse is naked.) Because UCLA Med Center is a teaching hospital, there is a never ending parade of students making rounds. (I had eighteen med students standing behind me when I had my sigmoidoscopy--the old silver goose variety--and haven't regained my dignity yet.) Anyway I took one of my paper cups and put a sign on it: " Hear the Pleuropericardial Rub - 25 cents. I thought it was pretty funny. then one of the students very seriously put a quarter in before listening to my heart. I laughed so hard I had a thorax. Bill Re: Replacement AICD > Hey Wild Bill > > Ya got the DuffDander up! > > > the cardio... was very uncomfortable when I had..21 or 22 questions > > What a clueless ninny! She should have realized right then and > there she was not explaining things well enough if you had that many > unresolved issues! > > > the cardio asked... to be removed from my case > > Oh wow. Wish I had been her chief. I would have removed her > from not just your case... but the staff! Just what the profession > needs... another ego driven fancy switchboard not connected to > anything! Without a heart of her own, why is she messing inside other > people's chest cavity? She ought to go work on robots... that have no > feelings. She should NEVER be allowed near human beings. > > > Strangely the woman was held in very high esteem for her knowledge. > > Doesn't mean diddly if she can't communicate what is in her head! > > > > > > > > Please visit the Zapper homepage at > http://www.ZapLife.org > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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