I had a very peculiar cath experience. I had a heart attack on February 12, 2018 and the emergency room doctor told me they would do a cath once the cardiologist arrived that evening, and would determine whether I needed a stent. I have no memory of being prepped for the cath and no memory of the cath itself, except that I was told, afterwards, that I had major blockages in five coronary arteries and was being scheduled for quintuple bypass surgery at 6:30 am the next morning. I remember calling my wife to let her know, texting my teenaged daughter to tell her that I would be okay and home in a week or so and vaguely recall a nurse telling me to keep my leg straight for a couple of hours. My next memory was being rolled to the OR and prepped for the CABG surgery. I woke up two weeks later, having ben kept sedated and on a ventilator that whole time due to having contracted pneumonia and a c diff superbug infection. During the two weeks that I was sedated, I was hallucinating continually, and the hallucinations continued periodically for several days after the doctors finally woke me. It took me another three weeks at Kessler inpatient rehab (where I learned to walk again) before I pieced together my experience. The cath experience never entered my thoughts and any pain or discomfort I might have experienced under more normal circumstances had long since healed. I did kiss my front door when I finally came home six weeks after my heart attack (I would have kissed the ground but for my sternal restrictions at the time).
Best wishes and good health to all.
Ira
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Ira Reid
Hoboken NJ
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-07-2018 16:20
From: Michael Weeks
Subject: heart catheterization
I relatively recently experienced two heart caths, one from the groin, and one from the wrist. I had no after effects from the wrist procedure, and only minor healing pain from the groin procedure.
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Michael Weeks
The Villages FL
(352) 751-7018
Original Message:
Sent: 08-06-2018 08:39
From: chris rhoads
Subject: heart catheterization
I had a heart cath done last Monday (July 30th) using my left wrist. As of today, which is a week later it still feels like someone beat my forearm with a blunt hammer. Its not black and blue, but it hurts! Has anyone else had similar discomfort? Is this normal? Thanks MH community!
-Chris
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chris rhoads
maintenance director
land clearing specialists
beaver PA
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