cerebral :Q They told me it will be out-patient and if I need angioplasty if the angiogram shows clogs It will be overnight.
WheelchairJunkie
Here's the link where I cross posted this OP, It's a cool site for people in wheelchairs. Very helpful folk. If any of you are in a WC check it out.
Here's the link where I cross posted this OP, It's a cool site for people in wheelchairs. Very helpful folk. If any of you are in a WC check it out.
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Like I said before, my father has a stent. The only issue that I've heard him discuss, is that scar tissue can build up around the stent and start blockage again. That's why some places now use medicated stents. I'm far from an expert on this, but if you have any questions I can certainly call my dad and I'm sure he'll be happy to answer you.
Yea, it really isn't bad. Honestly the worst part was being shaved because the Neurologist didn't really care about that part. The flush you feel when they release the dye was interesting, sort of a warm metalic flush that is really hard to describe. Don't sweat the angiogram.
Yeah they will use a "medicated stent" it lowers the risk of scar tissue dramatically.
Don't make a call on my account if it's long distance. But if you do ask your dad did he have any reactions to the stent, Is he glad he had it done?
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Well I can answer that one without asking him. He's glad he had it done, because he probably would not be around today if he hadn't gotten it done. He had a heart attack which is why they put in a stent. They actually had to shock him back! :Q
Yeah, so I'm quite sure he's glad he had it done.
The procedure messed him up.
He was in the army when he was younger and healthy. He biked and jogged alot. Now he can barely get through a round of golf riding a cart. And this is after he's gotten better. I don't mean to scare you because he thinks the doctor partially messed up too since he had to go in a second time.
Yes, best wishes to you and your family.
Question, I missed. How did you get in such a shape at 33 ?
Question, I missed. How did you get in such a shape at 33 ?
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Well I can answer that one without asking him. He's glad he had it done, because he probably would not be around today if he hadn't gotten it done. He had a heart attack which is why they put in a stent. They actually had to shock him back! :Q
Yeah, so I'm quite sure he's glad he had it done.
Yeah luckily I have not had a MI yet, that's why I need to have this done. My biggest concern is my Son. My goal in life is to make him a better man than I, I need to stick around until I ship him off to Hardvard, Yale, Duke, MIT, Penn state, Stanford, Dartmouth, Cornell, any of those will do.
All of my health problems are due to my Kidney disease. At 21 I got on dialysis. They could never give me a reason why, except that my kidneys SHRUNK. It doesn't run in my family.
Bad sh!t happens for no reason Dave. Think about how lucky you really are sometime when you aren't bitching about how bad you have it. I had a blood clot at 27 for no apparent reason other than a genetic marker that they only recently discovered. I didn't do anything that caused it (as in lifestyle), it just happened.
Tell me about, my brother is 100% healthy (he's 23) and my mom and dad both smoke a pack a day (55 and 56) and they are both healthy. Pisses me off, I never smoked or drinked or did drugs.
WHY ME DAMNIT :|:|:|:|
They say you won't die because of kidney failure as long as you are on dialysis, YOU WILL DIE FROM COMPLICATIONS OF DIALYSIS.
Originally posted by: Epoman
Tell me about, my brother is 100% healthy (he's 23) and my mom and dad both smoke a pack a day (55 and 56) and they are both healthy. Pisses me off, I never smoked or drinked or did drugs.
WHY ME DAMNIT :|:|:|:|
They say you won't die because of kidney failure as long as you are on dialysis, YOU WILL DIE FROM COMPLICATIONS OF DIALYSIS.
Preaching to the choir, I nearly went blind from my blood clot, and even though I've recovered for the most part I have damaged retinas that I will have the rest of my life and I'm probably more prone to a retinal detachment and other problems later in life. I spent a good 6months wondering how I was going to live blind.
Are you on the list to get a new kidney? (11 years of dialysis seems like an awfully long time to wait) Have you checked to see if any of your family can donate to you? Dialysis is bad bad mojo, you deserve a trophy for taking 11 years of that BS.
I had an Angiogram done about 6 months ago and it went fairly well. The only major problem was that it took about 25 minutes to get an IV into my arm due to 'rolling veins', which I warned the nurse about.. needless to say I was ready to rip everything off and walk out before it began! (They ended up having the doctor get it in). It's a really easy procedure after that, just lay still and hold your breath for a few seconds every minute or so as a machine pumps dye into you. Not quite sure why, but it pumped about 1/5th of the vial of dye into my arm right at the end and that was VERY disconcerting, a huge rush of cold solution into your veins is extremely awkward, it felt like my vein was going to burst (but it did not hurt). Also they say it might burn as it goes through you although I did not experience that. Good luck, I've had a battery of tests done over the past few years (originally for IBS and now for hypertension) and I'm only 19. Also don't smoke/drink/do drugs.. not fair dammit!
Ouch. Any family members willing to part with a Kidney?
Sounds like you could use one for longer life, that Dialysis is never a good long term solution, we are not good at being Borg at this time , yet.
Yes, I know, we're only human.
Glad you recovered.
A Genetic marker for what? Bad Clotting???
Are you on a blood thinner for the rest of your life now?
Bad Clotting?? Well the clots are bad yes in that it's overly aggresive. It's called Lieden Factor V, I'm hetrozygus which means I am 5 to 10 times more likely to have a blood clot than someone else, but because this is so newly discovered I think they are guessing at that. And yes, I'm on chronic anti-coagulation therapy the rest of my life.
My Dad has had three angiograms/stents ...or maybe it was two...either way, the procedure was very quick and trouble free. Recovery time was very short. Good Luck! :beer:
Originally posted by: remagavon
I had an Angiogram done about 6 months ago and it went fairly well. The only major problem was that it took about 25 minutes to get an IV into my arm due to 'rolling veins', which I warned the nurse about.. needless to say I was ready to rip everything off and walk out before it began! (They ended up having the doctor get it in). It's a really easy procedure after that, just lay still and hold your breath for a few seconds every minute or so as a machine pumps dye into you. Not quite sure why, but it pumped about 1/5th of the vial of dye into my arm right at the end and that was VERY disconcerting, a huge rush of cold solution into your veins is extremely awkward, it felt like my vein was going to burst (but it did not hurt). Also they say it might burn as it goes through you although I did not experience that. Good luck, I've had a battery of tests done over the past few years (originally for IBS and now for hypertension) and I'm only 19. Also don't smoke/drink/do drugs.. not fair dammit!
Yeah my veins are hard to stick too. I have a big ass fistula on my right arm but they can't use that arm. So your saying it wasn't painful while they inserted the wires?
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