I have 6 stents. The last two were in 2006. The procedure is not painful. The recovery time for me was just a couple of days taking it easy. And every checkup has been great.If so, was it a major or minor deal?
Did you feel better after or ...?
Done in the hospital. For me, a sedative is used and a local and i was awake but no pain. And if you want, you can watch the procedure on a monitor. The recovery is to allow the small incision to heal for a few days but you can walk after being released from hospital. Most hospitals have all the modern equipment to perform the procedure. I had all of mine done at HEB Hospital in Bedford, TXjimbo,
6?
Wow!!
Were they done with a local or did they knock you out for the procedure?
And thank you for your input.
My experience is similar. Glad it worked well for you.Yes. In 2016, I had a heartburn feeling and some pain in my back. My doctor told me to get to the emergency room. Long story short, I ended up having a heart attack in the hospital. The doctor rolled me into the cath lab and made an incision in my inner thigh (groin) and blasted the clot and then inserted a stint. I was awake and talking to him the entire time and watching what he was seeing on a monitor. It's pretty amazing technology. I was back working a couple of day's later. Afterwards, I had energy that I hadn't had in years. There was damage to my heart (EF of 45) but it has now completely healed and my EF is 65.
OP, this should no longer be the case. You can't do jumping jacks in recovery, of course, but there are alternative methods of closing the incision that don't require perfect stillness, clamps, and/or sandbags on your leg to maintain pressure for an extended time.Once in recovery they tell you not to move leg "at all" if you pop the plug loose your femoral opens you can bleed to death in seconds.
That's great! IIRC, 60 is considered healthy and anything over that is just icing on the cake.There was damage to my heart (EF of 45) but it has now completely healed and my EF is 65.