Life goes on part 3
I wrote about having a sonogram done on my neck and was waiting to hear the results.
Well now I know that all my blood work shows all of the tests results to be in the good or normal range, and then I got hit right between the eyes with the statement that both of my carotid arteries were 60% to 79% filled with plaque. My doctor has scheduled a visit on monday to see a specialist, I have all the radiology results to take with me for the doctor to review.
I checked on WebMD to see what procedures were used to reduce the buildup in carotid arteries and found there are 2 ways, the easiest is the same procedure used to breakup blockage in the heart such as placing a stent or using a balloon to enlarge the artery. Then there is surgery called endarterectomy where they go in just back of your jaw and do a “by-pass” using a vein taken from your leg.
I had to have by-pass surgery in Nov 2003 only because the one blockage I had was in the one area where the could not use a balloon or stent. I hardly had any pain after that surgery, mostly it was discomfort waiting for my chest to heal and in my leg where the vein was removed from.
Now this is what pisses me off, my cholesterol is 185 which is supposed to be a good reading for anyone.
I have never seen this doctor and so I am going to have a long discussion with him on all the options open to me and I will choose the one that makes me feel the most comfortable.
Needless to say I am not in a very good mood……
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Soory to hear that. But from what my doc tells me it is triglycerides ( can’t even spell it ) that causes the most problems in the cararoid arteries. But the fix is about 99.9 percent effective-which is better odds than you can get arriving home safe from work on a Tampa Florida highway.