Guys or gals when you feel something is not right with your body / health please get checked out. My better half is 63 and seemed fit as a fiddle, 125lbs, works hard, allways on the go.
she began to feel sort of breath the past month doing things that normally did not bother her.
No other symptoms , no pain , nothing.
She went to our family Dr. he did a good exam and found her heart to be not beating regular and the refered her to a cardio Dr. in Des Moines.
The cardio docs office gals called & left a message and said we can get you in in 2 weeks.
My wife drove herself { not wanting to worry me } to Des Moines walked in their office and told them she needed to be seen sooner, she felt something was really wrong.
She must have made a impression as she was seen that day, they tried a stress test the following day { I took her to that one } She failed the test so bad they admitted her to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, next morning she had a angiogram test. she had to lay in the hospital for a week before surgery
4 blocked arteries 2 at 100% 1 at 95% 1 at 80% plus a leaking mitral valve .
The 100% blockages had grown for lack of a better term { roots around the blockages }
That was what had kept her alive, I was told that aprox 40 to 50% of people will have that happen if the blockage is slow in building. I brought her home today, I thank God & the docs she is alive.
she began to feel sort of breath the past month doing things that normally did not bother her.
No other symptoms , no pain , nothing.
She went to our family Dr. he did a good exam and found her heart to be not beating regular and the refered her to a cardio Dr. in Des Moines.
The cardio docs office gals called & left a message and said we can get you in in 2 weeks.
My wife drove herself { not wanting to worry me } to Des Moines walked in their office and told them she needed to be seen sooner, she felt something was really wrong.
She must have made a impression as she was seen that day, they tried a stress test the following day { I took her to that one } She failed the test so bad they admitted her to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, next morning she had a angiogram test. she had to lay in the hospital for a week before surgery
4 blocked arteries 2 at 100% 1 at 95% 1 at 80% plus a leaking mitral valve .
The 100% blockages had grown for lack of a better term { roots around the blockages }
That was what had kept her alive, I was told that aprox 40 to 50% of people will have that happen if the blockage is slow in building. I brought her home today, I thank God & the docs she is alive.
