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    #16
    Originally posted by Baatfam View Post
    My aortic valve is bovine. I had a choice between mechanical, or bovine. Took the cow.
    Any aversion to steak or burgers?
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      #17
      Originally posted by Brendan W View Post
      I see an OEM vs aftermarket discussion shaping up
      guys at the water cooler bragging up their particular make and model I can see it now.
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        #18
        Originally posted by salty_monk View Post
        Any aversion to steak or burgers?
        LOL...Nope! No problem at all....
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          #19
          Originally posted by Baatfam View Post
          My aortic valve is bovine. I had a choice between mechanical, or bovine. Took the cow.
          My Grandpa got the pig valve. Not sure if they're still using pig parts these days. He died of something else at least 20-25 years later, so that counts as a success.

          Why yes, we did indeed oink at him mercilessly at the slightest opportunity...

          I did once get to listen to the heartbeat of a gent with a mechanical valve. Pretty interesting "click" noise.
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          Eat more venison.

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            #20
            Originally posted by Cipher View Post
            guys at the water cooler bragging up their particular make and model I can see it now.
            My multiply-broken left leg is full of titanium. We cyborgs do indeed discuss and compare the quality and materials used in our augmentations.
            1983 GS850G, Cosmos Blue.
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            Eat more venison.

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              #21
              Originally posted by bwringer View Post
              My Grandpa got the pig valve. Not sure if they're still using pig parts these days. He died of something else at least 20-25 years later, so that counts as a success.

              Why yes, we did indeed oink at him mercilessly at the slightest opportunity...



              I did once get to listen to the heartbeat of a gent with a mechanical valve. Pretty interesting "click" noise.
              The advantage to the mechanical option is that if it stops working, they can stick a key in yer butt and wind you back up. ehe
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                #22
                Originally posted by earlfor View Post
                The advantage to the mechanical option is that if it stops working, they can stick a key in yer butt and wind you back up. ehe
                Reminds me of old Timex commercials: "Takes a licking, but keeps on ticking".
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                  #23
                  Follow-up, two months later.


                  The operation was successful, but the patient died.


                  Man given genetically modified pig heart dies
                  https://www.bbc.com/news/health-60681493
                  The man died two months after operation, says the hospital that carried out the world-first surgery.
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                    #24
                    They patient got two months and I read he was talking to family.
                    The first human to human didn't make it three weeks.
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                      #25
                      Originally posted by Brendan W View Post
                      They patient got two months and I read he was talking to family.
                      The first human to human didn't make it three weeks.
                      True.
                      Perspective is a word often used, but seldom internalised.
                      In this case, perspective is everything.
                      We can only guess how much he enjoyed those extra moments.
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                        #26
                        There are only a few real differences internally between pigs & humans. Other than that, pigs may be superior.....

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                          #27
                          I remember saying to my surgeon .... " Let me get this straight . You can put a pig's heart valve in a human being but you can't use an intestine which is nothing more than a hose ? " ..... He looked at me like I was from another planet .....
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                            #28
                            Originally posted by wymple View Post
                            There are only a few real differences internally between pigs & humans. Other than that, pigs may be superior.....
                            That Arnold Ziffel was robbed of an Emmy.
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                              #29
                              This new medical technology appears to be advancing quickly:

                              Xenotransplantation: Are pigs the future of organ transplants?
                              https://www.bbc.com/news/health-60708120
                              After a series of medical breakthroughs, will these animals solve the global shortage of organs?
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