This week I had a stroke of luck or rather I NEVER had a stroke. I was admitted to the BDF Hospital suffering from angina after a few months of feeling pains in my chest. Dr Husam Noor my Consultant Cardiologist seemed confident that he knew what was wrong with me and I am pleased to say that his diagnosis appears to have been spot on. He performed an angiogram and found that a major heart artery was completely blocked. See the before picture below which is actually my heart not some internet picture. (You actually get a video of the procedure these days.) There should be a blood vessel roughly between the arrows.
As you can see (or not see) it is missing as it had closed up completely. Dr Husam managed to perform an angioplasty which is to say he inserted two stents which keep the vessel open. After he was finished the same vessel (from a slightly different angle) looks like this
You can clearly see a beautifully open blood vessel between the arrows.
Words cannot adequately express my gratitude to Dr Husam and his fantastic team at the BDF who looked after me during my stay. Thank you seems so inadequate but I have little else I can offer.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you from the bottom of ALL of my heart.
Dave
Words cannot adequately express my gratitude to Dr Husam and his fantastic team at the BDF who looked after me during my stay. Thank you seems so inadequate but I have little else I can offer.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you from the bottom of ALL of my heart.
Dave
Hi David and Sheila Iread your letter and was interested in the procedure that you went through I had no idea on how that sort of thing was done but now I know I hope you will return to full recovery soon We have had busy weekend Gilmour Trophy 6 full rinks at our club on Sat then the cathy walker comp yesterday only 32 entries for that so we were home by 6 we won our first game then out the next one temperatures been good all week around 20 to 22 degrees.How long do you have to rest before you go back to work,you will have to take care for awhile and don't get carried away with yourself too quickly.We are just getting ready to go shopping maybe have our lunch at the at the Rothes Halls £7 for 2 pensioners meals enough for us. All the news meantime take care love to both from Mum and Dad xxxx
ReplyDeleteI am back at work. Doctor told me I was brand new on the day after procedure and I could immediately be back to normal. I need only a few days care on the wrist to make sure the artery is properly healed so no heavy lifting. I wont play golf for another week to make sure but apart from that its all systems go. I have been back at work for two days. Only missed the day of the procedure.
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