Hey Mike, Pretty much all 8... 10... 12...?? Well I’ve lost count. But pretty much all of my angioplasty procedures were an easy recovery. Oh, and it isn’t actually surgery (or called surgery) for angioplasty ... it’s a fairly simple procedure (by comparison) with a tiny puncture, basically just like an IV except it goes in an artery instead of a vein.
The only one that really caused me any trouble was last September, and that wasn’t actually caused by the angioplasty, it was the horrible laceration to my tongue when they decided under duress to put in a breathing tube. I’m sure you’ll do fine. Ken Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 23, 2019, at 2:48 PM, Mike Stein <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the tip & good wishes, Ken; no, this'll be my first operation of > any kind, which is why I've been a chicken & put it off for 6 months or so... > ;-) > > Good luck with yours!!! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kenneth Pettit > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2019 11:40 AM > Subject: Re: [M100] In the hospital > > Again, thank you everyone for the good wishes. My operation will be the > later part of the week it sounds like, possibly as late as Friday. Just > waiting for the effects of the blood thinners to wear off. > > Mike, good luck on your procedure also. Have you had this done previously? > The most difficult part I think is laying perfectly flat during recovery if > they enter through the groin. If they enter through the wrist, recovery is a > bit easier. > > Ken > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 21, 2019, at 8:45 PM, gotoole <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all >> >> Best wishes from Gordon. Get well soon. >> >> Regards >> >> Gordon O'Toole >> >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Stephen Adolph <[email protected]> >> Date: 22/7/19 12:43 pm (GMT+10:00) >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [M100] In the hospital >> >> Mike, >> Hope that goes smoothly for you. I have heard that stents make a great >> difference and recovery is fast. Best wishes- >> Steve >> >> >>> On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 3:00 PM Mike Stein <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Best wishes for a successful outcome and improvement in quality of life! >>> >>> Going in for angiogram/angioplasty/stent myself in a couple of weeks... >>> >>> m >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Ken Pettit" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2019 11:05 AM >>> Subject: [M100] In the hospital >>> >>> >>> > Hey Gang, >>> > >>> > I had to come to the hospital again on Wednesday because of cardio >>> > issues. After the angiogram yesterday, the Dr. told me I need bypass >>> > surgery, which they will schedule for sometime early next week. I'm >>> > still hanging out here while waiting, which is kinda why I have time to >>> > send emails on the list :) >>> > >>> > Just wanted everyone to know in case things don't go well and you never >>> > hear from me again, at least you will know what happened. Only a small >>> > chance of that though ... they do a LOT of open heart surgery per day >>> > here (successfully), so they are pretty good at it. >>> > >>> > Ken
