...STINTS... Anyone Have Them ??Y

[Tim Horton]

Yesterday... 10/4/24... I got my first heart stint... They said early last summer I needed this, but since I was in the process at the moment of getting cataracts fixed they said wait.. Cataracts done and doing well, so yesterday was the day.. In at 7am.. Done by 10am.. Napped for a couple hours and said ...can I go home..?? Not today was the answer.. So I spent a restless night of them poking and prodding me about every time I dozed off like they do in hospitals...

Got out a bit after noon today.. No problems other than my wrist and crook of my arm are black and blue about the size each of my palm.. A dose of Tylenol and a good nap here at home and I doing good.. Other than bruising a little tender...

Anyone with experience ??

 

[Cascadian]

They will want to put you on meds for the rest of your life. I wished I had been a little more skeptical about what actually is necessary vs what their textbook says. No two patients are alike but the prescriptions probably are.

 

[Bacpacker]

Glad you are doing good.. please update how you are doing.

I'm having a heart cath Wednesday and will get stents, if they can. Told me to plan on spending the night if they do. Already been told ill probly be on 3 or 4 meds, maybe more rest of my life

 

[old tex]

They will want to put you on meds for the rest of your life. I wished I had been a little more skeptical about what actually is necessary vs what their textbook says. No two patients are alike but the prescriptions probably are.

First off I have 3 stents. No problem with them other than when they took me off my anti coagulants. I am one of the unluck ones that coagulant quite well, another heart attack. THEN they said I'll be on them the rest of my life. So far I've not missed a day, so far I haven't had another heart attack. And that's from a guy who's family's male line all die from heart attacks, generally before they are 50. I'm a lot older than 50 btw. Take the drugs!

 

[UserNameTaken]

Glad you are doing well. I had a heart cath last winter, but no stent. Got my cholesterol back in norms, triglicerides still a little high, like 195, but I hope to be down to 175 by my checkup in Dec. Hoping to delay anything invasive for a few more years.

 

[hashbrown]

I have one stint, I can’t feel it.

 

[Tim Horton]

One full week with the stent on board now... Can't say I feel any different, but I do seem to have more stamina.. On senior discount day I marched through 2 thrift stores and a grocery store with only about 5-10 minutes driving time between stores.. Didn't find any bargains, but you never know if you don't look.. I will admit an hours nap after getting home did feel good..

I'm not addicted to coffee... I'm a caffeine based life form...

 

[DrHenley]

Had a stent put in the widowmaker (LAD) artery 21 months ago. I went to the emergency room with chest pain and actually had a heart attack while they were monitoring me. My troponin was normal when I got there but shot up while they were monitoring me and after checking everything again they told me I was having a heart attack. 99% blockage in the LAD artery. The blood clot causing it was from the COVID Vax. (J&J vax, not mRNA). Symptoms started 7 days after the vax and my lot was #20 on the list on HowBadIsMyBatch.com (out of many thousands of lots)

Was on three meds for thinning and statins for cholesterol. Now on one prescription thinner and have a prescription for low dose aspirin but I take OTC low dose aspirin. I got off the statins and self administer a shot of Repatha twice a month.
I have to periodically fight the insurance company over the Repatha and the blood thinner, both cost thousands of dollars. After the last row over the blood thinner I contacted the drug company and they are helping pay for it now.
BP and cholesterol are now normal

 

[Haertig]

They will want to put you on meds for the rest of your life.

And the stints will be there for the rest of your life too. But I consider that better than dying.

 

[Caribou]

Five stents, two the first time and three a couple years later. The stents are way better than my double bypass. When they split your sternum it takes several weeks to heal.

 

[DrHenley]

If you are talking about the thing they put in your artery to hold it open, it's "stent" with an "e"...

A "stint" is a period of time spent at a particular activity.

 

[Cascadian]

And the stints will be there for the rest of your life too. But I consider that better than dying.

Your comment added no value to this conversation. I do find it interested you chose to leave out the part about asking questions and doing your own research. Which was my suggestion from actual experience.

 

[DrHenley]

Actually, that is a big concern for me. It is a drug eluting stent, as most are, but what about when all the drug wears off? Historically speaking, stents don't work forever. Maybe these new ones do, but I don't like that specter hanging over me.

 

[Haertig]

Your comment added no value to this conversation.

Maybe in your opinion. I give you my permission to ignore it.

I do find it interested you chose to leave out the part about asking questions and doing your own research.

That's because I agree with that and have no comments regarding it. Because I respond to one comment in a post does not mean that I have to respond to every comment made in that post, does it?

 

[Tim Horton]

A "stint" is a period of time spent at a particular activity.
== ==
Yes... The spelling ...stint... instead of stent is my bad in that along with being a ...black thumb... gardener, I am the worlds worst speller..

I also am not crazy about life long meds or other time and expense routines, if that is all it takes to keep me able to stand I can deal with it..

Oh... And likely add bad punctuation to the list of my many faults... I'm sure there are likely many instances of that is my posts..

 

[Just Cliff]

I got 1 stent first. Probably should have been 2. I GOT 2 more 2 years later. Then 3 years later I got a triple bypass.

 

[Haertig]

I got 1 stent first. Probably should have been 2. I GOT 2 more 2 years later. Then 3 years later I got a triple bypass.

I had a friend who had a bypass. Afterwards he said he felt like an entirely new person. I hope yours worked out as well as his did.

 

[DrHenley]

A "stint" is a period of time spent at a particular activity.
== ==
Yes... The spelling ...stint... instead of stent is my bad in that along with being a ...black thumb... gardener, I am the worlds worst speller..

I also am not crazy about life long meds or other time and expense routines, if that is all it takes to keep me able to stand I can deal with it..

Oh... And likely add bad punctuation to the list of my many faults... I'm sure there are likely many instances of that is my posts..

Full disclosure: I had to look it up to make sure

 

[Haertig]

New thread title, "Who is having a stint with stents?"

 

[Bacpacker]

Had a stent put in the widowmaker (LAD) artery 21 months ago. I went to the emergency room with chest pain and actually had a heart attack while they were monitoring me. My troponin was normal when I got there but shot up while they were monitoring me and after checking everything again they told me I was having a heart attack. 99% blockage in the LAD artery. The blood clot causing it was from the COVID Vax. (J&J vax, not mRNA). Symptoms started 7 days after the vax and my lot was #20 on the list on HowBadIsMyBatch.com (out of many thousands of lots)

Was on three meds for thinning and statins for cholesterol. Now on one prescription thinner and have a prescription for low dose aspirin but I take OTC low dose aspirin. I got off the statins and self administer a shot of Repatha twice a month.
I have to periodically fight the insurance company over the Repatha and the blood thinner, both cost thousands of dollars. After the last row over the blood thinner I contacted the drug company and they are helping pay for it now.
BP and cholesterol are now normal

My LAD was 99% as well. I had it and one other stented this week. I too had the J&J clot shot. But it was in 2020, just took me longer I guess.

As for me, I'm feeling a little better, still pretty sore, but thats improving. Site looks awful. Not feeling much improvement from the stents yet, but Dr said at least a week or two. To be fair I haven't exerted myself to much degree yet.

 

[Caribou]

I got 1 stent first. Probably should have been 2. I GOT 2 more 2 years later. Then 3 years later I got a triple bypass.

They wanted to put five stents in but ran out of time after the first two. After a certain period of time, working inside your heart, the outcomes become less survivable. The second time went faster and that team got the last three in. Every individual and their blockages, are different.

 

[Tim Horton]

New thread title, "Who is having a stint with stents?"

BWAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA....
Just about spewed on my keyboard...

 

[Digout]

I had a heart attack in 1994, had a stent put in in 1997, because of ongoing angina pain, that's 27 years ago.
Been OK since. On Low dose aspirin, statins and BP tablets, for life, which is better than the alternative.

 

[Caribou]

I had a heart attack in 1994, had a stent put in in 1997, because of ongoing angina pain, that's 27 years ago.
Been OK since. On Low dose aspirin, statins and BP tablets, for life, which is better than the alternative.

Great pun!

 

[Bacpacker]

Got the results from my Echo today. It showed the blood clot had disolved. Thats a great thing. My Ejection Fraction has came up from 27 when I was in the hospital to 40 now. Normal for my age is 50-60. Still got a ways to go, but getting better. Plus with the EF number coming up I get to ditch the life vest I've been wearing since August.
During Rehab they check my BP at least 3 times, once before I start, once during the workout, then again after I finish. Last several times my BP has been 80/60 after I finish. They wont let me leave until it comes up. Even at home i get low readings from time to time. At times while working around the house I'll have a dizzy spell, check my BP and it's low. Talked to the heart failure clinic about it and they are adjusting one of my meds. Gotta do my next 2 rehabs and call them back and see where to go from there.
Gotta call my Dr at Vandy tomorrow and find out what he thinks. But during our last visit he told me what he expected from the results, which was pretty much what they were.
God is good

 

[Peanut]

A few heart pics from a system I used to work on...