walleyed had his 2nd heart catheterization yesterday morning,
(1st on was in 2017 when they installed 5 stents).

Yesterday they found a good sized blockage where they had
already previously installed 2 stents in 2017
along with findings two major lesions.

They used a balloon on a wire up the artery from my wrist
to access the spot, along with some kind of sonic wave gizmo
to pummel the calcium plaque out of the way to install two much
larger stents.

Every time the Doctor hit the trigger on that sonic wave thingy I could
feel the snapping/clicking sound & feeling in my brain.

It was kind of spooky & un-nerving but I made it through in
good shape with no stroke, major bleeding, or cardiac event.

The Doc put me on PLAVIX & 81 mm aspirin for a month.

This morning the doctor called & directed me to take seven (7)
PLAVIX pills at once in addition to the one I had already taken
earlier in the morning.

Can't use my right arm for a week & no lifting over 50 lbs for a month.

Don't yet feel any different (positively) but feel very tired.

Time to go lay down & take another nap.

walleyed

I don't envy you having to swallow those 81 mm aspirins.
That would be like trying to swallow a mortar round !

WALLEYE i just went thru what you did. I was awake the whole procedure and could hear doc giving instructions to helper....no pain whatso ever. Had a heart abrasion three weeks before for arterial fibrilation.

Wow, glad to hear they are correcting the problem and you are in recovery. Take care and good luck. I can identify since I just had 4 stents put in 3 weeks ago. Weird to watch the stents get put in on the screen. Mine had to go through my femoral artery.

Have delt with A-fib for 10 years had 5 ablations for the a-fib last one held no a-fib for 5 years now and no follow up meds ,, Also received a filter that is titanium and does show up on x-rays


Work all done at minneapolis heart institute