THE ROLE OF A CARDIAC INTENSIVIST.
HI ALL I AM HAVING SOME ECTOPIC HEART BEATS. SO MY CARDIOLOGIST ADVISED HOLTER MONITORING.SO I AM WEARING THE MONITOR NOW.AFTER 24 HRS THEY WILL REMOVE THE MONITOR AND ANALYSE THE RECORDINGS.
AN INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGIST OR A CARDIAC INTENSIVIST AS THEY ARE NOWADAYS CALLED CLEARS THE BLOCKED ARTERIES OF THE HEART AND INSERTS STENTS WHICH USUALLY ELUTE DRUGS SO THE ARTERIES REMAIN UNCLOGGED FOR A LONG TIME.THESE PEOPLE ARE LIFE SAVERS.
AND IF YOU REMAIN CAREFUL,LEAD A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND WATCH YOUR DIET YOU CAN LIVE WITH THESE STENTS LONG ENOUGH.LIKE ME.I HAD TWO DRUG ELUTING STENTS PUT IN MY HEART IN 2004 AND THE OLD TICKER IS STILL GOING STRONG.WELL MY CARDIOLOGIST PADMASREE DR.I.SATHYAMOORTHY FROM APOLLO HOSPITAL,GRAEMES ROAD,CHENNAI SAVED MY LIFE.BUT FOR HIM I WOULD HAVE LEFT FOR HEAVEN(I HOPE NOT HELL) LONG TIME BACK.
RECENTLY MY BROTHER TOLD ME HE DIDNOT LIKE MY CARDIOLOGIST AND ASKED ME TO TAKE A SECOND OPINION.WHAT SECOND OPINION CAN I TAKE AND FROM WHOM! I HAD SEVERAL BLOCKS IN MY HEART ARTERIES AND THIS MAN DID MY ANGIOPLASTY AND HERE I AM AFTER FOURTEEN YEARS TREADMILLING FIVE MILES DAILY.MY FITBIT FITNESS TRACKER WATCH RECORDS ANYTHING FROM 10000 TO 13000 STEPS DAILY.
BEFORE MY ANGIOPLASTY I COULD BARELY WALK A FEW FEET AND I USED TO GET UNCOMFORTABLE SENSATIONS IN MY UPPER TUMMY AND DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING.I WAS A TOTAL WRECK.ON TOP OF THAT MY MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT USED TO HARASS ME A LOT AND I WAS TRAVELLING FORTY MILES TO AND FRO TO REACH MY WORKPLACE..WHEN I RETURNED HOME I USED TO LIE DOWN AND SLEEP LIKE A LOG WITH ALL THE LIGHTS AND FANS ON AND WITHOUT TAKING FOOD LYING ON THE TABLE HEATED OE MANY TIMES UNHEATED.ONLY TO GET UP IN THE MORNING AND RUN TO REACH MY WORK PLACE.THAT EXPERIENCE I WOULD RATHER NOT REMEMBER AND NOW I AM RETIRED AND LEFT BACK ALL THOSE HORRIBLE MEMORIES FOR GOOD.
IT WAS DURING THAT PERIOD THAT I DEVELOPED SEVERAL BLOCKS IN MY HEART VESSELS .AFTER SOME TIME I COULD NOT CONTINUE ANYMORE.SO I CAME TO CHENNAI AND WENT STRAIGHT TO DR.I.SATHYAMOORTHY. HE DID MY ANGIOGRAM AND DID THE ANGIOPLASTY THE NEXT DAY AND INSERTED TWO DRUG ELUTING STENTS IN MY HEART VESSELS.
THAT WAS THE TURNING POINT IN MY LIFE.I IMPROVED GRADUALLY AND HERE I AM NOW.EVEN THE ECTOPICS ARE MILD AND MY DOCTOR DIDNOT ATTACH ANY IMPORTANCE TO THEM.NEVERTHELESS JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE HE ASKED FOR A HOLTER STUDY.THIS SDUDY SHOWS YOUR HEART BEATS AND RECORDS THEM FOR 24 HOURS TO SHOW ANY ABNORMALITIES ETC.SO I AM WEARING THE HOLTER MONITOR IN THE COMFORT OF MY HOME.IT IS NOT LIKE SEVERAL YEARS AGO.MY MOTHER WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SOMETIME AND THE MONITOR WAS ATTACHED TO A BOARD.NOW IT IS ALL MOBILE TECHNOLOGY.. I CAN BE AMBULATORY AND GO ABOUT MY NORMAL WORK WEARING THE MONITOR CONTROLLED BY BATTERY.HOW TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES DAY BY DAY...
I DO AN ANNUAL CHECK UP AND WHEN MY CARDIOLOGIST TELLS ME I AM OLD AND OK I AM THE HAPPIEST PERSON IN THE WORLD.
RECENTLY MY BROTHER TOLD ME HE DIDNOT LIKE MY CARDIOLOGIST AND ASKED ME TO TAKE A SECOND OPINION.WHAT SECOND OPINION CAN I TAKE AND FROM WHOM! I HAD SEVERAL BLOCKS IN MY HEART ARTERIES AND THIS MAN DID MY ANGIOPLASTY AND HERE I AM AFTER FOURTEEN YEARS TREADMILLING FIVE MILES DAILY.MY FITBIT FITNESS TRACKER WATCH RECORDS ANYTHING FROM 10000 TO 13000 STEPS DAILY.
BEFORE MY ANGIOPLASTY I COULD BARELY WALK A FEW FEET AND I USED TO GET UNCOMFORTABLE SENSATIONS IN MY UPPER TUMMY AND DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING.I WAS A TOTAL WRECK.ON TOP OF THAT MY MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT USED TO HARASS ME A LOT AND I WAS TRAVELLING FORTY MILES TO AND FRO TO REACH MY WORKPLACE..WHEN I RETURNED HOME I USED TO LIE DOWN AND SLEEP LIKE A LOG WITH ALL THE LIGHTS AND FANS ON AND WITHOUT TAKING FOOD LYING ON THE TABLE HEATED OE MANY TIMES UNHEATED.ONLY TO GET UP IN THE MORNING AND RUN TO REACH MY WORK PLACE.THAT EXPERIENCE I WOULD RATHER NOT REMEMBER AND NOW I AM RETIRED AND LEFT BACK ALL THOSE HORRIBLE MEMORIES FOR GOOD.
IT WAS DURING THAT PERIOD THAT I DEVELOPED SEVERAL BLOCKS IN MY HEART VESSELS .AFTER SOME TIME I COULD NOT CONTINUE ANYMORE.SO I CAME TO CHENNAI AND WENT STRAIGHT TO DR.I.SATHYAMOORTHY. HE DID MY ANGIOGRAM AND DID THE ANGIOPLASTY THE NEXT DAY AND INSERTED TWO DRUG ELUTING STENTS IN MY HEART VESSELS.
THAT WAS THE TURNING POINT IN MY LIFE.I IMPROVED GRADUALLY AND HERE I AM NOW.EVEN THE ECTOPICS ARE MILD AND MY DOCTOR DIDNOT ATTACH ANY IMPORTANCE TO THEM.NEVERTHELESS JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE HE ASKED FOR A HOLTER STUDY.THIS SDUDY SHOWS YOUR HEART BEATS AND RECORDS THEM FOR 24 HOURS TO SHOW ANY ABNORMALITIES ETC.SO I AM WEARING THE HOLTER MONITOR IN THE COMFORT OF MY HOME.IT IS NOT LIKE SEVERAL YEARS AGO.MY MOTHER WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SOMETIME AND THE MONITOR WAS ATTACHED TO A BOARD.NOW IT IS ALL MOBILE TECHNOLOGY.. I CAN BE AMBULATORY AND GO ABOUT MY NORMAL WORK WEARING THE MONITOR CONTROLLED BY BATTERY.HOW TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES DAY BY DAY...
I DO AN ANNUAL CHECK UP AND WHEN MY CARDIOLOGIST TELLS ME I AM OLD AND OK I AM THE HAPPIEST PERSON IN THE WORLD.
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