I will keep this one short and sweet.
I was approved for the less invasive heart procedure. May 27 is the date.
For some reason, this procedure is not considered “surgery”. It is performed, not by a surgeon, but by a interventional cardiologist. Whatever, they call it, it is surgery to me. It’s just a lot less difficult than a “open heart” procedure.
I have two minor tests before then. A pro forma meeting with a second surgeon at the UW so they satisfy some type of protocol; and the final meeting with the anesthesiologist.
The tentative date for those is Cinco de Mayo. I was hoping to trek up the Pass and ski on that day because it is a fun atmosphere.
Later this month, I go to Boston for a little over a week to visit family and attend Nathalie’s graduation. Then surgery. Then, a summer of thinking of what is important in life, most likely, if I had to predict.
I feel good about the whole thing right now. First, because it is the TAVR and second, everything is now scheduled to happen. There is never a good time for this type of thing in one’s life. But knowing when it will happen is so much better than the purgatory of not knowing what exactly will happen and when it might happen.
