The doctor says he wants to give me an angiogram and take a close look at my heart. I'm supposed to be out of work for a few days after. For those of you that have done this, was it a smooth process? How did you feel during, and after the angiogram? I'm just curious, and honestly a bit nervous. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

It' was pretty much a cake walk. Went in, got prepped, shaved. IV, meds to feel no pain but awake. Doc went in through the groin. Doc put in stents in branch arteries, original 5 main bypass graphs were all clean. After the procedure while on the table they had me take 6x 75mg Plavix ( blood thinners). Spend an hour in recovery before they would attempt to allow me to get up and walk around the nurse's station (it was the test). I had some bleeding issues from the incision site ... go figure, blood thinners, duh ... so back to bed and they cleaned up the blood. Waited another 45 minutes, before another trip round the nurse's station ... no bleeding ... released to my driver to go home with instructions. Took it easy the rest of the day, was back to walking the next day. Not really any pain through the whole procedure or after.

If they put stents in you'll be on blood thinners for at least a full year.

They didn't find any valve issues, so I don't know what happens with those issues.

Actually one of the easiest procedures I've had.

Thank you Scott.

Used to be the worst part was the waiting for the groin incision to clot up, and you gotta pee because of the IV's....procedure itself is easy....Heart hospital here does dozens a day, never heard of a bad outcome though I guess they wouldn't advertise that, lol
You'll be fine, and good luck

I'm told that they intend to go through my wrist, so in happy they're staying away from my groin. Thanks gcs