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Originally Posted by Tobra
Interventional heart cath via the radial artery, cool.
Reason I ask is aneurysm can present as back pain, but it does not sound like that is your deal.
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It was interesting. I was awake through the procedure. When the Dr. put the second stint in and then withdrew the wire (don't know what else to call it) I could feel the blood start to move thru my body again. It was like a warming feeling. Started in my chest and spread down and out. That and the fentanyl (turns out I reacted to the morphine) I was given, I felt great.
The back pain was the only symptom I had. No radiating pain, no jaw pain, no nausea, nothing. If I hadn't remembered a ambulance crew telling me about a woman who had a MI several years before and all she had was back pain I wouldn't have driven myself to the ER to get it checked out. The ER Dr. said if I had been able to find a comfortable place to sleep that night I probably wouldn't have woken up.
When they (same Dr.) put the 3 stints in my right he went thru both femoral artery's and my right radial artery. I was out completely for that one. Both femoral's leaked afterwards and didn't heal properly which caused other problems.