Community Chat

[lizzief]

Fox News is reporting in an interview 30 years ago that Joan had an arrhythmia that "scared the h&ll out of her," and she was always "very careful" anytime she was contemplating a procedure. Apparently the results of the autopsy are inconclusive at this time. We may never know for sure, but it know she had a pre-existing condition at least makes a little more sense.

[Tinkrbl44]

It's been mentioned about her heart condition .... and she was 81, after all ...... and she'd had more than a dozen major surgeries with all the plastic surgery ....... she could have gone at any time.

ANY of us could go at any time.

[evelomaddict]

i really miss her. i still can't believe she's gone. i can't stop thinking about melissa.

[SydneyH]

Is it still considered 'pre-existing' if it was one incident many years ago?

[colliegirls]

An extra beat or minor arrhythmia is not considered a"" heart condition"" nor is it unusual.

[SydneyH]

On 9/6/2014 colliegirls said:

An extra beat or minor arrhythmia is not considered a" heart condition" nor is it unusual.

That was one thought I had too, if she had a noted/charted chronic condition, there's no way this procedure would have been done in that facility.

[ROMARY]

I knew/know several people with that condition who were/are in their mid nineties.

[AngusandBuddhasMom]

My daughter has a heart condition and had the same procedure 2 years ago. Hers was to rule out celiac disease. Her procedure was done in a hospital. Now not to get political (and I seriously mean that) but could it be because of her age and the new health care laws it is now done as outpatient? Again this is a question not anything else.

[mstyrion]

On 9/6/2014 Caravaggio said: My daughter has a heart condition and had the same procedure 2 years ago. Hers was to rule out celiac disease. Her procedure was done in a hospital. Now not to get political (and I seriously mean that) but could it be because of her age and the new health care laws it is now done as outpatient? Again this is a question not anything else.

I think you are confusing Medicare and ACA.

[adelle38]

On 9/6/2014 Caravaggio said: My daughter has a heart condition and had the same procedure 2 years ago. Hers was to rule out celiac disease. Her procedure was done in a hospital. Now not to get political (and I seriously mean that) but could it be because of her age and the new health care laws it is now done as outpatient? Again this is a question not anything else.

We don't even know what procedure was done. For decades the trend has been to more outpatient procedures.