What's it like to have an angioplasty & stent fitted, a patients perspective of heart surgery 

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The video is great I like it very nice

Wow, this brought back memories for me ! I'm a 67 year old male and also a runner, but only started running 4 years ago . I had a heart attack 27th Feb 2023 it was a lad blockage so yes, a widow maker ! But I'm still here (Obviously) I waited over 2 hours for an ambulance and when I finally got to hospital I was rushed into theatre for an immediate angioplasty. They almost lost me on the table and had to defib me . I had one rather long stent fitted in the lad . Then 2 days later had another 2 fitted in one more artery. I was in hospital for 4 day's The pressure bandage you referred to on the right wrist is pressurised (or mine was) and it was kept on for 24 hours and each hour a nurse came to release some of the pressure. 3 months after my heart attack I was diagnosed as type 2 diabetic, I have since turned my life around by re running Couch to 5k and training at the gym 3x a week . I am now 3 stone lighter . I'm 5'8" and was 13.5 stone at the time of the HA, I'm now at a stable 10 stone 5 lbs And my diabetes is officially in Remission. And all my blood works and risk markers are back in the normal range and I have not felt this good for many years 🙏 I was taken off the beta blockers as I got fitter and my resting HR was like yours, around 50. I have also now been taken off Clopidogrel which is a blood thinner but only take for 12 months after the HA. I'm still of course still on Aspirin . I would dearly like to come off the Statins but my GP is not prepared to take me off them . And I'm certainly reluctant to just ignore his advice even though I feel I don't need them . Anyway, I wish you all the best on your continued recovery and many more happy miles of running.... Thank you for your post and take care , Ian