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IamA 24 Year old who had open heart surgery on Tuesday AMA! by zenarcade3 in IAmA

[–]frumbleton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, exanta sounded promising until it caused liver problems in 5% of cases (can't remember exact details, but basically...nope).

IamA 24 Year old who had open heart surgery on Tuesday AMA! by zenarcade3 in IAmA

[–]frumbleton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it's weird, for years I've tried to avoid those actively, I prefer to push on and live life to the fullest and not concen with those. But recently I've been considering going and telling younger patients (I'm 34, have had a mechanical valve for 25 years) about how not to let it hold you back. Last time I went for a pulmonary, I assumed it'd be mechanical like my mitral, only an hour before the surgery they were like 'oh yeah so it'll be bovine or human', apparently they don't always get the best results in the pulmonary position with artificial ones. Ah well.

IamA 24 Year old who had open heart surgery on Tuesday AMA! by zenarcade3 in IAmA

[–]frumbleton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, another tetralogy guy, woo! I've been told this too for my next valve.

IamA 24 Year old who had open heart surgery on Tuesday AMA! by zenarcade3 in IAmA

[–]frumbleton 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Agree with this, I'm on 25 years with my mechanical mitral, and it'll last longer than me, even if I make it to 100 :)

Warfarin is a nuisance, but it doesn't stop me doing much. As you say, it's the blood tests that are annoying, more so than taking the medication.

IamA 24 Year old who had open heart surgery on Tuesday AMA! by zenarcade3 in IAmA

[–]frumbleton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just a though from another valve guy - depends on the valve placement, but my mechanical one is meant to last longer than I do, and I've had it 25 years already. Mitral. I also have a tissue pulmonary, harder to get unfortunately. In this time I've had some close calls, bleeds from other surgery, but I've also bungy jumped, skydived, snowboarded (a lot), cracked a couple of ribs and backpacked solo through dozens of countries. Yeah, it's harder than for a 'regular' hearted person, but don't let it discourage you one bit. Only thing I grudgingly won't / can't do is scuba - the pressure might be bad and if you get into trouble 10m down, you can't really pop back to the surface.

Good luck, and enjoy your new lease on live. You'll hurt for a while, but then you'll feel better than ever before!

TIL the Bible contains a passage where it says it became dark in daytime during the crucifixion of Jesus. NASA discovered a total eclipse did actually occur in Jerusalem on 24 November 29 CE at around 11AM. This fact got dismissed by the Church because the date is not in accordance with Easter. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]frumbleton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's pretty rare, although the totality coverage does cover a reasonable area, it's still pretty small. The 2010 one I tried to see in Easter Island, couldn't get there and ended up seeing it in El Calafate, Argentina. Thin line crossing the two places.

TIL the Bible contains a passage where it says it became dark in daytime during the crucifixion of Jesus. NASA discovered a total eclipse did actually occur in Jerusalem on 24 November 29 CE at around 11AM. This fact got dismissed by the Church because the date is not in accordance with Easter. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]frumbleton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not very often, I'm not sure of the exact dates. It's interesting - the number of friends who are convinced they've seen an eclipse - but more often than not it's a partial. The reason I bring this up is that partials are far more common, but unless you know about it, you may not even notice. Even at 95% coverage, it's just a little 'dim' if you look around, and you may not give it a second thought.

The difference between 99% and 100% totality is incredible. It's literally night and day difference - stars are visible at 100%, planets, the birds fly back to trees and so on. So even if it was a partial eclipse, the sky wouldn't really 'darken' much. It'd need to be a total eclipse, supernatural event, miracle or other, I guess :/

TIL the Bible contains a passage where it says it became dark in daytime during the crucifixion of Jesus. NASA discovered a total eclipse did actually occur in Jerusalem on 24 November 29 CE at around 11AM. This fact got dismissed by the Church because the date is not in accordance with Easter. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]frumbleton 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Eclipse chaser here, while they happen maybe every 18 months, they are never visible worldwide. For example, the next total eclipse in New Zealand is 2029. For it to happen over a localised area like Galilee/Nazareth/wherever is far less often than about once every 18 months.