Wellness

[pbb]

tomorrow is my big day for my catheterization .. keep me in your thoughts and prayers.. waiting for this to get over so that I am well enough for knee replacement.. thank you all

[hckynut]

On 8/19/2014 pbb said:

tomorrow is my big day for my catheterization .. keep me in your thoughts and prayers.. waiting for this to get over so that I am well enough for knee replacement.. thank you all

I wish you well and my thoughts are with you. Hope you have been able to relax a bit since my last post on this thread. Please let us know how you are doing.

My best to you tomorrow,

[pbb]

Hi everyone.. everything went well.. My surgeon went thru my wrist for the heart cath I had no blockage and good heart function so it was a false positive.. he said women often have this due to dense breasts.. so thankful.. thank you everyone for thoughts and prayers. no allowed to push lift or pull anything over 3 lbs for 5 days but that is no problem .. very blessed

[violann]

How wonderful to hear!

[dayari]

PBB so very happy to read your post you must be soooo relieved! Thank GOD it was nothing BUT what a scare these tests can give us more STRESS than our hearts and nerves need. I sometimes think these things do more damage to our bodies than what could actually be wrong. Still better to check everything out and in your case a true Blessing the results. Thank you for sharing your experience with all of us it may just help someone who is going through a similar condition to relax a little more. Rest and put your feet up and watch some QVC. I share your celebration with you! as I'm sure so many others do! GOD BLESS and feel GREAT!

[hckynut]

On 8/23/2014 pbb said:

Hi everyone.. everything went well.. My surgeon went thru my wrist for the heart cath I had no blockage and good heart function so it was a false positive.. he said women often have this due to dense breasts.. so thankful.. thank you everyone for thoughts and prayers. no allowed to push lift or pull anything over 3 lbs for 5 days but that is no problem .. very blessed

pbb

Am happy to here everything went well for you. The Transradial Heart Cath is relatively new and not done by all Cardiologists. It also depends on the individual person if this type of heart cath can be done.

I know they are still doing studies comparing this procedure to the Transfemoral Heart Cath and the end results of a great number of patients undergoing this type of Heart Cath. From what I understand, if a Transradial Cath is done and a blockage is found an Angioplasty or a Stent-Angioplasty cannot be done via this method.

If the blockage is in an area that can be opened with an Angioplasty or Stent-Angioplasty it must be done via the Femoral Artery, thus the more common Transfemoral method must be used.

All that worry and fear! Always best to know what one is facing before putting oneself through unnecessary feelings. Again, easy for me to say, not as easy for some to do.

Very happy for you.

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