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This is why it is important that you monitor your stress level and eventually just say "stop." Yes you may miss due dates, plans, and even make some people angr

This is why it is important that you monitor your stress level and eventually just say "stop." Yes you may miss due dates, plans, and even make some people angry, but at least you don't die. I realize this is not always possible, but the "can do (everything)" attitude is not always the right one. Also, having a surgery while being awake? Not sure how to think about that. I mean just imagining that makes me feel weird.

athenot 10y ago
For a stent, they only use conscious sedation, that's enough. It's not like they open up your chest; they go in through your wrist or your goin.
- chrisper 10y ago
  In the article he said he could see his heart on a monitor. Was he maybe referring to the camera they use when they are in your body?
  - athenot 10y ago
    There is imaging but not from a camera in the body (blood is not exactly transparent). It's a form of x-ray video with a tracer in the blood, so they can observe both the guide and the blood irrigation. The doctor will use live x-ray pictures to carefully guide the catheter up into your heart and arteries. Dye will be injected into your body to highlight blood flow through the arteries. This helps the doctor see any blockages in the blood vessels that lead to your heart. A guide wire is moved into and across the blockage. A balloon catheter is pushed over the guide wire and into the blockage. The balloon on the end is blown up (inflated). This opens the blocked vessel and restores proper blood flow to the heart. Source: https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007473.htm https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007473.htm
    - textfiles 10y ago
      Verified - this is what I saw and what was used on me.
  - praneshp 10y ago
    My dad this operation in 2013 (and in 2007 before that), and I was allowed to watch it with his cardiologist (who was not the surgeon). They keep you awake, just insert something through the wrist. All the while you can just watch the insides on a TV. My dad reported that the only "weird" feeling he had was some sort of bubbling in his throat. He complained real time, and the doc said it's fine. Off Topic: The stent cost INR 150000 (they give you the box), but the hospital procures it for way cheaper. My dad's entire stay cost slightly less than that.
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athenot 10y ago

For a stent, they only use conscious sedation, that's enough. It's not like they open up your chest; they go in through your wrist or your goin.

chrisper 10y ago
In the article he said he could see his heart on a monitor. Was he maybe referring to the camera they use when they are in your body?
- athenot 10y ago
  There is imaging but not from a camera in the body (blood is not exactly transparent). It's a form of x-ray video with a tracer in the blood, so they can observe both the guide and the blood irrigation. The doctor will use live x-ray pictures to carefully guide the catheter up into your heart and arteries. Dye will be injected into your body to highlight blood flow through the arteries. This helps the doctor see any blockages in the blood vessels that lead to your heart. A guide wire is moved into and across the blockage. A balloon catheter is pushed over the guide wire and into the blockage. The balloon on the end is blown up (inflated). This opens the blocked vessel and restores proper blood flow to the heart. Source: https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007473.htm https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007473.htm
  - textfiles 10y ago
    Verified - this is what I saw and what was used on me.
- praneshp 10y ago
  My dad this operation in 2013 (and in 2007 before that), and I was allowed to watch it with his cardiologist (who was not the surgeon). They keep you awake, just insert something through the wrist. All the while you can just watch the insides on a TV. My dad reported that the only "weird" feeling he had was some sort of bubbling in his throat. He complained real time, and the doc said it's fine. Off Topic: The stent cost INR 150000 (they give you the box), but the hospital procures it for way cheaper. My dad's entire stay cost slightly less than that.

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