Just got my new date...Sept 9
I was scheduled for WLS on the last week of June. Final heart stress test indicated I have a partial blockage of one of my heart arteries. First cardiologist I went to said I needed and angiogram and maybe and angioplasty. I weigh 422, so I needed a special table. What a fuss! For one month we searched around and tried to find a surgeon who would take my insurance who worked at a facility with a large table. Then, when we found one, I went for the consult. He said I did not need an angiogram. Said the blockage was minimal, and that there is a .5% fatality rate with it. The angiogram, which is extremely dangerous in a big man like me, has a 3% fatality rate. He said that the blockage was only borderline and has approved me for WLS. So, I contacted Cedars Sinai (LA) and I'm back on the schedule for Sept. 9. I am so tired of being probed and poked, measured and checked. But, it won't be long now.