Has anyone felt they recieved a stent when they felt they did'nt need it?
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Probably.\n\nNot everyone with coronary artery disease has symptoms.\n\nIf a person's disease was uncovered as the result of a routine physical exam, and they had never experienced chest pain, they might find it hard to believe that stenting had been necessary.\n\nIt would probably be helpful if more doctors showed their patients images from the fluoroscopic recording, so they could see that the vessel had been narrowed, and that it had improved after stenting.\n\nA person who received a stent should definitely continue taking their prescribed medications, to keep the stent from becoming blocked.
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I had it done in my endocrinologists' office .It was over quickly and relatively painless. There was no bleeding ; and the nodule shrunk on my last visit .It does tend to make you nervous; but I learned they are very common .Mine turned up on a routine series of preventative exams .
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First I would ask for an echocardiogram with & without saline (water bubbles); this will show any & hopefully all holes in your heart. I had it done & they found I was missing a chamber and had holes on the opposite side of my heart which required them to "cath" my heart. They make a small slice in the groin area & go through a main artery in your leg up to your heart. I'm only 5' & 100 lbs & they couldn't knock me out with morphine (I watched the entire procedure & ticked off my cardiologist -lol). My personal opinion would be 1. ask questions, make a list if you have to, 2. check out the surgeons & their history, & 3. if they are as good as they check out to be the procedure will be a cakewalk for you. I was 38 when they found all of this & now I'm 43 and alive to see my baby (23) get married this coming August to a wonderful young lady. My Dad had 2 triple arterial bypasses & he lost a leg in Korea and God bless him, he'll be 79 this July. Yes, I had a good role model but it is normal to get upset when a Dr mentions a prob w/the heart & that you have to face surgery. I now know how a lobster feels having its chest cracked but thorasic & cardiac surgery is so advanced that I can promise you that you'll be fine. Try to keep a positive attitude and have faith; they told me after 3 days that if I could walk up & down a flight of stairs 4 times, I could go home..........I bolted & got my boney butt outta that hospital & back into my own home in no time. My thoughts & prayers are with you (Navy brat here) but above all : keep the faith.\nBeth
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I lost mine once.  I guess I was more mad at myself for being such an idiot than depressed.  My license was in there, luckily no credit cards, some cash, school ID...  Then I thought about people who lose a leg, or an eye, or worse, and I didn't feel so bad.  Plus I'm more careful now, and now there's lots more stuff in there than there was then!
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nope... i didnt get one even though i was told i would
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I will keep you and your family in my prayers. Any time one has a major surgery there is a chance of not making it through the surgery My mom,in 2003 went to her doctor(regular visit) and he sent her to the hospital they ran the usual tests and told her they would not release her,that she had no choice but to have a quadruple by-pass.So she did,she came through the surgery fine. It took a few months for her to regain her strength,she never seemed to recover from a deep depression.18 months later she died peacefully in her sleep.What concerns me,the quadruple was a fairly new venture in heart surgery at the time.Within 6 months of her surgery,her boyfriend was told he needed the same surgery.and one month later mom's younger brother was told he needed a quadruple by pass.at the same time  a friend of mine had the surgery then the doctor tells his wife she needed the same surgery a month or so later another friend of mine had to have the same surgery!These people live in different states But...they were all on social security and medicaid or medicare.There may not be any connection or anything.But it just strikes me as odd that all these people I know had to have the same surgery.I have even wondered"were these doctors using these people as guinea pigs for practice? My Mom was 70 when she died.There's no doubt that many people need this type surgery.Maybe I am just being paranoid!I guess I am still very upset at the fact the doctor said the surgery would add 10 to 15 years to her life.Her death was totally unexpected.She was not complaining of pain or feeling sick or anything. I pray your Grandpa will have a good out come on his surgery!
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GET HER TO THE EMERGANCY ROOM NOW!!!!  Even if she doesn't want to go, pick her up and drag her there if you have to.  The Stent could have moved, slipped or any number of other problems.  SOB is nothing to fool around with.
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Thank God. Im not the only one. Yes. If I miss it for a day I feel like I lost something or didnt accomplish something for that day
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i cant tick off that receipt coz the person that i owe is dead.he died 11yrs ago & i miss him every day.i hope he knows how grateful i am but that would mean i would have to start beliving in my religion & i dnt think that will happen any time soon
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I have breast implants, which I got about a year ago.\nIt wasn't a necessity by anyone's standards, but my own.  It is something that I wanted to do for myself.  I dress conservatively, and the only people who know that I have it done is my mom, my husand, and one of my friends.  I told no one else, because like I said, it was for me.\nThe only regret that I have is that I didn't do it sooner.
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my uncle received a heart and kidney transplant that gave him life for an additional 13 years...someone elses loss gave us more time to enjoy our family member...am i selfish, yes? am i grateful to those who lost a beautiful woman, yes! yes, because they in their time of sorrow were able to give the gift to us--total strangers....so, my answer is of course my organs are being donated....
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It might be a problem with an iron or steel stent.   Ask the doc.
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There are minimally invasive interventional procedures such as percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty(ptca),and intravascular radiotherapy.I have 3 stents and they made a small cut in my arm to implant them.I was in and out of the hospital in 24 hours.But I have to take blood thinner for the rest of my life.(I should have taken the 120grand and died happy with a nice sportscar.)I don't think there are any noninvasive ways.In some cases meds & a low fat,low sat.fat diet can help, but does not clear the blockage alone.A healthy diet & no smoking.(which I still do) helps.Good luck.
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There is a lot more to this story than you understand, wrote, or were told.  The condition you describe is called cardiac tamponode and it is not a complication that I have ever heard of from angioplasty...ever.  Additionally, I have never heard of doing a pericardialcentisis and re-injecting the fluid (which almost certainly is not pure blood) directly back into the patient's blood stream.  It usually is sent to the lab for evaluation to help determine where the fluid is coming from.  That part of the evaluation is key to treating the condition.  With the use of steriods it sounds like the doctor is treating pericarditis - an inflammatory condition of the bag that surrounds your heart insulating it from the chest wall.  Pericarditis can be an uncomfortable condition that usually responds to steriods or anti-inflammatories or both.  \n\nI agree that it may be time to seek additional help.  If you doctor is truely baffled I would think he would welcome additional input.  Consider going to a university center for a full evaluation - even if it means traveling.  You only get one heart.  Good luck.
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I AM NOT A DOCTOR, but I did have, had the same systems a year ago.  I thought I was having chest pains and panicked.  Went to the ER, after my trying to explain the pain, (different country) and after an eternity found it was not my chest, but my lungs, I had an ammonia, (walking)  After a couple of days looking back since I am an older person, and if anyone has that little tickle (cough) in their throat check it out. Also dander from pets. Sorry pet lovers I have birds, dogs, cats, the list goes on because I live in the country..\n\nI also felt something different for at least a couple of months, but did not think anything of it, just a tickle in my throat\n\nHonestly I thought it was chest pains, but turned out to be my lungs.  Because I described where the pain was the doc's where checking out the heart, took like eons for them to know it was the lungs. Once x-rays and everything came back they started treatment, am grateful to be alive now.
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Sort of. I got sick again a few months after mine, and apparently it was becuz there were still a few gallstones  in my stomach somewhere. It took a long time to feel better, but still have the pain and "funny" sensation once in a great while. Depending on how long you had the problem before it was removed, it could cause scarring.
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I actually had this too a few years ago.  It was a fluid filled cist.  They were going to operate to remove it but instead they stuck a big needle in there and it drained right out.  Its been fine ever since.  It was also the size of a pea and times if I used my hands a lot or bumped it it would hurt more.