Well, after they inserted one stent in my LCA a couple of weeks ago, I can say I am getting better quality sleep. But that's about all I can say. I am still operating at about 50% of normal and quite limited in stamina. I am now able to walk an entire block without running out of breath. So that's to be thankful for.The troubling news is... Read more
Last Tuesday night, having trouble getting to sleep due to chest discomfort, and having taken nitroglycerin twice in 15 minutes without relief, I recalled the cardiologist's words of concern the day before when he urged me to come in and let them do angioplasty - "I don't want you to get too comfortable with that chest pain."... Read more
Well, my name's not Hannah, but I do have a "hard heart" - or heart disease, according to the doctors. After a recent Cardio catheterization procedure, the cardiologist told me I had 25 to 30% blockage in one coronary artery and 100% blockage in another. Then he said my heart had created its own "by pass" artery, which was... Read more