Posted on 09/01/2013 7:00:40 PM PDT by Black Agnes
We've very nearly had our first obamacare victim in the family. We'll see next week.
Daddy goes in for open heart surgery in Houston sometime next week. Prayers would definitely be appreciated...
My father is a heart patient for 25 years. Had bypass surgery in 94 and clean arteries after that. Had a mild clotting incident in '05 and was put on warfarin. Warfarin leads to aortic stenosis (calcification of the aortic valve) in some patients, particularly older men.
Daddy started noticing symptoms of heart failure last spring (spring 12). He wasn't given any medical options. Just 'let's wait it out'. (which I find now is death for this type of thing. the earlier you operate the higher the chances of success, the longer you wait the weaker the heart the bigger the risk of death...)
Fast forward to this spring. He had a major episode and they did a balloon catheter on him. Said they could do that repeatedly (a lie). 3m later he has another episode and now they mention transcatheter valve replacement. But, they tell him they don't use the size he needs so he has to participate in a clinical trial that's testing that size.
So, daddy has a cousin in TX who is a bigwig with marathon oil. Who has a buddy who's an even bigger (retired) bigwig with marathon oil and a donor to Texas Heart Institute. A phone call is made on a Tuesday and daddy has an apointment with a Dr. Fish on a Thursday.
During that appointment the doc tells him that transcatheter has a much higher risk in HIS age group of knocking clots loose and causing problems. And since daddy's had open heart surgery before and knows what that recovery is like they can replace the valve with the correct size that way. But his only concern is with daddy's lungs...
My dad was like ...'what's wrong with my lungs?'...
'Well, you are a heavy abuser of nicotine and have smoked for 60+ years it says here in your medical record and that sort of risk factor concerns us'...
**Daddy's never smoked a cigarette in his entire life.** ...
They were death paneling him because he was supposedly a smoker.
We're still wondering how THAT got on his medical record and how many OTHER older white people have that?
And the great part is...with Obamacare you have no rights to see your medical record...unlike Experian. To correct things that might death panel you w/o your knowledge.
So here's the rundown.
Baptist (Jackson Heart) wasn't going to do open heart surgery on him, at all. Didn't even present it as an option with risks due to his 'smoking'. Just told him 'we'll wait and watch'...Which we find out (from reading pubmed and his asking the surgeon and cardiologist in Houston) is the WORST thing you can do with heart failure from a replaceable valve...
So here we are, a year and a half later with GREATLY reduced heart function, waiting for heart surgery in Houston...
Again, prayers appreciated...
God’s speed, Agnes.
Thank you. I am now wary of any Baptist healthcare system.
Probably not for the ordinary peons like us. I’m sure Joe Biden’s son will get the best cancer care available though. Even if he’s stage IV. We’ll be lucky to get treatment for stage I.
Thank you.
This means a lot, thank you.
Appreciated greatly. Thank you.
I did not know that. I’m going to look more into that. I had a significant error on my credit report that ended up working in my favor. How often does THAT happen?
This IS nuts. I agree completely.
It’s only going to get worse though. Especially since the RINO’s are planning on rolling over and fully funding this abomination.
Obamacare was never about providing anyone healthcare. It was about providing the elites control over us and populating that giant database in Utah with information.
Thank you. This is another reason my garden has suffered greatly this summer. I have been eaten up with worry about my dad. Little did I know the whole story. We all thought if the cardiologist said to ‘watch and wait’ that must be the correct thing to do.
Silly us.
It’s how NHS solves the issue of care availibility though. And now it’s how HHS will do the same here.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Holy moley. Prayers sent!
Seriously, we have no right to see our own medical chart or records?? But the medical community MUST share them with the government?? And pelosi needed to pass the bill to know what was in it?? Does she even know now??
Thank you. We all appreciate any prayers.
My father and I both thank you.
I will thank him for his service!
His whole family is very patriotic!
And they’re all heart patients as well. I guess this whole situation will be SOP for my family after obamacare is in force.
Thank you.
I’m sure my dad is only one of a zillion this is happening to right now.
So many old people just believe anything the doctor will tell them. And if Obamacare has them tell the old people to ‘watch and wait’, the little old people will do just that. Until they die, waiting...
Thank goodness your father had you to advocate for him!
And my dad is young, as far as this situation and surgery are concerned. He’s just mid 70’s. His aunt recently died, she was 6m short of 100.
Thank you. Right now he’s mentally preparing himself for the surgery and recovery. He’s had bypass surgery before so he knows what recovery from that is like. If it had been an option 18m ago he’d have had it then. He did great after the first one 20y ago.
Amen, sir.
Supposedly this is an illegal thing to do. I’m going to check further into this though. And make sure the practice he was originally seen by changes his records with them to reflect the fact that he’s NEVER smoked.
He’s too stingy to smoke. He’d never spend that much money on something he didn’t get something from...
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