About Me (In My Own Words)
I had a dissecting lower anterior dissection during a simple cardiac cath, less than 15" into the procedure. Dxd. with ASHD and 99% blockage OF THE LAD. SOB presented itself initially, then accompanied by substernal pressure along with severe nausea one night at 0345 hrs. a month later. Needed to see cardiologist soon, and was scheduled for nuclear stress test, then the cardiac cath. Rushed in to surgery and ended up with an off pump LIMA procedure, of a single CABG. Woke up in CICU... a year and half before, I had a standard stress/echo which gave me a clean bill of health. Touch and go as far as I was concerned... tubes, wires, drains, pacers, urinary and chest tubes and intubated on room air with a gastric tube to suction. scared and bewildered after being told I had but minutes to a half hour to live without surgery. I had upper thoracic/sternal pain due largely to rib retractors. Pulled thru it all. Rehab for 10 days then returned home and doing well. Need to resume a cardiac diet though. F/U with cardiology q6months
More Info About Me & My Heart
More About Me
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I am from:
Utica
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My surgery date is:
December 26, 2020
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I was diagnosed with:
Coronary Artery Disease
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My surgery was:
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft