adhb Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 I have experienced a bit of chest pain that is probably heart related and have been scheduled for an angiogram. The procedure involves inserting a catheter (small tube) into an artery in the groin and then threading it upward into the heart, where it releases radioactive dye while xrays are taken in order to find any blockages in the coranary arteries. Afterward, the wound in the groin must be cared for and kept scrupulously clean for a few days until it heals. I wonder if any of you have had the procedure and, if so, how you managed your incontinence until the wound healed. I doubt that wearing a diaper will be possible for a few days afterward. Link to comment
DiapermanAl Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Hello i had it done. They placed a stent in my one bypass. They put a water proof band aid on so urine wouldn't effect it. They also placed pads under me incase i had an accident during the procedure. Link to comment
Dill_Pickle Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Not incontinent, but couldn't pee just before the procedure, so they put a condom cath on me. Link to comment
DiapermanAl Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 They didn't put me under. Just gave Link to comment
feralfreak Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 dont let them do a rotablation, my mom had that and not even a year later she was back in for another 2 stents and then a triple bypass, the thought is that it somehow sets off some things in the body(what i dont know but its bad) Link to comment
DiapermanAl Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Before they did my bypass. I asked about the rotablation. They advised against it. One of the bypass's did co-laps though and i had Link to comment
Dill_Pickle Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Eat your greens, keep your arteries open! Link to comment
Baby Brian Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Eat your greens, keep your arteries open! Link to comment
DiapermanAl Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 adhb how did the procedure go? Link to comment
adhb Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 The procedure is March 17. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks for your support. Link to comment
DiapermanAl Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Your very welcome. Hope it goes well. Im here if you need someone to talk to. Link to comment
Bettypooh Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Best wishes ADHB, and may they find any problems to be simple easily treated ones Link to comment
adhb Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 I had the angiogram done yesterday, and it turned out to be an angioplasty because they found a serious problem. They accessed my heart through my right wrist. So there was no problem with wearing diapers in hospital. It turns out that 90% of my main coronary artery was blocked. They inserted two stens which we hope will keep the artery open for many years. BTW, the procedure sounds much scarier than it is. They give you conscious sedation (which I needed because I'm a chicken), but the discomfort is really very mild. Link to comment
oleman72 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Glad they found your problem and got you fixed up. Link to comment
DiapermanAl Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Awesome glad the stents could help. Sure beats bypass surgery. Link to comment
feralfreak Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 I had the angiogram done yesterday, and it turned out to be an angioplasty because they found a serious problem. They accessed my heart through my right wrist. So there was no problem with wearing diapers in hospital. It turns out that 90% of my main coronary artery was blocked. They inserted two stens which we hope will keep the artery open for many years. BTW, the procedure sounds much scarier than it is. They give you conscious sedation (which I needed because I'm a chicken), but the discomfort is really very mild. when you are back up and on your feet, by all means adjust your diet to something healthy and start exercising, i practically begged my mom to do that after her stents and she wouldnt do it, gave excuse after excuse, and she ended up having 2 bypasses, this last one put all of us through hell(and it took a bigger toll on me because of being autistic, running on nerves and had to be made to eat, blaming myself for not finding a way to get her into it), please please PLEASE dont put your family through the hell we had to go through, Link to comment
adhb Posted March 20, 2015 Author Share Posted March 20, 2015 Feralfreak, Thanks for your concern. I definitely intend to follow my cariologist's advice about diet, exercise and medication. Link to comment
anned Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I had a angioplasty back in 2006 during my heart attack and then 5 way bypass surgery. Link to comment
SIDincontinent Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I had an angiogram in November of 2014 to look at my spinal cord as they thought that there might be an abnormal blood vessel in my spine causing my urinary issues. It was a three hour surgery and they gave me a general anesthesia for that as they do not want people moving around while they're poking around your spinal cord. Since it's a three hour surgery I had to be catheterized. I actually went to the hospital with A catheter in already, I am a catheter user regularly and my wife puts them in for me at home since she is a nurse. So they let me just come in with the Foley already in, before I went into the operating room they let my wife change the bag from the leg bag to the overnight/bedside bag and she took my diaper off as well. When I woke up I was naked except for the gown. I don't like to be without a diaper even when I have a catheter because it feels like my equipment is bouncing around all over the place. So I asked the nurse if she wouldn't mind getting me a diaper and she brought me a blue hospital diaper. She asked me if I needed help putting it on but my wife was right there so I told her "no thank you" and my wife diapered me instead. The nurse was pretty, it would have been cool to say she put it on me, but she didn't. I think my wife would have been mad at me had the nurse put the diaper on for me. When the nurse got me up to walk around I carried my Foley bag and my wife did the Johnny up in the back and took a walk around the recovery room, that Kendall blue hospital diaper was pretty crinkly and made a lot of noise. Link to comment
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