cardiac cath

[msdonnamom]

Hi All
had cardiac cath yesterday they went in my left arm.all is well no blockages! yeah atleast something in my heart is good.scheduled for tee friday morning at 6am..i had one already but he says just to be double sure about everything they want another one.then to surgeon on monday and he said surgery sometime next week whew thats alot to keep up with lol..thanks to all of you again and good luck and godspeed to all those who have surgery before me and hope everyone who has already had their procedures done well wishes for a speedy recovery i will let you know when surgery is
thanks b
Donna

 

[Phyllis]

Great news that the arteries are clean. Be sure to let us know the date so we can add you to the calendar. Good luck on Friday, Donna!

 

[aussigal]

They "went in" thru your arm...wow!...you are lucky , I think most of us got a "through the groin crease" entry. You would think an arm entry is easier and closer to where they are aiming hey!?

Good to hear you are all clear in the arteries department.

 

[msdonnamom]

They went through my left arm cause I have so much scar tissue from previous arterial grafts i had a fem fem bypass when I was 24 yrs old from a massive blood clot in the iliac artery..I guess it was ok it really didnt hurt much but my arm is the circumference of a soft ball lol.all in all not too bad and i was pretty doped up anyway
thanks all
Donna

 

[Susan BAV]

They went through my left arm cause I have so much scar tissue from previous arterial grafts i had a fem fem bypass when I was 24 yrs old from a massive blood clot in the iliac artery...

Thanks for that followup/explanation. I think I've only had three caths but for the second and third they said they might go in my arm but didn't end up doing that, which was fine with me; and I have wondered why but never asked. I think going up the groin is likely easier, in that it is closer to straight.

Glad you got a good report with the cath and hope all goes well with your surgery; take care.

 

[Jkm7]

Good to hear you got good news with clean arteries. I had my cath last week and was happy to hear the same news. Phew.....no bypasses needed. Good luck with your TEE. I had that two weeks ago and didn't mind it at all.
It went really easily for me.....no sore throat and I hardly remember much of what they did which is more than fine with me.

I also was pretty doped up for my cath but I remember more about that....though not all of it.

Good luck.