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    Darcy Foxx
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    My mum just called, she had to see a cardiologist this week and just got her results back. There's something wrong with one of her arteries and she has to have surgery on May 19. I don't really understand what exactly is wrong but she said they might have to put a valve or something in there.

    I was supposed to do a private party this weekend but I had to cancel it cos I'm too shaken up and can't stop crying

    Fuck

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    maybe it's a faulty heart valve that they have to repair? kind of like what arnold shwarzenegger(sp?) had to get done a few years back (i believe it was before he was elected governator of california ).

    i think it's a congenital condition (usually) that they can repair through surgery. i believe it's more the detection of it in the first place that's the tricky part.

    good luck to her and best wishes!

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    Its good that they caught it. If they can wait another 10 or so days to schedule the surgery I doubt its life threatening too. I'm really sorry to hear that though. It sounds like you have had a lot of crap dumped on you lately.

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    Oh honey (hugs)

    Does she need a Cardiac Catheterization?

    My biological mom has had these before.

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    Hmm, could be a blocked artery on her heart. Sometimes they put stints in. The good thing is that can be done without any major surgery, and people most often go on to live a perfectly normal life.

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    Yeah I think that's what she has to get, a stint. I don't know what that is though.

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    i'm sorry, hope everthing turns out okay

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    A stent is a wire metal mesh tube used to prop open an artery during angioplasty. The stent is collapsed to a small diameter and put over a balloon catheter. It's then moved into the area of the blockage. When the balloon is inflated, the stent expands, locks in place and forms a scaffold. This holds the artery open. The stent stays in the artery permanently, holds it open, improves blood flow to the heart muscle and relieves symptoms (usually chest pain). Within a few weeks of the time the stent was placed, the inside lining of the artery (the endothelium) grows over the metal surface of the stent.

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    Yep, that is what a stent is. I know a few people that have had them, no problems.

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    My mom has had 2 heart attacks and had a stent put in. If it makes you feel any better, it happened 13 years ago...so there's definitely hope. My father-in-law also just got one put in last year.

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    My grandma got heart surgery with 20 plus years of smoking behind her. The triple bypass let her live until today.

    I feel positive for your mom that she will be just fine.
    you live like an ivy vine
    you can only survive by clinging onto trees
    that's your flaw
    put down some roots so you can stand on your own
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    My mum doesn't smoke and rarely, if ever, drinks, and her and dad are really healthy and active so I guess that's a good thing...

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    Yes it is hon.

    (hugs)

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    I'm sure she'll be okay. If it's a preventative measure and they can wait 10 days, that's a good sign. My Dad ended up having a similar procedure done but that was after he'd already had a heart attack...which might have been prevented if they'd known about his condition beforehand.

    I'm sorry, I know it sucks though. Do some research on the internet about it, it might make you feel better if you understand why they do it.
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    Interventional cardiology is an amazing thing right now. I admitted a _27_ year old having an acute heart attack the other day. Within 30 minutes, he was in the cath lab having the blockage opened and stented. He was out of the hospital 36 hours later. I have a 93 year old friend who is considering having a faulty heart valve replaced via catheterization as well...No open heart surgery, rapid recovery time. Perhaps you can go with her to the next doctor visit/pre surg consultation and have your questions answered.

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    eeeeeeeeeeeeee

    My mum went in for surgery this morning - turns out the cardiologist she saw had fucked up, and there actually wasn't a blockage in her artery like he said there was and she didn't actually need a stent, so they ran some scans and tests and stuff and ended up not even needing to operate!!!!!! So she's gonna be fine, they just need to put her on some medication and that is all

    I am over the fucking moon. I feel like I want to cry or something because it's such a massive stress relief.

    Way to make us stress the fuck out over nothing, dickwad cardiologist!

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    Great News! I'm so glad that she's going to be alright

    There's nothing worse than worrying about your folks like that!

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