I AM BACK!!!!!!

HI EVERYONE! WELL I AM BACK AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE WITH MY ANGIOGRAM !!!!!!! I WAS SO NERVOUS BUT JUST TO KNOW THAT MY STRESS TEST WAS A FALSE READING AND THAT EVERYTHING IS FINE WITH MY HEART....MAKES GOING THROUGH THE ANGIO WORTH IT. I GOTTA BE HONEST IT HURT LIKE HELL FOR ME AND I CRIED LIKE A BABY THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH. AND DURING IT I THOUGHT I WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK, BECAUSE MY HEART STARTED BEATING REALLY FAST AND WAS SKIPPING BEATS AND I ACTUALLY FELT IT. SO I SCREAMED TO THE DOC THAT SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING WITH MY HEART AND HE ASSURED ME THAT WHAT I WAS FEELING AND WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH MY HEART WAS THE CATHETER CAUSING THAT...whew TALK ABOUT PANICKING AT IT'S BEST...LOL!!!!!! WELL I AM STILL VERY SORE AND EXTREMELY TIRED STLL FROM YESTERDAY'S PROCEDURE. tHEY GAVE ME SO MANY DRUGS IT WAS UNREAL. THEY GAVE ME VERSAID, FETANYL, VALIUM, BENADRYL, PERCOCET, AND FLEXERIL, ALL FOR PAIN AND SEDATION AND THEN MY NORMAL EFFEXOR. NEEDLESS TO SAY I SLEPT FROM THE TIME I GOT HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL AROUND 9PM TILL 11AM TODAY. I WAS TOLD I CAN'T DRIVE OR DO ANYTHING TILL FRIDAY!!!! WHICH MEANS I CAN'T GO TONIGHT TO THE INFORMATIONAL SEMINAR WITH DR. ARANOW. AS I HAVE MENTIONED IN MY PAST POST, I HAVE ALL MY PRE-OPS SET AND AM ALL GEARED UP TO HAVE SURGERY WITH DR. BARBA. I JUST WANTED TO GO TO DR. ARANOW'S SEMINAR BECAUSE I HEARD HE DOES DISTAL PROCEDURES WHICH I WOULD PREFER. AND DR. BARBA DOES ONLY PROXIMAL. AND I WAS HOPING TO ASK DR. ARANOW SOME QUESTIONS. BUT IT'S OKAY. I AM VERY COMFORTABLE WITH DR. BARBA AND I REALLY LIKE ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL. I'M SURE THAT EVEN WITH THE PROXIMAL PROCEDURE I CAN GET DOWN TO MY GOAL WEIGHT OF 125 POUNDS FROM THE 410 I AM NOW. WELL I AM STILL TIRED AND PROBABLY WON'T POST TILL TOMORROW AGAIN, BUT I WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR KIND WORDS AND SUPPORT. I AM REALLY HAPPY I BELONG TO THIS SITE, YOU GALS(AND GUYS) ARE A GREAT BUNCH OF PEOPLE. WELL I WILL TALK TO YOU ALL LATER! PS: JULIE....YOU WILL BE ABSOLUTELY FINE...YOU ARE IN MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS!!! KEEP IN TOUCH! MARY

Mary, I am so happy to hear everything came back fine. I have been thinking about you and wondering what happened. I am assuming you felt no pain in your back after all thoses pain meds they gave you. lol That is one of my main concerns. I can not lay flay on my back due to a compressed disc and other back issues so my mom told me to let them know and they will give me something. My appointment got switched, thank goodness I will be over with it by the weekend. I am going in for the angiogram on friday morning. Thank you for the well wishers. ~Julie~

Hi Mary: I am so happy to hear that your heart is fine. I am imagine it was painful. Since you've mentioned it, what is the difference between priximal and distal?? Thanks and go rest!! T

So glad to hear you are fine, was thinking about you. I too screamed in pain on the table, "Help me, Help me" but they basically said you're fine, and ignored me!!! Of course I was having a heart attack at the time as well. I am so glad you didn't have any bleeding afterwards. They told me it was because I was overweight, but, as WE ALL KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT ANYTHING THAT IS WRONG WITH US!