And Angio I will GOOOOO!

[jade45]

OK! Folks this is it.Went to see my cardio yesterday,hoping he would just refine my meds so I might feel some what normal again,did the EKG and listen,told me that I would be needing surgery, down the road then hit me up with having a angiogram,I
go in 6:30 Friday morning,he is doing the left and right side.
If any of you guys that has had one of theses done ,I know that theres not much to them,but hearing from some who has experienced it would help.

PS Also said arteries have gotten smaller.


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jade
Rheumatic mitral stenosis
CHF and a dash of COPD LOL!!!!

 

[hensylee]

Had an angiogram - they went in at the groin, did their stuff, came out, put a plug in and I was off. Some folks don't get the plug (depends on your dr) and they have to lie there with a weight to keep the area completely still for a few hrs. I was sedated lightly and think I slept through it as I don't recall much about the actual procedure. Had to carry a card around for 3 months because of the plug in case I got into an accident or other trauma. The plug disappears on its own.

Not an unpleasant procedure. It's the results after that I didn't like - surgery times 4 (quad bypass). Good luck - God bless

 

[Jean]

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Angio

I had been so worried about the angiogram and heard bad stuff about it. It was not a problem. Actually very interesting and since I was interested the doctor kept me where I could see the screen most of the time and talked me through what he was seeing. Put a plug in me and about an hour later I went back to the hotel to wait for surgery the day after...I went to the Cleveland Clinic from Michigan so they did everything all in 3 days. Good luck.

 

[Nancy]

Joe's had a few of those in his lifetime. The last one used the plug and that was a great improvement over the sand bag. He never complianed about it. He was slightly sedated. You'll be just fine.

Good luck.

 

[Jack]

I had two of them, each one on the afternoon before my surgery and I had to lay with the sand bag.

The test is very interesting and you can ask your cardiologist to let you look at the monitor and ask questions. He may be able to open some of the narrowed arteries at the same time.

I had no side affects from this test except to some heat wave when they inject the dye.

Good luck and God bless,

Jack.

 

[alpage]

I showed up for the angiogram at 8 am, but there were delays and I didn't get done until the afternoon. So I was bored and thirsty by time they got me to the x-ray room. The test itself was relatively pain free. Some sensation of heat when the dye went in. At one point the doctor must have poked something inside my heart because my pulse fell suddenly to around 45 or so and I felt quite weak and light-headed. But they immediately gave me some IV medication and it bounced back quickly, so no harm done. Afterwards they applied pressure by hand for a few minutes, then the sandbag. I was surprise how little bruising there was in the end.

Alan

 

[Ross]

Mine went pretty much like Alan's. The hospital called the night before and told me to arrive at 7:00 a.m. then they never took me down to the room until 11:00 a.m. and didn't do the procedure until 12:20 p.m. Mind you, I had to fast from 12 a.m. the night before, so I was a little bit hungry. I didn't get out of the hospital until 7:00 p.m. that night.

Procedure itself was painfree. The dye injection is what intrigued me. The used a clamp on the site and had some difficulty getting the bleeding stopped. I had a lot of bruising and still have a trace of it 2 to 3 weeks later. I've had so many inguinal hernia repairs, in that area, that they were actually pushing on the repair plugs to stop the bleeds. It was fine while I was numb, but after the meds wore off, OUCH.