Update on my brother Jim. Drs put 2 stents in artery. Be home in 3-4 days

[bobbieinok]

Thank you all for prayers, good wishes and vibes.

[MicaelS]

1. Awesome. Thanks for updating us. n/t

[RKP5637]

2. Great news to hear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Karadeniz]

3. Whoopee!!❤

[CurtEastPoint]

4. I had the same thing done in December! Left anterior descending... 2 stents. Best wishes!

[GaYellowDawg]

8. I had one put in my LAD.

One in the circumflex artery. I had a really bad set of blockages. Posterior descending: 100% but with collateral circulation. Circumflex: 60%. LAD: 95%. I still don't know why I didn't have a massive, fatal heart attack. My surgeon and cardiologist both gave me a severe talk that ended with "You have 2 choices: lose weight, or die." I went with option A and lost 150 pounds. And I have had chest pains just twice since that stent placement 4 years ago: once, when I tried going walking less than a week after the surgery; and second, when I had an incredibly high blood pressure after too much Aleve and too much stress.

[CurtEastPoint]

10. Wow! You caught them in good time! Mine were 75.

[Ohiogal]

5. That's great news!

[irisblue]

6. Thanks for the update.

[jrthin]

7. Very good news.

[GaYellowDawg]

9. Good!

This is the beginning of a journey, though, not the end. I had 2 stents placed and they were very clear that this was a stopgap solution, and the real solution was to eat better and lose weight. 4 years later and 150 pounds less, and I'm still kicking, with no chest pains.

[a kennedy]

12. Good for you......

[a kennedy]

11. Such good news......so happy for you and your family.

[BritVic]

13. Same here, 2 stents in, 4 days in hospital

I had been dosed up with morphine in the hours leading up to having the stents put in. I was awake but out of it. When the first stent went in I felt instantaneous relief, but my body reacted and I was violently ill in the operating theatre, so the specialist decided I had had enough and I had to come back for the second stent a few weeks later. As the specialist said to me after I'd thrown up in reaction to the morphine "You'd be a rubbish drug addict" !

[sheshe2]

14. Such good news.

Thank you for the update. Best to you and yours.

[helpisontheway]

15. Good news. Thank you for the update. Nt

[True Blue American]

16. Great news!

My brother had a massive stroke, came back just fine. He could not even talk at the beginning.

[Honeycombe8]

17. Great news! nt

[SeattleVet]

18. I had 2 LAD stents placed last August

and walked out of the hospital the next day (I'll be 65 in a few months). My main blockage was right where the artery branches, so they put in a special stent (Tryton) that is made to be placed at the bifurcation. The second stent goes through the end portion of this one and everything is supported properly. One of the stents also has a year's worth of medication impregnated that slowly leaches out and helps to keep the tissue from reacting it.

Did 6 weeks of cardio rehab (which they could have extended to 12 weeks if they felt it was needed). When I had my 3-month followup with the cardiologist he said that they usually did another one 6 months after, then one a year later. I was doing so well that he decided that we could skip the next one and just set up a final followup in a year. I'll be on anti-platelet meds for 2 years.

If they offer cardiac rehab, it is well worth the time and effort to attend!

Good luck to him...they have the technology advanced to a point that is saving a LOT more people than just a couple of years ago.

[badhair77]

19. Great news.

Sending good vibes to your brother for a complete recovery.

[CaptainTruth]

20. Awesome! I hope he has a full recovery!

[sprinkleeninow]

21. +Thanks Be!+

[spanone]

22. Great News!

[bluestarone]

23. GREAT news!

Happy for you and your family!!

[ancianita]

24. Hang in there!

[smirkymonkey]

25. Good to hear!

Best wishes for a complete recovery!

[raging moderate]

26. Hooray!

We are all pulling for your brother Jim.

[DFW]

27. Glad to hear it! 15 years ago, that was me, and I got 2 stents, too

I have low blood pressure (normal for me is 115/70), so I barely felt something was wrong, but I felt a few twinges in my shoulder, and since both my dad's parents died of heart attacks before they were 70, I figured I should get it looked at.

I called up a cardiologist, who thought I was a typical German with normal insurance, and they said they had an appointment open in 2 months. I said, no, I was a visiting American and would pay in cash. Oh, well, in that case, they had an opening that afternoon. Good thing. The cardiologist did an echo-stress test, broke it off, freaked out, called up a cardiac clinic half an hour away, and told me to get my ass up there IMMEDIATELY. I said well, wait, I had appointments, and he said, no, NOW.

I figured he saw something evil, so I did as he told me. The next day, at the clinic, the big professor looked at my chart and said, clear my slate, this guy comes on at noon. So, they took me down did all the prep, put in two stents, and showed me the "before" and "after" photos. I had two forward coronary arteries 99% blocked, and I was about to fall over dead from a massive coronary I never knew was coming. He told me I was the luckiest guy in Europe that day. I was home in 3 days.

Sometimes, there's that little birdie in your head saying--"it's not your time yet, so get your ass to the doc NOW." Sounds like your brother heard the same little birdie I did.

[MLAA]

28. Glad he is doing well!

http://www.dresselstyn.com/site/

Best book I know of ‘Prevent and reverse Heart Disease’ by Dr Esselstyn.

[uponit7771]

29. AMEN!!

[DarthDem]

30. Great News!!!

Thanks for sharing this. All my best to him in his recovery.

[Goodheart]

31. I know from experience that he will be feeling great in two days

And he'll say to you "I didn't even realize I wasn't feeling as good as I should have been."

[akraven]

32. bobbie, my hubby got 2 stents but had to go to Anchorage on an emergency flight for them -

our hospital here couldn't handle cardio. Jim, DUDE! you'll rock it!!

[unitedwethrive]

33. Hope he gets well soon!

[murielm99]

34. Great news.

I hope he heals up and gets back to normal, everyday life.

[Lucky Luciano]

35. Great news. That's a lot of stress. Good luck to your family!! nt