Nuclear

undressed is close enough.!!!

Another question .Was everything OK. or were you bombarded 

with meds. ,and ,how long before they tell you ??? Very good for 

stress i imagine

It is just one small injection into a vein.It only takes 24hrs for the radioactivity to disappear.They just ask you to avoid pregnant ladies and prolonged contact with little children for that time.Did not feel anything

thank you. every procedure I have to endure at the N.G ends

in a near disaster.so I am feeling a tad nervous

Chuckle! I'll bet that worried her!

No Derek ,it did not worry me .Iv'e taken my kit off for some emminent

medicals. Including a SIR. I just have to remember to make sure I have a

pair of panties on. because I don't nomally wear  any.

After my wife had her appendix removed her scar was recognised by any doctor seeing it and they asked how she had managed to have it done by Arthur Dickson Wright. We think that he did when teaching students. He was also doctor to the Boxing Board of Control and was famed for his neat stitching of boxers eyebrows.

Sadly nor recognised now as it has stretched over the years.

Interesting things happen in theatres. When I had my first angioplasty

Professor Sir Roger Boyle .the heart Tsar, whipped off my paper knickers,

obligatory wear for we ladies ,

hi, brain in meltdown, mixing grams with pasties .Angiogram done by

proff,  angioplasty done in Dublin, by a very nice surgeon, who explained

everything that was going on, as he was doing it and the monitors

around me  kept me agog,

Yes! When I last had an angiogram the nurse lifted my gown up. I said that I thought that it was being done through my wrist not my groin. She replied. "I Just wanted to see what you have down there"

When was your angiogram done recently or along time ago?

October 2011.

I should have added the angiogram took 55 minutes as for the one doing it it was part of his learning process. I later complained at how much difficulty he had in doing it and at one point he asked the nurse if she could get the catheter round a difficult corner. No way she said.

I was then to be referred to another hospital for an aortic valve replacement and after finding it had not happened phoned the hospital and told that he was a bit behind with his paperwork. He had actually gone on a months holiday to his homeland.   

Morning Cheryl    the last one was about 10/11 years ago the first one

wasin1998

where was that Derek.? reminds me of my first by-pass ,which should

have been done pre- Christmas,  However the surgeon was in Australia

on holiday, and decided to stay for the Xmas holidays..

I was literally hanging on to life by my fingertips, so 8 th of Jan was the day,  Every year now ,I always work on the principle that If I get

past the eight of Jan, I will last another year The second one done

in Sept does not hold the same feelings

So   did she smile or what ????

At the angiogram I was told that it would be one before Christmas. As it turned out it was not done until the end of May. Altogether 54 weeks from seeing local cardiologist but my aortic stenosis had been diagnosed three months before then at Imperial College who thought it less hassle for me to stick to my local hospital to save travelling.. 

Are you sorted now, ?? have they been inside yet, You are vertical..!!!!

so that's good

As often happens after heart surgery I went ito AF. Two cardioversions later back in AF and with a pacemaker and soon to have an AV node ablation.

 

Morning. i'm very impress ed with your procedures. My friend has just 

had a pacemaker fitted,We had our by pass's done at the same time 

26 years ago, and have been friends ever since

My worst do, was done to me ,when i had an angiogram.

 as they were trolleying me into the theatre I said "you will make a

mess of this, " as it was Friday and I was the last one in Hurry up

job. Needless to say, the back of my artery had been sliced, no one noticed, back in the ward I kept saying Pain  ,, No pulses were found in my right leg, so it was back to theatre ,with a proper surgeon.who played

hunt the clot. Fortunately they found it ,or I might have "lost" the leg

Sent home ,the wound becamee infected ,,daily visits by nurses,

waiting to see if  the dreaded MRSI would set in, ,it didn't but the leg

swelled to to double the size as lymph glands got th e hump My

leg is still swollen. to this day .Can't remember anyone saying sorry.  

They just say that anything like that is on the consent form you signed.

They punctured my lung when fitting the pacemaker. A pain developed in my chest during the afternoon and I told them I had a Pneumothorax. They listened to my chest and said how did you know that? Had one before I said and they sent me down for an X-Ray.

I then had the chicken casserole that was not at all what I expected for my evening meal. It was a strange orange colour and must have had a lot of MSG in it that gave me an allergic reaction.

 The first angiogram I had was in 2001 and I was not sure what to expect. I felt the catheter being pressed into my groin and him fiddling about with it briefly before he turned away and went to the other side of the cath lab. After a few minutes feeling cold and uncomfortable on the very narrow table I called out to him ‘When are you going to start’    

Start ?, he said, I’m watching the action replay and turned the screen towards me. Over and out in ten minutes.

Arteries were clear and I said what about the stress ECG. False positive he said. And the previous one I had? Double false positive he replied. The last long one I had was after a stress echocardiogram that also gave a false positive.

 

Hi, so, you have not had  a by pass.?  or had the nuclear thingy ??

Just angiograms on your belt ??  

Aortic valve replaced with a pigs one. And that is more than enough. Let me see do two prostate laser ops an two cataracts ops count? 

Lemme' see now .Piggy valve replacement ????? Nah   .my  mother had one of those in her eighty's  Cataracts  ?? Nah ,, two a penny

Can't comment on the other two, not being a chap  

So. why did you come onto the nuclear question. ?? When I was looking for  some soothing coversation, to tell me that I would not

become radioactive and turn green ???

I read a lot!

I may need it one day.

I should be radio active as with my hip I had X-Rays once a month for about three years.. into the 100's and many more since then.

Dodgy hip   huh, is it good to go now ,?  I read a lot ,but I prefer books to forums.  pop on here now and again to see if there are any other vctims

having the same problems  Very few with a sense of humour,,, which keeps me sane and able to cope with my pile of ""untreatables""

In the middle of a James Patterson ,at the moment ,

I did wonder about the difference between your Nuclear and the stress echo cardiogram that I had with a drug pumped into me and a bike to ride.

Do you read books or is it a Kindle?

Books all the time. like going to the library ,enjoy browsing.

Think the Nuclear one is a lying down job 

Done the treadmill heart one, nearly killed me .My heart took so long

to calm down ,they had to move me to another room, as i was slowing 

the queue down

My cardiologist told me treadmill test not accurate for middle aged ladies (he politely did not say fat).I also had asthma so they did the lying flat simulated exercise test ☺

I was neither fat nor old . didn't know there was a lying down test,

Defeats the object really.

Not really. Being asthmatic they inject a drug which mimics the heart being stressed .Very weird sensation lying down with heart beating ninety to the dozenThen injected with radioactive thorium and wait 1 and 1/2hrs before gamma photos of heart (zero caffeine or dairy day before or they will not do test-although if called back for non stressed gamma pictures no dietary restrictions)

Hi. this mail that you wrote a day ago,,,  has just arrived,worse than 

"snail mail " How long do they keep you at full throttle ?? Can't see

a GT spray reviving me if they stress me too much. I have two appointments , a week apart, did you ?? 

Sorry about all these questions, but need to know, in case I want to 

cancel, which is highly probable at the moment 

Be brave, Mon' Amie.It is for your ultimate benefit

Don't know about that Derek, I am seeing the doc this morning ,so I am going to ask him for a referal to see a cardiac consultant for a proper opinion. Not happy about an everyday consultant ,who said my

high B.P was because of white coat syndrome, and sent me home with it 198/94   Bit like taking a Roller to a bloke who repairs bicycles

Also couldn't understand why he gave my abdomen a rough

trouncing ,quite painful ,and unprofessional ,don't know what he hoped to find , certainly not my B.P

looking for an aneurysm?

Where did you last see it   ??????

Sorry do not understand the question.

I had my annual scan two weeks ago.

You asked the question !!! looking for an Aneurysm,    I replied to your

question ---- where did you last see  it ??   You obviously know where

your Aneurysm is, if you have had it scanned.... I do not own one

What are you on ???????

 I don't scan it the hospital do. If by chance you had an aneurysm the doctor could feel the pulse or the bulge if it were big enough.

As If Derek !!!!!! Where is this aneurysm  stuff coming from,, or going to .

I think you are on your own with this. 

I think you have lost the thread, it's supposed to be about nuclear scans

I was giving a possible reason for your GP examining your abdomen.

Quote.

 "Also couldn't understand why he gave my abdomen a rough

trouncing ,quite painful ,and unprofessional ,don't know what he hoped to find , certainly not my B.P"

In all honesty ,I think the man. (who was not my G.P,)  but an A&E

doc who assessed  ALL patients who had been moved up the

distribution ward, read in my notes ,that I had a rare tumour in my 

stomach, and ,,to show off to the two trainees ,he had listening

to his every word thought he would have a poke around to see if

he could find it.and NOT, in a gentle manner. Plus .my heart is not in 

my stomach , or, in any area of my abdoman.. So DEREK.. the doc left with egg on his face ,Probably the reason he sent me home 

with my B.P the same as it was when the Paramedic sent me in.

It is a wonder he did not also let the trainees have a poke around.

Hello again,,,,, time for another check up,, how are you ???Still intact 

and vertical ??? I have just had a stinking cold,, had to go to the 

hospital, so can only assume it came home with me.. I didn't go for

the nuclear whatsit,,and have been fine. my professor told me to cancel it.. I have been put on B12 injections,, exactly for what reason.

i get a mumbled reply ,so it's every three months so not a prob. Do 

reply, if only to say hello,,