Heart Condition and Anesthesia

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

Does anyone here have any advice on having surgery done when you

have a heart murmur or anything similar? Honestly the reason I was

originally hesitant to look into this surgery was because of my

heart murmur, and the fear that I wouldn't wake up from surgery. I

read a story about 8 years ago about a 20-something year-old guy

having this surgery done (which they emphasized was for " cosmetic "

reasons, grrr) and he had a heart attack during surgery and

died...something about the anesthesia and his body's reaction to the

surgery.

I'm still a year out from surgery, and I just had an echocardiogram

done in Dec. (which I haven't heard results from, but it must not

have been too bad or my doc would have called me.) I'm sure the

surgeon and anesthesiologist will know what to do for me, but I'm

just a little nervous and curious if anyone else has a similar

situation.

I don't know why my fear has subsided in the past few years,

allowing me to move forward with getting the procedure

started...probably the overwhelming desire to get my jaw fixed and

trying not to think about any risks like having a heart attack,

heh. But I'd love to hear others' thoughts on this.

Thanks!

[Guest guest]

I think Cammie has a bit of a heart murmur, she did fine. It is

something you could ask your regular physician, though. There are

indeed risks to this surgery, and you might as well cover them all

off.

>

> Hi all,

>

> Does anyone here have any advice on having surgery done when you

> have a heart murmur or anything similar? Honestly the reason I was

> originally hesitant to look into this surgery was because of my

> heart murmur, and the fear that I wouldn't wake up from surgery. I

> read a story about 8 years ago about a 20-something year-old guy

> having this surgery done (which they emphasized was for " cosmetic "

> reasons, grrr) and he had a heart attack during surgery and

> died...something about the anesthesia and his body's reaction to

the

> surgery.

>

> I'm still a year out from surgery, and I just had an echocardiogram

> done in Dec. (which I haven't heard results from, but it must not

> have been too bad or my doc would have called me.) I'm sure the

> surgeon and anesthesiologist will know what to do for me, but I'm

> just a little nervous and curious if anyone else has a similar

> situation.

>

> I don't know why my fear has subsided in the past few years,

> allowing me to move forward with getting the procedure

> started...probably the overwhelming desire to get my jaw fixed and

> trying not to think about any risks like having a heart attack,

> heh. But I'd love to hear others' thoughts on this.

>

> Thanks!

>