H-Day! Or Heart Day! Good News Wooo-Hoooo!

[robinh]

So glad to hear you had a good day. So many of them lately have been awful.

[moosmom]

SO glad you're feeling better, girl!! Take care of yourself!!

[Pinot's Mom]

So glad you're feeling better! Keep up the good reports!

[Karen]

I told K9Karen your news, and she's very happy for you as well!

[mrspunkysmom]

So glad you're feeling better! Keep up the good reports!

Thank you all for your positive thoughts. I am feeling better and the EP study and whatever else was done including medicine has helped. I know I was tired and sluggish.

I do have a stent next week. Not what I was expecting.

I am having some trouble breathing, but I think it is some panic attack and stress. I tend to hold my breath sometimes and I've never been able to correct that idiosyncrasy. I've fot a little bit of chest pain, but that might also be stress and nerves over the new doctor, insurance issues, dealing with a doctor that won't communicate, yada yada, etc.

Anyway, I know going in for the second heart cath is the right move, since the original issues that were glossed over should have been explored.

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[mrspunkysmom]

This is it. H-Day! For my heart! 13 is my favorite number!

The Heart Cath is tmorrow, Wednesday, the 13th. I get there at 11am and the procedure starts about 2 PM. Don't know how long it will take. Nor do I know at this point if I have to stay. If any stents are put in, then I will be overnight. Not sure what time I would leave the following morning. Like last time, my friend will post to facebook when she hears.

I'll post here when I get home and if I feel up to it.

Wish me luck.

[robinh]

Will keep you in my thgoughts and prayers tomorrow I am in meetings all week and unable to check computer during the day, but will check in first thing when I get home.

[Karen]

Good luck, we'll all be pulling for you!

[phesina]

Prayers and good wishes for you, Anne, and may all go well.

[mrspunkysmom]

So glad to hear you had a good day. So many of them lately have been awful.

yeah, Wednesday was awful, too. Been crying on and off since Wednesday. have to keep my brain occupied or I'm in my own head too much. Have to stay positive.

[pomtzu]

Good luck Anne - we'll be praying that all goes well. I can't believe that the original doc fell down on his job. It must not give you a very warm and fuzzy feeling at all.

My brother (the old bird is 78 ), had a stent put in about 5 or so years ago thru a special and experimental program at the Cleveland Clinic in Miami. His carotid artery was blocked by 80% and very high up, which made it a very dangerous and risky procedure. He came thru with flying colors and is still chugging along. He now lives in NC and goes back to FL once each year for a good going over. He was just back last month and drove back home with a clean bill of health in that department. He'll probably outlive me!

[mrspunkysmom]

Good luck Anne - we'll be praying that all goes well. I can't believe that the original doc fell down on his job. It must not give you a very warm and fuzzy feeling at all.

My brother (the old bird is 78 ), had a stent put in about 5 or so years ago thru a special and experimental program at the Cleveland Clinic in Miami. His carotid artery was blocked by 80% and very high up, which made it a very dangerous and risky procedure. He came thru with flying colors and is still chugging along. He now lives in NC and goes back to FL once each year for a good going over. He was just back last month and drove back home with a clean bill of health in that department. He'll probably outlive me!

Thank you for replying.

A very warm feeling, but definitely not fuzzy. It will take me a while to move beyond my emotions over this series of events. I'm not stressing over it, but I will feel bothered for a while.

I'm glad to hear your brother is still going strong.It gives me hope.

[Catty1]

Installing stents in a heart artery is a fairly common procedure, and the outcomes I have heard of are all positive. This includes a good friend of mine who has about 20% heart function after several heart attacks over about 7 years - and she is only 47! And she is "chugging along" just fine! She jokingly calls the stents "chicken wire" - I guess the stuff looks like it!

I think you may enjoy even more of an upswing in health after this.

Sending good thoughts and prayers!

[mrspunkysmom]

Installing stents in a heart artery is a fairly common procedure, and the outcomes I have heard of are all positive. This includes a good friend of mine who has about 20% heart function after several heart attacks over about 7 years - and she is only 47! And she is "chugging along" just fine! She jokingly calls the stents "chicken wire" - I guess the stuff looks like it!

I think you may enjoy even more of an upswing in health after this.

Sending good thoughts and prayers!

Thank you so much for the positive thoughts.

I think what depresses me is that the first doctors thoroughly screwed this up and missed or ignored important signs. Lost test results, didn't listen to my concerns. Didn't believe what I told them.

I do believe there is something electrical wrong with my heart. I had a full cup of chamomile tea last night and was only slightly sleepy today. In fact, taking an afternoon nap is usual these days. Before the surgery/procedure, Chamomile would knock me out and make me drowsy the whole next day. When I first took the non-drowsy version of Zyrtec, Zyxal, I slept for almost two days. I would get up for a bit but slept most of Saturday and a good bit of Sunday, continuing to take the Zyxal morning and evening until I adjusted. Took Benadryl recently with little drowsiness. I always thought there was something wrong and told my doctors and I will continue this line until they listen. I think they can learn something from this.

Let's hope for positive outcomes from this next study and that I can continue to feel better and resume my life.

Thanks again for the positive thoughts Candace.

[mrspunkysmom]

I'm back! Can't use right arm until artery heals. Hurts like hell.

Guess What! Original diagnosis was bad. Still A-fib but NO scarring, no Fat in the heart, NO appreciable accumulation of cholesterol or blockage, no enlargement. Heart is in good condition. ♥

Yippee - ai -yo- ky - yay!!!!!!