I have an angiogram appt on 11 September following various echos and a TOE. I am gradually being worked up towards surgery for a valve problem.
Anyway, clearly I have to go for the day and maybe even have to stay overnight. I know I can’t be left on my own that night but someone e else told me they were told they can’t drive for several days and that they can’t do any pushing or pulling for several weeks. They said it was in their appt letter.
Well I have none of this in my letter and feel its quite shocking that nobody has told me this in advance.
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I had my Angiogram in July 2018 and the appointment letter had a very informative booklet inside which covered everything your asking questions about . Mine told me definitely not to be on my own for the first 48hrs and I was told no work for 3 days and no driving for the same 3 days and to be honest it was the right advice as I had to have longer off work due to discomfort and excessive bruising afterwards , mine was through the groin You can also have it done through the wrist. I think I was just unlucky having to have extra time off
mine was done through the wrist with local Anaesthetic and all done in 10 minutes, you do need to be careful not to disturb the artery where the catheter was inserted so need to take it easy for a day or two.
Hi there I had an Angiogram 2 years ago, I had it on the Friday and returned to work on Tuesday. I was not advised that I could not drive and had no problems. My Angiogram was in the wrist perhaps it’s different in the groin. I would think that you would be informed if you cannot drive. Good luck, it’s not too bad I did take advantage of the sedative offered this helped during the procedure as I felt more relaxed.
I had my angiogram August 10th and was told no driving for 24 hours if the entry point is in the groin, or 3 days if the wrist.
Sure you should have somebody with you the first night, just in case the artery starts to bleed.
I took things easy 11th and 12th and then back to normal, but normal is a bit restricted due to mitral valve leakage. By normal I mean gardening until I ran out of puff and only playing gentle bowls for an hour or so.
I was told take it easy and no driving for 48 hours when I had a wrist angiogram. When I had a peripheral angiogram via the groin it was three days although the bruise made me wait longer.
Insist of a minimum two hours rest post wrist angiogram or four if they go in via the groin.
I would go back to your hospital Cardiac Dept and get their written advice. The diverse postings above all show how different the information is, that people Receive. It’s highly probable we are all Given v similar information, but we either hear it differently or remember it differently or recall it differently. Go for writen inf. Much safer.
Hi, I had an angiogram 2 weeks ago and they carried it an angioplasty at the same time, they put a stent in as one of my arteries were blocked. I can't drive for 4 weeks, they also gave me list of dos and don't for the next 6 weeks. I will start my cardio rehabilitation in 2 weeks
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