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Hi Ladies,
I just got home today after being in the hospital for 12 days. The talc procedure was successful but I had some cardiac complications. During the procedure I had a cardiac arrthymia and I also had some fluid around my heart so I had to have a pericardial window to get rid of the fluid. I responded very well after the arrhythmia but after surgery I still had a fast heart rate so I was in intensive care for 4 days instead of 1 or 2. THey pumped me with a lot of fluids which in turn made my blood pressure too low--it runs low anyway so I had that to deal with too.
Good news is I'm home now and on my way to recovery. This was a very difficult thing to go through but worth it as long as the long term outlook is good--which I'm told is 95%. I had a repeat echo before I left the hospital and my ejection fraction has already increased 15% in the last ten days. It had decreased quite a bit following the surgery, but that is to be expected. My cardiologist said he seees no reason to believe that it will not continue to do so. (increase). Normal for me is high 50's and right now it's in the low 40's.
They sent me home on some oxygen to use at night while sleeping. I'm still short of breath if I walk a lot but my thoracic surgeon told me it takes 4-6 weeks for your lung to fully inflate and recover so this is all normal.
Thanks to everyone for your thoghts and prayers. It means more to me than I can ever say.
If anyone has had the lung talc procedure done and has anyother words of advice or ecouragement please don't hesitate to post.
Blessings and Hugs to All,
Linda in MI.
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