This is great news! They caught it in time.
Did you have any symptoms ahead of time or was it found during a routine checkup?
For those of you saying he should change his diet, he has a whole new open passage way. That will take a long time to get clogged up again. More fried chicken please!
Did you have any symptoms ahead of time or was it found during a routine checkup?
For those of you saying he should change his diet, he has a whole new open passage way. That will take a long time to get clogged up again. More fried chicken please!
Well actually all this comes from me getting the spots on my lungs ckd regularly. Ive been having more and more trouble breathing when exerting myself for about a year. So after my last lung chk showed no change they decided to ck my heart.
Not having insurance and these procedures being expensive i went to the state run hospitals for it. I had my 1st heart doctor appt last June and they just got around to me getting this Heart Dye test this week. It took from June to Dec for me to get the treadmill test which i failed horribly hitting the danger zone in 4.5 mins of the 10 min test.
So Monday i went to New Orleans for the dye test, they cut me just to the right of my dick and inserted a tube thru that artery up into my heart...that tube squirts dye and if the dye travels as it should your fine, if as in the case of 1 my arteries it turns around and backs up into the heart you have a blockage. I have a CD showing them checking over 25 arteries and then the last 1 the dye wont go thru. If i can figure out how to put both a good test and my bad test on youtube ill post it....quite interesting.
Well once they find the block they pull the tube out and put a stint on the end of it then shove the stint back into my artery until the reach the blockage, once it opens they have it in the right place. The hardest part is the healing of the hole where they went in. It hurts like hell and is swollen In fact a few hours ago when i got home i came straight to the computer and sat in my chair as i always do, in that position it pinchs my groin area and within like 3 mins it felt like it was going to burst!! So ill be making a million changes including how i sit, etc.
I also ofcourse have to quit smoking right now...But i wont be able to do anything for a week or so and its hard as hell to quit smoking when you have absolutely nothing to do. Its going to be so hard that im really scared to think about it. And also having been a drug addict all my life i have to be careful not to substitute drugs for cigs.
Dont get me wrong, its all my fault for living like a rock star for the last 35 years knowing and being told everyday its going to kill me. I hope any young person who reads this learns something, ill never recover from this 100%..for the rest of my life ill be taking medicines everyday and going to doctors regularly, not to mention ill never be able to work again as i used to....i cant lift anything over 10lbs for the next lil while. I mean things as simple as how i sit in this chair now have to be changed. I try to laugh about it but its a nightmare for sure. There is a good chance ill never be able to make a living again. Most people want to leave their kids a legacy, mine very well may be them taking of me the rest of my life. Im not cut out to be going to hospitals, this has been the most miserable 3 days i can remember in a long time. Im the kind of person who likes to feel he's in control and i may never be in control of anything again. Its still early and a lot of thoughts are going thru my head, hopefully i right the ship and everything turns out ok...but then again.....
Not having insurance and these procedures being expensive i went to the state run hospitals for it. I had my 1st heart doctor appt last June and they just got around to me getting this Heart Dye test this week. It took from June to Dec for me to get the treadmill test which i failed horribly hitting the danger zone in 4.5 mins of the 10 min test.
So Monday i went to New Orleans for the dye test, they cut me just to the right of my dick and inserted a tube thru that artery up into my heart...that tube squirts dye and if the dye travels as it should your fine, if as in the case of 1 my arteries it turns around and backs up into the heart you have a blockage. I have a CD showing them checking over 25 arteries and then the last 1 the dye wont go thru. If i can figure out how to put both a good test and my bad test on youtube ill post it....quite interesting.
Well once they find the block they pull the tube out and put a stint on the end of it then shove the stint back into my artery until the reach the blockage, once it opens they have it in the right place. The hardest part is the healing of the hole where they went in. It hurts like hell and is swollen In fact a few hours ago when i got home i came straight to the computer and sat in my chair as i always do, in that position it pinchs my groin area and within like 3 mins it felt like it was going to burst!! So ill be making a million changes including how i sit, etc.
I also ofcourse have to quit smoking right now...But i wont be able to do anything for a week or so and its hard as hell to quit smoking when you have absolutely nothing to do. Its going to be so hard that im really scared to think about it. And also having been a drug addict all my life i have to be careful not to substitute drugs for cigs.
Dont get me wrong, its all my fault for living like a rock star for the last 35 years knowing and being told everyday its going to kill me. I hope any young person who reads this learns something, ill never recover from this 100%..for the rest of my life ill be taking medicines everyday and going to doctors regularly, not to mention ill never be able to work again as i used to....i cant lift anything over 10lbs for the next lil while. I mean things as simple as how i sit in this chair now have to be changed. I try to laugh about it but its a nightmare for sure. There is a good chance ill never be able to make a living again. Most people want to leave their kids a legacy, mine very well may be them taking of me the rest of my life. Im not cut out to be going to hospitals, this has been the most miserable 3 days i can remember in a long time. Im the kind of person who likes to feel he's in control and i may never be in control of anything again. Its still early and a lot of thoughts are going thru my head, hopefully i right the ship and everything turns out ok...but then again.....
PPP,
Glad to hear your procedure went well. Don't sell yourself short! The human body is an amazing and resilient thing! I have worked in cardiac sugery for 15 years and had open-heart surgery myself at the age of 5. Be thankful you failed your stress test and that you only have one blocked vessel! You are right, smoking is probably your biggest enemy now, so do whatever you can to quit. You can do it! Watch your weight and exercise, even if it means just taking stairs instead of an elevator. Give it a few days and you will be feeling like a new man. With that stent(which i assume is a drug-eluding stent--coated with anti-clot drug that will slow the blockage process even more) your will able to pump more efficiently with less stress to it.
As you battle to stop smoking, think of those kids and what it means for you to stick around and enjoy the time you have with them! My father was a heavy smoker and after my heart surgery he vowed to quit & did!
Your groin incision will be quite tender for the next few weeks and I am sure you have a few stitches there that were used to close the hole for the catheter insertion(that sucker is pretty big!) Be patient and give yourself time to heal. Take it a day at a time and I think you will surprise yourself to find that in time, you wil have more energy and will be able to do things you didn't think were possible! Sometimes it takes a scare of our mortality to shake us up/wake us up to see and appreciate what we have. I am sure you have many long productive years ahead of you! Stay positive and think of those kids of yours to remind you everyday of why you want and need to change for both your phyical and mental health. Believe me when I say, having a positive outlook on things goes a longs way to recovering and healing. I have seen it every day in the patients....those who remain positive and upbeat heal much much faster!!!
Good luck and god bless!
Glad to hear your procedure went well. Don't sell yourself short! The human body is an amazing and resilient thing! I have worked in cardiac sugery for 15 years and had open-heart surgery myself at the age of 5. Be thankful you failed your stress test and that you only have one blocked vessel! You are right, smoking is probably your biggest enemy now, so do whatever you can to quit. You can do it! Watch your weight and exercise, even if it means just taking stairs instead of an elevator. Give it a few days and you will be feeling like a new man. With that stent(which i assume is a drug-eluding stent--coated with anti-clot drug that will slow the blockage process even more) your will able to pump more efficiently with less stress to it.
As you battle to stop smoking, think of those kids and what it means for you to stick around and enjoy the time you have with them! My father was a heavy smoker and after my heart surgery he vowed to quit & did!
Your groin incision will be quite tender for the next few weeks and I am sure you have a few stitches there that were used to close the hole for the catheter insertion(that sucker is pretty big!) Be patient and give yourself time to heal. Take it a day at a time and I think you will surprise yourself to find that in time, you wil have more energy and will be able to do things you didn't think were possible! Sometimes it takes a scare of our mortality to shake us up/wake us up to see and appreciate what we have. I am sure you have many long productive years ahead of you! Stay positive and think of those kids of yours to remind you everyday of why you want and need to change for both your phyical and mental health. Believe me when I say, having a positive outlook on things goes a longs way to recovering and healing. I have seen it every day in the patients....those who remain positive and upbeat heal much much faster!!!
Good luck and god bless!
WOW , thx spidur...i was sitting here looking at my grandson sleeping and thinking about how much he needs me and how hopeless i must seem to him and to now read ur post its like a message from above.
I really have fucked my body up but i guess its the least i can do to try to make it last as long as i can.
I did once turn my life around, i quit everything overnight and for 5 or 6 years worked out a lot, took up bodybuilding and gained over 30 lbs...all of it muscle with no drugs. But i did all that for a woman and once she shot me down i crashed hard. Still haunts me today. But your right i have to do it this time for my family....somehow ive got to get it together this time.Your post just might be the fire i need lit under me...Thxxx a million for it.
P.S. Murphy if you find a cpl of green bars laying around the post above deserves them.....
I really have fucked my body up but i guess its the least i can do to try to make it last as long as i can.
I did once turn my life around, i quit everything overnight and for 5 or 6 years worked out a lot, took up bodybuilding and gained over 30 lbs...all of it muscle with no drugs. But i did all that for a woman and once she shot me down i crashed hard. Still haunts me today. But your right i have to do it this time for my family....somehow ive got to get it together this time.Your post just might be the fire i need lit under me...Thxxx a million for it.
P.S. Murphy if you find a cpl of green bars laying around the post above deserves them.....
Sox im with you buddy. Ive got 1 cig sitting here on my desk, when i wake up in the morning im done. If i have to ck myself into a rehab to quit em im doing it..God that hospital stay is something i never want to do again. I could list reasons to quit for days but all we need is 1 reason really....we need to do it for ourselves.... I might go to sleep tomorrow night with an entire pack of patches on my body but dammit im going to quit em!!!!
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i had the same artery blocked 8 years ago when i had my heart attack along with another one.the main artery was blocked 95% and the other was 80% blocked so i know what your going threw.
just recently on nov.26th i had to go in for a cardiac cath and the doctor found another blockage in the artery that goes along the right side of the valve and all the way to your back and this one was 90% blocked.now this last one happened with me eating good,excerising 4-5 days a week and i still had this other blockage.the doc now believes its in my family genes and thats why it came about.so take care of yourself and don't mess around cause this disease can come back to bite us at anytime
good luck,stay healthy
i had the same artery blocked 8 years ago when i had my heart attack along with another one.the main artery was blocked 95% and the other was 80% blocked so i know what your going threw.
just recently on nov.26th i had to go in for a cardiac cath and the doctor found another blockage in the artery that goes along the right side of the valve and all the way to your back and this one was 90% blocked.now this last one happened with me eating good,excerising 4-5 days a week and i still had this other blockage.the doc now believes its in my family genes and thats why it came about.so take care of yourself and don't mess around cause this disease can come back to bite us at anytime
good luck,stay healthy
