In late 2018, I had a regular checkup with my cardiologist, Dr. Kacere. After a few minutes of checking me and talking, he got up to leave. On his way out the door, he paused and turned around. "Would you be interested in a procedure to allow you to quit taking warfarin?", he asked.
I replied that I would indeed. He explained to me that a small device called a Watchman© would be inserted into my heart and close off the left atrial appendage. Yeah, I know, it is gobbledygook to me too.
After a bit more discussion, I told him that we were leaving for South Texas for the winter and would return in April. He told me to give his scheduler a call when I got back and we would see about doing it, which I did.
The procedure consisted of having a small device, roughly the shape of a parachute, into my heart to close off that appendage. On May 16, I checked into St. John's Hospital to have it done. As far as I know, it went off without a hitch!
I've got a couple of followup visits scheduled. If anything bad happens, I'll let you know (if I'm able).
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