Heart Timeline
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Journey of the Heart 🫀 Series
Here is an ongoing timeline of my journey for a new heart valve and aortic root.
| 2022/09/09 | My GP detects a heart murmur incidentally. |
| 2022/11/30 | Get an echocardiogram at the hospital to look at my heart valve. |
| 2022/12/23 | Get an MRI of my aortic root and arch at St George’s. |
| 2023/01/11 | Meet my cardiologist, Dr Alison under John Lainchbury. |
| 2023/01/13 | Get a dental checkup with my own dentist. |
| 2023/01/16 | Get dental clean with my dentist + amoxycilin antibiotic. |
| 2023/01/17 | My cardio case is presented at the weekly cardiothoracic meeting. |
| 2023/01/24 | Received a phone call to book an appointment with the surgeon. |
| 2023/01/26 | Letter received to confirm my meet-the-surgeon appointment. |
| 2023/02/14 | Meet my surgeon, Priscilla Beven. |
| 2023/02/16 | Receive phone call to book my pre-admission clinic (meet the doctors). |
| 2023/02/21 | Receive pre-admission forms in the mail (lots of paperwork). |
| 2023/03/09 | See Clinical Psychologist, Sandie. |
| 2023/03/27 | Do my pre-admission blood tests. |
| 2023/04/01 | Attend my pre-admission clinic to meet the Clinical Nurse Specialist, anaesthetist, house surgeon, and registrar. |
| 2023/04/06 | See Clinical Psychologist, Sandie. |
| 2023/05/03 | Be a test patient for training doctors to diagnose heart sounds. |
| 2023/05/09 | Attent a dental clearance appointment at the hospital. |
| 2023/05/14 | Original estimated surgery date passes by. |
| 2023/06/06 | Surgery pencilled in for 13/06/2023. |
| 2023/06/12 | Receive appointment letter for a Cat Scan for my coronary arteries. |
| 2023/06/13 | Surgery delayed to 20/06/2023. |
| 2023/06/14 | Surgery “confirmed” for 20/06/2023. |
| 2023/06/15 | Do my pre-surgery blood antibody typing test. |
| 2023/06/19 | Attend my CT scan and admit to hospital at 3pm for surgery on 20/06/2023! |