These are my thoughts from the moment I was told I needed heart surgery. This is from the heart…

I have decided, retrospectively, to write down my thoughts and feelings on this personal journey from this point in my life and for whatever is in my future. I think this will help me with my own anxiety through this time and perhaps it might help others who follow.

I don’t know were this journey will go as I don’t know for sure myself yet…

A personal journey


They know what they are looking for
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It is now three days since the angiogram, I’ve removed the dressing and I managed to clean up my wrist a little.

During the angiogram, they injected a special dye into the coronary artery in my wrist with via a catheter (special tube).

Most of the bruising came from the clamp they applied to the wrist to stop the artery from rupturing.

Angiogram

Angiography or arteriography is a medical imaging technique used to visualize the inside, or lumen, of blood vessels and organs of the body, with particular interest in the arteries, veins, and the heart chambers. (Wikipedia)