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Crankyanker--it's a bilateral carotid endartectomy

Posted by Trish (aka Trish) May 22 '10, 14:01

The 2 you mentioned are basically snaking a wire into the heart, injecting contrast material and taking xrays. Sometimes a stent is inserted. I have to be put on cardiac bypass and a cardiac surgeon and a vascular surgeon make repairs (quickly) and restart the blood going to my brain.

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Yikes! I'm sure ST will send lots of good thoughts your way. -- nm - ceregon May 22, 17:31
Ugh that sounds super scary. -- nm - lileve May 22, 17:15
oh yeah, I was thinking of pre-procedure radiology exams. Good luck with what you're having done, it sounds dangerous but I know they do thousands - CrankYanker May 22, 14:33 1
- :) thaks -- nm - Trish May 22, 15:39
question: If you're on bypass, doesn't blood still go to your brain? -- nm - Beryllium May 22, 14:03 5
- The surgeon explained it to me like they'll start the bypass as usual, but it catches the blood after it goes through the heart and blooks it from - Trish May 22, 14:15 4
  - weird. I guess the hole is potentially causing clots or something? -- nm - Beryllium May 22, 14:17 3
    - Yeah, it allows oxygenated blood to mix with dirty unfiltered blood and gunks up the arteries. - Trish May 22, 14:30 2
      - that's like ... food touching! -- nm - loosilu May 22, 16:45
      - dirty blood!! -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 22, 15:09

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