Update after cardiac catheterization.

[agingfeminist]

First a BIG THANK YOU for all the advice and support. I felt you with me every step of the way. The catheterization showed no narrowing of the major cardiac arteries. But head cardiologist came and said all my symptoms were classic heart attack and clearly something was blocked...so i have a bucket full of pills and follow up appointments over the next 2 weeks...and forever.

I am so grateful to have got the early warning. If you have a severe chest, shoulder, arm, neck pain of sudden onset please don't ignore it..even if it passes quickly.

It feels nothing like pmr...it is sudden and grabs you in a moment and is very very painful. Mine was one sided.

Now home and sorting out all the tabs...and then plan a day's sleep and back to work! Doc said just got on with life as before.

Btw they gave an extra 5mg on my 2mg pred...and told me they had hydrocortisone if needed.

The care was wonderful...but hospital is still a den of tortures.. permanent bright lights, incessant beeping, waking you whenever you fall asleep, lousy food and all sorts of lurking pathogens.

Great to be home!

Hugs to everyone

[Hunter134]

So glad everything went well.Now you know what it was which helps.Ive recently been diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension which scares me to death.Very rare but found me 🌺

[agingfeminist in reply to Hunter134]

Oh b***er. I am so sorry what a lousy diagnosis. We never know what is going to hit us next. I wish you much strength to cope with it.

[Hunter134 in reply to agingfeminist]

Thank you.Iam already a worrier so not sure how I ll handle it.I ll dig real deep!!!

[Merryfield]

dear aging, thank goodness the blockage was found and dealt with. a good warning to all of us. be well and take care of yourself.

[PMRpro Ambassador]

Great! And back to normal - with MAYBE a little warning to relax a bit more?

[agingfeminist in reply to PMRpro]

Come on...relacks? I don't even know how to spell it. Thanks for the message.

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer]

Glad to hear you are home -and yes be grateful for an early warning and that you were sensible enough to act on it -many don’t…

Take care - and don’t be in too much of rush to get back to normal… Get on with life yes… but it was still a warning 😊

[agingfeminist in reply to DorsetLady]

I will be sensible.. i never ignore you and pro!

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to agingfeminist]

We'll remind you of that!

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to agingfeminist]

Ditto to PMRpro’s comments… 🤣😂

[Hoofprints]

So glad you are home and got good care👍👍. Good luck with the outpatient appointments 🍀🍀

[agingfeminist in reply to Hoofprints]

Thanks for the messageIt is good they follow up...too easy to try and ignore what happened. Though I do have loads of drugs to remind me.

[Linlang]

well done. You have successfully battled hospital nasties……although its many years since I trained I still feel cardiac advances have been huge

[agingfeminist in reply to Linlang]

You're right the medications available are a real game changer. So grateful to have them.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to agingfeminist]

I think the procedures are even more significant.

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to PMRpro]

Agree, the meds can only do so much …

[Abcd123455]

so pleased all went well and you’re getting the care and follow up needed so you can look after yourself x

[agingfeminist in reply to Abcd123455]

Thanks Really impressed by the follow up.

[Stills]

keep on feeling better 😀

[agingfeminist in reply to Stills]

Thank you Same wish to you!

[BethCH]

Morning, so glad you are home and you caught this in time. We always hate going into hospital don’t we but makes us appreciate home a little bit more. Please take care of yourself xx

[agingfeminist in reply to BethCH]

I felt my whole body relax as I walked through the door. Thanks for the message.

[nissemor]

I’m so glad to hear that you are home again. And thanks for the warning about heart attacks. Continue to take care of yourself., that could mean a little bit of relacksing!

[agingfeminist in reply to nissemor]

I will try hard...at the moment my body is insisting on time out. Thank u for messaging me.

[Bcol]

Good you are home, but please, as already said, continue to take life a bit easier for the time being.

[agingfeminist in reply to Bcol]

Bit of a mind body struggle going on here. But I think I have to give in to my body...which really wants to curl up and go to sleep. Thank you...i am trying.

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to agingfeminist]

Take a leaf out of the natural world … any animal instinctively know that to recover from illness it needs sleep… some of us humans seem to have forgotten that 💤 🌸

[Blackcat1M]

so glad you are on the road to recovery.

I had my HA in May and I never thought it would happen to me, but it’s a warning and we need to heed it.

Best wishes for the future💐

[agingfeminist in reply to Blackcat1M]

That was my first thought with the pain...this can't be happening to me...I eat well and I have always been very fit....prior to PMR.

It takes a bit of mental readjustment ....

I guess you are also now on loads of tablets and follow ups...do private message me if you want to,

sending every good wish!