MrSubmit

I was born with a Transposition of the Great Vessels 20 years ago. It got corrected thanks to awesome people like you! If you have ever done one (maybe you have, maybe you haven't) would you be able to give me an idea of what goes on during the actual procedure? If not, no worries! just curious! :D

EDIT: oh oh and how the hell do you guys pry open infant rib cages to work on the actual heart?

EDIT 2: I created a thread for scars although I'm hoping to get a lot of pics of TGA scars, so if you have it please post! :D

http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/11ha95/reddit_what_sort_of_scars_do_you_have_left_over/

EDIT 3: this is a throw away account so I promise I'm not karma whoring!

I live a completely normal life. I've never had any problems or anything like that. I go to the cardiologist once every year and they do an ultrasound on it and a few other tests. I also had an MRI about 2 years ago for the sake of having an actual picture of my heart. That was pretty interesting! I also have a heart murmur but I was told that is pretty normal for people who had the switch done.

Wow! that sounds very complicated haha! That's kind of cool/interesting that they use potassium to stop the heart. I don't remember what the disposition of the arteries were and as far as I know I had a normal coronary anatomy. Oh oh one more question. So I have the main scar that goes right down my sternum, however there are also 3 other smaller scars on my chest as well - two under each nipple and then one like 2 inches above my belly button. Any idea why those scars would be there? I never really asked my cardiologist about those ones lol

ah I see. Well thanks a lot sir! This was a very interesting/informative read!