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.....