Angioplasty Heart Update

      

 Well I did that! LOL Before I took the angioplasty test I was worried like everyone else is. Never having done that you can't help but have your mind go crazy about someone touring around the inside of your body looking at your heart. I was told from the other side my heart is fine! I just won't like it. Great they tell me I won't like it an nothing else. That is cryptic.
    Everything turned out great! Hubby took me early in the morning and Nikki was the ranch uber going back. I am going to have to tell this doctor congratulations, he is the first doctor in a long time that hasn't accidentally tried to kill me.  It was a interesting experience all together. From doing all the paperwork and the exams to the actual procedure. I had at least 4 psychic and medium experiences in the process of it all.
   The procedure itself was cool! I was supposed to be the first one in but I think I was about the 3rd. He came up to me laying on the table/bed and said I was his problem for the day. LOL Because I couldn't use the normal heparin for the blood thinner without stopping my heart they had to find and use one they weren't use to. So it took a bit to figure out which one and to then go retrieve it. I was totally awake through it all. It was sooo cool! They gave me a antihistamine to counter what I was allergic to in the dye they used to see where everything was going on the screen. They also gave me something I have no clue that must have done a job on me. LOL I was looking at my fingernails.... the white of the fingernails were glowing neon yellow/green! So I must have been a little  bonkers on something. I felt pressure on the entry points on the right wrist and right groin area. They said the wrist was a artery and the groin was the vein. I was so disappointed that I couldn't see the monitor and watch that wire or whatever it was take it's tour of my heart.
   I asked when it was all done if he saw any calcium deposits and he said none! I was wide open, my heart was strong a little out of shape and just slightly enlarge but know big deal. I had to laugh at what he said about everything being wide open. I don't know what he normally tells a person but that was hysterical to me. You know when you look down a persons throat and you look at the tonsils? Some people you look at their open mouths and all you see is a small opening and hard to see anything. Now when I open my mouth for a person to take a look at my throat that is a different story. You take a look and you will see all the way down to my belly button! So I guess just about everything on me is wide open!
   The only thing that really hurt was laying on my back for 4 hours on that hard table. Part of that was for the actual procedure that took less than a hour the rest was keeping me still so I wouldn't hurt myself. They thinned my blood so much that when they took tape off of me it left bruising. It is a week and a half later and I still have a big L shaped bruise on my chest. I can see now why they don't let you move around. Man at that level of thinning I am surprise a person doesn't damage something with a sneeze even. So I laid on the table while they monitored my blood until it returned to normal thickness either naturally or with something they may have given me to make it better. The flat part of my tailbone area hurt so bad I almost cried getting up off that table. I'm tough but some things are just painful.
   I had a check up with my local GP today for a sinus infection. I told her to take a look at my test results. You should have heard her. She actually said WOW! I never hear of test results this good! These are exceptional results!
   Sooo at least we are good in that area. Just have to figure out why I still can't breathe good when walking around.
   Oh yes, the part I wasn't going to like? I need to lose weight to breathe better. Well good grief! I would have don't that a long time ago if I could! I can't eat so many things now. No beef, pork, lamb or any products with any of that in it. No beef stews,hamburgers, casseroles, no bacon or bacon drippings even in gravy. No milk, butter,cheese, cream cheese, cream soups, yogurt, cottage cheese.Most food additives like preservatives, MSG, HFCS. Alternative milks like almond and soy gives me problems. Peanut butter / nuts in general. Strawberries and some other fruits I never can tell, depends on what chemicals were used on them with growing them.
    All the above causes different problems everything from breathing bad, itching for days, my heart trying to stop with blood pressure dropping so far I have heart palpitation up to a 160 pulse rate trying to keep my BP up. We can add perfumes other people are wearing since that is what caused all these medical exams in the first place after receiving a hug from a lady with perfume on. Within minutes my pulse rate jumped up to 160 pulse. Couldn't get it down on my own and wound up in the ER a few hours later where they gave me a shot of something to get it back to normal. So no more perfume people for me!
   The only thing I know to do is try to find a different breathing medicine that doesn't have steroids in it. I asked the lung doctor and am going to try his version in a few days. I only hope it doesn't cause problems. I am skipping lunch and I don't drink sodas except when in town eating or if my BP drops so low I use it to get my BP back up.
    I am even trying low dose Wellbutrin which is a happy pill that can help people lose weight. Lots more energy but no luck on weight loss yet.
Soooooooooo

That is the low down on the heart beat. Now it's time to get ready for Christmas and do husbands back surgery on Dec. 16th!

Love
Ranchmama