Wycombe hospital - Angioplasty inflatable braclet
THIS WAS A PLANNED ANGIOGRAM, NOT AN EMERGENCY
This was an experience I don't want to repeat too often!
Nice seeing some of the staff in the cardiac day unit again who treated like an old friend following my cardiovesion a few weeks ago but the angioplasty itself was probably the worst chest pain I have ever experienced (and this was my 4th angiogram).
The first stent was OK, told to expect some pain while they ballooned the artery and it disappeared once the stent was inserted which is tolerable but the second where I believe they opened up an existing stent the pain didn't go and I had to be given morphine and further painkillers back in the day unit.
The pain must be similar to that of a heart attack as the balloon blocks the artery simulating a heart attack situation but this was far worse than my actual heart attack, the docs thought this was a good sign that they had found the right spot but for me it was a touch worrying - thoughts of being one of the 1/1000 flashed through my mind!!
I've got a whole new cocktail of tablets for the next year.
Wycombe hospital - Angioplasty inflatable braclet
THIS WAS A PLANNED ANGIOGRAM, NOT AN EMERGENCY
This was an experience I don't want to repeat too often!
Nice seeing some of the staff in the cardiac day unit again who treated like an old friend following my cardiovesion a few weeks ago but the angioplasty itself was probably the worst chest pain I have ever experienced (and this was my 4th angiogram).
The first stent was OK, told to expect some pain while they ballooned the artery and it disappeared once the stent was inserted which is tolerable but the second where I believe they opened up an existing stent the pain didn't go and I had to be given morphine and further painkillers back in the day unit.
The pain must be similar to that of a heart attack as the balloon blocks the artery simulating a heart attack situation but this was far worse than my actual heart attack, the docs thought this was a good sign that they had found the right spot but for me it was a touch worrying - thoughts of being one of the 1/1000 flashed through my mind!!
I've got a whole new cocktail of tablets for the next year.