Plumbing check

[SSI01]

Heading to the hospital in a few minutes for a cardiac catheterization. Cardiologist can't believe none of his colleagues have been "under the hood" since my MI in April of 2001. He wants to lift the hood and check things out a little. Hopefully will be done with everything by noon, and back home (although probably not in shape for any postings, at least for a while). Be seeing you guys, and soon.:salute:

[papab]

I hope everything works out okay!

Rick

[Terry]

Write back and let us know how big the bruse gets. Mine went from the waist to just above the knee. Good luck, it don't hurt much! :salute:

[luckydog]

Just went thru that chit ( 6 weeks ago).........my cath showed a 98% blockage so I went straight into a triple by-pass. Tons o' fun !! Good Luck !!!

LD

[SSI01]

Gentlemen!!

I have just returned from my jaunt to the hospital - where the cat showed NO blockages in my heart.:jump: Dr now says I do have a weak heart, due to the MI in 2001, and will be a candidate for either a ventricular or biventricular defibrillator.:icon_eek: Appointment next week in Jax with a cardiac specialist who will examine everything in detail and we will get his recommendations. More to follow.

P.S. I still haven't forgotten about the size of the bruise. When I had my MI in 2001, they did a cat to place a stent in my LAD - the "widowmaker." I remember I was B&B from knee to belt line - and I mean EVERYTHING was black & blue:icon34:. Wife was so taken aback by that she got a polaroid of it, but you can bet your bean sprouts I'm not showing that here!

[Crusader]

Two stents in July 2008 in the LAD(Left Anterior Decending) ,"Widow Maker" . Was informed about four months ago by my Cadiologist that I would probably be looking at a Bypass in another four or five years . Not looking forward to it to say the least . Between now and then I would like to drop 30 or 40 pounds so it might be a little easier on me .

Rich

[hey_moe]

We are all becoming old farts. Talk about stints. I got 2 in each leg. One in my hip and two in my heart. My father had a Vascular Disease to which I have inherited. It took him from here when he was only 45. I feel fine but who knows...one day you are here and the next day you end up upstairs in da big house. I have lived a great life and have done just about everything a guy would want to do. Do I do everything the doctors tell me to do...nope. I am six foot three at 210 pds. The doc. would like me to get down to 160 pds....I said hell I weighted more that that in high school, like that's gonna happen...lol. He also wants me to stop eating red meat and try and eat just all veg's....I told him if I gotta do that and also drop all that weight I might as well be dead.

[SSI01]

I enjoy a good salad. When we were stationed north of Chicago years ago there was a road house (they have lots of those in IL) just a little west of Waukegan that had a fantastic chef's salad on the menu. I miss that.

I was told by one of my cardiologists in DC the dr who put together my "cocktail" must have done a great job concocting it, the blood work was coming back just fine every time he took a sample re: triglycerides and the other "ides" they watch. The fact the dr here couldn't find any coronary blockages appears to bear that out. Like Moe, I don't do absolutely everything my dr says to do, but on the other hand I'm not suicidal either.

I had my MI when I was 47 years old; no question it was stress-related, but then that went with the territory. About a 30% loss of heart muscle effectiveness. The damage has been done, and you can't undo it. A guest of the family who just left yesterday has had one of these defibs in for a few years now and he considers it giving him a new lease on life. He may have a point as he's carrying something around with him that will eliminate a risk of a sudden shutdown, as well as provide upon demand a history of cardiac activity to the dr. I didn't realize they have a data bank inside them that can be read from the outside and which provides a detailed picture of heart activity through an electronic "reader." In many respects this device makes you much more stable and secure re: cardiac matters, and can contribute greatly to long-term care. Reckon we'll have a chance to find out.

[cheezyflier]

when i saw the title of this thread i thought it was going to be about that ms universe contestant. :icon_lol:

learning what it's actually about makes me say, i hope it works out for you. lots of us here, including me, have medical issues of one sort or another. on some level we can all relate.:wavey:

[SSI01]

Thank you cheezy sir!

I'm slated to go to Jax on June 5 for the dr there (they can't do this implant here in Brunswick) to inform me whether I need a ventricular or biventricular defib. As soon as I find that out it's going to be put in the same day. That means I'll be coming back to SSI a day or so later a few ounces heavier:blind:.

Someone asked me how big my bruise was going to be. I can tell you it's about the size of my fist, but shows no signs of getting any bigger. I was amazed after surgery to see how they paid a nurse to sit next to my gurney and put pinpoint pressure directly on that spot in my femoral artery where the dye was injected. No sandbag ever made its appearance despite what the briefing sheet had to say. She pressed hard on that spot for maybe five minutes or so before some gauze and tape were applied, and that was all. It's still there. I'm sure they put some cyanoacrylate or something similar on it as well but I didn't see.