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[Texasgeezer]

With getting older and needing more doctor visits...

Just wondering if any of y'all have any comments on ' heart PVC's and treatment ( ablation, etc... )

I'm finding it's really important to get multiple opinions and do a lot of research before surgery or other treatments.

So far, In 2016 I had rectal cancer... After researching I found a surgeon that was able to shave it out instead of removing my anus, rectum, using part of a thigh muscle to fill the void, and wearing a bag. I talked with about 7 different surgeons, they all said the drastic procedure was necessary due to it being the 'standard of care'.

Last year transverse colon cancer.... was able to avoid surgery by having follow-up colonoscopies, 2nd and 3rd showed no detectable cancer. My good surgeon wanted to remove 24" of my ascending and transverse colon. I lucked out by having a 2nd colonoscopy, at my request, to better pinpoint the tumor location so only 5" would be removed by a different surgeon.

Also last year, nodular melanoma ' fast growing plus goes deep and up '. My error was not insisting on surgery as soon as possible instead of going along with surgeon's schedulers. I was very lucky and lymph nodes were clear. Not taking immunotherapy due to side effects, duration, and very high cost. Rolling the dice it hasn't spread based on lymph nodes biopsies. Lesson learned, go outside of your normal doctor to get much quicker surgery. Less chance it will spread.

To me, medicines are poisons and surgery is a controlled injury. You have to know what the complications might be and how good the doctors are.

Currently with my PVC's I'm refusing medication due to major side effects. Hoping the PVC's will slowly get worse so during the ablation procedure the doctor can locate the tissue that is causing the problem.