It didn't turn out too badly. A "dissection" where the graft meets the heart
wall. Doc put me back on Plavix and upped my Imdur and told me to expect it
to heal in a couple of weeks. Hopefully the Imdur will keep the angina at
bay until the EKG returns to normal.
I threatened the Nurse Practitioner with a sure and painful death if she
placed an electrode anywhere near my left breast. She said I shouldn't have
the amount of pain there I am having. She called in the cardiothoracic team
to have a look. They agreed the pain should be gone now and prescribed
NEURONTIN (600mg x 3 ), gave me Lydocaine patches to use until the
Nerurontin kicks in and referred me to the pain clinic. Interesting drug,
this Neurontin. Looks like a universal cure for everything. Has anyone ever
taken it? Prescribed it? Lots of possible side effects -- something that
worries me a bit since I've reacted badly to several drugs in years gone by.
On 7/9/03 8:17 PM, in article
[email hidden], "Glenn"
Quoted message said:I'm just going to cry in my soup. Except I don't have soup.
I'm six weeks post MIDCAB (LAD) and the checkups with the surgeon and
PCP were going well. I had a few complications, including plueral
effusion. Spent a few nights in the hospital getting that all
straightened out. I've had a couple of nasty bouts of angina but a
couple is much, much, less than I had to deal with before the MIDCAB.
I went to my cardio today with hopes of getting the all-clear to
return to work and get on with my life.You have to know my cardiologist. He's just a super guy. Very detailed
and very personable once you have a vocabulary to interact with him.
Also very upbeat. The sort of person who makes you look for the silver
lining.His nurse took a history of the last month and did the usual EKG and
put the chart in the slot and said the Doc would be in. He came in,
sans chart, exchanged hellos and then simply said, "I'm worried. Your
EKG is abnormal. Let's schedule a cath and see what's going on." (He
knows me well enough to blurt it out and get pragmatism in response.)He listed some possiblities of what he might find and said we'd talk
more after he knew more. So, just when the blues were lifting, they're
back. Heart cath number 8 and who knows what beyond that.End of sobbing.