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Post by harborbelt70 on May 19, 2023 11:18:21 GMT
Smart move on your part đź‘Ťđź‘Ť All the best from all of us!
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Post by BobS2056 on May 19, 2023 14:14:31 GMT
Good luck with your hospital stay, I also had a stress test, what a machine they used on me, they didn’t have me jogging in place
Bob
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Post by rtraincollector on May 19, 2023 19:26:57 GMT
Good luck with your hospital stay, I also had a stress test, what a machine they used on me, they didn’t have me jogging in place Bob They must of had you do the treadmill one, mine was chemically induced stress test. Okay thanks for all the concern and well wishes. I still will have to go back for a heart cath so they can look inside it. Then we will discuss future options, I was told that my replaced valve has swollen, which they say is normal, but they said they don't think they need to do anything now but maybe in the future.
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Post by atsda on May 20, 2023 3:45:09 GMT
All the best with upcoming tests, and that the situation can be managed without significant interventions. Alfred
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Post by rtraincollector on May 22, 2023 3:24:17 GMT
I just thought of something, the V.A. has a thing called community care, I might be able to have the heart cath done here in Spartanburg and be able to go home and rest at home instead of the hospital there in Asheville 72 miles away.
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Post by rtraincollector on May 22, 2023 14:11:23 GMT
Cardiologist called today and said she doesn't think I really need the heart cath. 
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Post by atsda on May 22, 2023 16:32:07 GMT
rtraincollector, This news sounds promising. Get off the 'wounded list' as soon as you can. Alfred
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Post by ptc2 on May 22, 2023 18:30:44 GMT
"Cardiologist called today and said she doesn't think I really need the heart cath."
Excellent news.
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Post by rtraincollector on May 22, 2023 19:21:13 GMT
Back to normal activities, been home since Friday with thought I would have to go back but this a.m. told didn't have to 
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Post by Adam on May 22, 2023 19:36:49 GMT
Great news and good to have some peace of mind.
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Post by curtis on May 22, 2023 20:50:05 GMT
So did you have a heart cath done or not? My family Dr wanted me to have one. Scheduled with Heart Dr who said I did NOT need one. I replied my family Dr was insistent that I get one. Scheduled and went to get done. Surgeon said same "You do NOT need one." Same answer to him and we went ahead and did it. While in surgery Surgeon wheels alongside me and ask a billion questions. I ask what is going on. His answer - You should be dead! Now am proud owner of Stents. Two on the widow maker!
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Post by rtraincollector on May 22, 2023 23:05:02 GMT
No did not get one, I have had two in the past, I have had open heart surgery in the past to replace my bicuspid valve because it was small. I had Staphylococcus on my heart. That was my second widow maker I delt with, 1st I went into lower defibrillation during a stress test, later my regular DR. told me I beaten the widow make, not many make through what you just did.
They did a chemical stress test and I made it through that and my echo gram came out fine also. Last Friday they did not have all the results back from stress test was why they were thinking I might need a heart cath.
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Post by atsda on May 25, 2023 2:48:29 GMT
Curtis, Wow. Alfred
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Post by atsda on May 25, 2023 2:49:35 GMT
Rtraincollector, Glad to know you are back to usual activities. Keep track of what is going on, and follow medical advice. Alfred
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