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Daniel O. Recipient

Looking for anyone else with a similar Heartmate ii story.

Sat, 02/06/2016 - 9:36PM
Here's my story in a nutshell... Due to being in end stage heart failure I had a Heartmate ii implant on 11/20/15, went home about 2.5 weeks later but still didn't really feel any better. I assumed it was due to the fact I had spent a month in a hospital bed prior to my surgery. Came in a week later for 1st follow up and was admitted to hospital because they feared I may have developed a clot, after scanning all the things they could scan the doctors concluded it had to be in the pump itself which they can't see with any type of scan. My flow numbers were high, my power numbers were high as well. They did a echo ramp study which was pretty much the deciding factor for them. Needless to say I received a new Heartmate ii on 1/11/16. It has been a long rough road up to this point. Still in hospital going through rehab therapy for my now wasted away body. Sorry that was longer than expected.
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Doris W.

Fri, 01/06/2017 - 10:51AM
I had the Heartmate II implanted 11/21/13. In February 2016 I had a pump replacement due to a blood clot. I got along pretty well after the LVAD was implanted in 2013, but have had lots of problems since the pump replacement in 2016. I have a lot of pain where the pump runs against my ribs, I had a drive line infection and was in the hospital most of early 2016 (from February till May). I seem to have muscle atrophy in my legs now and because I have been on antibiotics for so long I have slight nausea all the time which makes me not want to eat and I also have a lot of heartburn even though I take Nexium every day.