Fought guys twice my size ,but bolted off the table at emerg admitting!! Might have been the combo of the meds but I was off that table and back in the parking lot before my wife knew what happened. That was the BIGGEST needle I have ever seen for drawing blood.
You see the thing with the heart is when your not in pain ,well I was wondering why I was there. Also i am alergic to pain of all kinds.
So when someone says that an angiogram is just " a minor proceedure ," have him call me.
And when they open that steel cabinet in the op room and choose the proper sized "tube ' for the insertion , remember you are not at the local garage and having a fan belt changed.
And to be fully conscious, while someone you have never met is driving a catheder from your groin to your heart ,is ,in itself an act of faith.
Results, 3 lesions 70% ,80% and 100% blockage in the third. Recommendations .open heart surgery. Anyone know of a good medical plan that we can convince this is not a pre existing condition. ha ha .
But three days in a private room ,with a bed for the Mrs.cable ,hot and cold running nurses.decent food, pills Doctors visits .5500bhat!!. angiogram 20500. 500 over the quote.
But the one thing that really got my head to churning was ,why, in all the rooms I have been in,in all my time in Thailand ,Do I always have to tighten that fkn toilet seat !Like its not rocket science.Filthy bloody things.!!And the room was immaculate ,except for the quarter inch of dust on the top of the cheap plastic mirror in the bathroom.Why is it that most Thai people have the inability to look up! My wife suffers from the same affliction . mops the floor with gusto,but the coffee table still has last nights munchies on it .
And the young Doctor that recommended I let him and his cohorts split me open like a chicken on the barbecue,had a polo shirt on that must have been ten years old.the collar was hidious! frayed right through .I was going to stuff a thousand bhat note in his pocket,but I hate to offend.
Anyway .guess I'll go through with the op. whats the worst that can happen. thank you for letting me vent

38nholding I think the worst thing that can happen,IS that you may wave goodbye to LOS................But I hope you DONT,And wish you ALL the best of LUCK !!!

Best of Luck 38!!It sounds scarey as hell!

and i put off my hemorroids because i thought that was scary.


good luck.

laphanphon wrote:and i put off my hemorroids because i thought that was scary.


good luck.

Can you please warn us La - where did you put them

Wondered how you made out, 38nholding. Will you be going through the open heart surgery in Khon Kaen, Bangkok or where? Good luck with it.

I went through angioplasty back in 1997 but I was "lucky" since they only found one blockage and did a stent emplacement. The wire mesh screen is still holding. I said "lucky" because three of my sisters and two brothers all had open heart bypass surgeries. Best part of my simpler procedure was a pretty nurse applying direct pressure on my femoral artery (in the groin) for an hour after they moved me back to my room so you could say we became "intimate" but that would be a stretch. Like Forrest Gump in the movie, I told her, "I gotta pee" but she was unfazed and said, "Go ahead, I've seen men pee before." and handed me a funny shaped bottle. I've heard that they close off the femoral artery bleeding differently these days but sometimes the old ways are best.

Please keep us posted on your progress. All of my siblings came through theirs with flying colors. Some of them even went back to their addictive smoking habits, if you can believe it.

38 I know the feeling I had my throat cut 4 years ago in BKK Christian Hosp. and 3 weeks ago I had them cut on my weenie LOL so I want to say best of luck to you hope every comes out good for you and God Bless

aznyron wrote:I had my throat cut 4 years ago in BKK Christian Hosp.

Could it have been something you said? blasphemed?

What our Ron ?...Nahhh....lol

Yes they are still doing the pressure to the artery.But I dont think I was looking my best. Guess I will go through with the op in Khon Kaen. 150 to 400k.I would go to canada to have it done but could wait up to a year (have I got that long).Angioplasty is recommended for one or two 'blockages " but three and one at 100%.So they say. Maybe they are just trying to upgrade me."are you sure you wouldn't like leather ?.
Cutting out hemmaroids!And here comes the hot season again. A half an hour on that black vinyl motorcycle seat.

aznyron wrote:38 I know the feeling I had my throat cut 4 years ago in BKK Christian Hosp. and 3 weeks ago I had them cut on my weenie LOL so I want to say best of luck to you hope every comes out good for you and God Bless

They're not planning on doing the throat cut again too, are they? Well, good luck with the pecker cutting or you can always feed it to the ducks, I heard.

Good luck with your surgeries. I have to admit that your rant made me smile a few times. I think I can relate to quite a few of your points.

Please KEEP US POSTED on your situation.

Never thought I would be using nitro spray on a daily ( sometimes hourly ) basis. I hope my new wife doesn't want a refund on her new 52 year old husband. Been getting great service at paulo hospital. Picked up the phone and had all my info from sirikit faxed to paulo within the hour.
A one half hour with the heart specialist at Paulo 220 bhat ?I Am trying to get as many opinions as I can , and still have not heard anyone say "ah b.s . your fine " . So friday to Nong kai for my first try at o visa. (no stress right.!)And saturday back to Sirikit to try to book a date . Twenty years ago that had a different meaning.
Glad I am making ya smile Rickfarang, I am petrified.

I'm sure any of us going through the same as you would be frightened but things will turn out OK.....just take it a day at a time
Good luck.

Zidane

Hang in there 38, your not alone