Well, the holidays have come and gone, and so has my time in the Heart Investigation Unit where I had my angioplasty.
From the time I saw my cardiologist to now it has only been three weeks. That's a pretty short wait time. It has been surprising for me to suddenly be bumped up to this level of intervention, after all, I'm usually not known for aches and pains and have generally been in excellent health.
So now, after my procedure I'm walking around with a stent inside one of my coronary arteries. This, I'm told, will help to keep the artery wide open where once it was more than 50% blocked by "plaque." I feel fine as far as my heart and chest area goes. The ongoing issue is the large bruise at the top of my thigh. This is the result of the entry wound for the catheter. They told me it would be about 10 days for this to clear up. I think it will be twice that, actually.
So, I'm especially thankful going into 2008. As I head back to work next week I'm going to be looking at things with a different perspective. Some things matter a lot. Other things try to jump out as important, but they're not. My family has been very supportive and I can't give enough thanks for such a beautiful bunch of people. I'm sorry I might have given some of you a scare. Heck, when I think about it I get the willies! But, at this point, it's time to give thanks for all the good things that have happened. Ten years ago this procedure wasn't possible, and my prognosis would have been much more serious. I would have been a candidate for open heart surgery.
Thank-you to all of you who have dropped in to see me over the past couple of weeks. It means a lot.
