What's it like to have an angioplasty & stent fitted, a patients perspective of heart surgery
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- As it's a rainy day we have a talking video this week, first in a series where I share my experiences of having an angioplasty and stent fitted due to an arterial blockage and my subsequent recovery. It's a cautionary tale, don't ignore the warning signs.
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Your videos are really helping me. Thank you
The video is great I like it very nice
Wow, this brought back memories for me !
I'm a 67 year old male and also a runner, but only started running 4 years ago .
I had a heart attack 27th Feb 2023 it was a lad blockage so yes, a widow maker !
But I'm still here (Obviously)
I waited over 2 hours for an ambulance and when I finally got to hospital I was rushed into theatre for an immediate angioplasty.
They almost lost me on the table and had to defib me .
I had one rather long stent fitted in the lad . Then 2 days later had another 2 fitted in one more artery.
I was in hospital for 4 day's
The pressure bandage you referred to on the right wrist is pressurised (or mine was) and it was kept on for 24 hours and each hour a nurse came to release some of the pressure.
3 months after my heart attack I was diagnosed as type 2 diabetic, I have since turned my life around by re running Couch to 5k and training at the gym 3x a week .
I am now 3 stone lighter .
I'm 5'8" and was 13.5 stone at the time of the HA, I'm now at a stable 10 stone 5 lbs
And my diabetes is officially in Remission.
And all my blood works and risk markers are back in the normal range and I have not felt this good for many years 🙏
I was taken off the beta blockers as I got fitter and my resting HR was like yours, around 50.
I have also now been taken off Clopidogrel which is a blood thinner but only take for 12 months after the HA.
I'm still of course still on Aspirin .
I would dearly like to come off the Statins but my GP is not prepared to take me off them .
And I'm certainly reluctant to just ignore his advice even though I feel I don't need them .
Anyway, I wish you all the best on your continued recovery and many more happy miles of running.... Thank you for your post and take care , Ian
Good to hear your story, it gives me hope for my road to recovery
@@RunAdventurer Thank you.
I actually found the emotional recovery was just as real as the physical recovery..
It took me a long time to get my head around what had happened.
May i suggest it might be worthwhile having a Hba1c blood test as sleep apnea and a waistline of greater than half your height are also markers for metabolic syndrome .
I didn't have sleep apnea but did have the large stomach...
These markers put you at greater risk for developing type 2 diabetes.
And as you rightly say, better we can see the iceberg before hitting it .
Take care !
Hba1c is 30, 34 inch waist 1.8m tall
Great 👌