Stents and blockage?

ok my question is my mil claims to have had a 100% blockage in her main artery or widow maker she is 49 and had a stent put in but she keeps complaining about cardio rehab which has been 4 months now. is she for real or is this another attempt to get attention put back onto her. i don%26#039;t mean to be mean but she said she had a heart attack and went and did a stress test got dizzy normal b/c she%26#039;s 250lbs plus and then she went shopping at the store and came back later ok if they found 100%blockage wouldn%26#039;t she be out of breath and in so much pain she%26#039;d go straight to the er and they wouldn%26#039;t wait a day or 2 days to do the angioplasty?! she said she%26#039;s had chest pains but never went to the hospital?! she blames me for stress and my sister in law and went into the er for a panic attack and supposedly they found this and she almost died i%26#039;ve had chest pains and a heart rate of 220 and i went straight to the hospital wouldn%26#039;t you? do you think she%26#039;s lying or overdoing it

Stents and blockage?

Often people under stress dont get the full understanding from their doctor. If you are concerned ask your MIL to call her doctor while you are there and ask some specific questions or go with her to her next appointment. You should be quite concerned if you had a heart rate of 220. What are youdoing about that? you certainly need medication to keep that rate below 100 -Zero in on yourown problems is my best advice.

Stents and blockage?

In this country it is very rare to place a stent in the left main Coronary artery. The standard of care is bypass surgery. Left main disease is called widow maker because a 100% blockage will KILL YOU.

If she had a stent placed in any artery she would be a number of medications for LIFE.

It is possible to have a positive stress test and not be admitted. A non-imaging stress test will not show you what artery is affected. In my experience people with left main disease have dramatic stress tests that are stopped early and then the patient is hospitalized for further study.

I do not think all the data adds up. I would get more information if you think she is manipulating things.

Stents and blockage?

Don%26#039;t be more concerned than the MIL is.

She could have had a 100% blockage, but her heart did its own bypass. A co-worker%26#039;s husband had this happen. Did not even get a stent.

With a severe blockage, if she overdoes something, she%26#039;ll be out of breath. That said, if she was athletic in her youth, she could have very good collaterals, and so she%26#039;s fine if she does not excede a certain limit.

Tell her to carry her nitro spray. If she doesn%26#039;t she%26#039;s just a drama queen. I carry mine whenever I leave the house. You probably do, too. She%26#039;s trying to give you a heart attack.

There%26#039;s a guy at work gets some chest pain if he chases a bus, but it always goes away. He already had a bypass, too. I take Ranexa to reduce angina incidents. I just noticed Blue Cross covers $248 a month for the bottle.

MIL should be feeling better from rehab. Nothing to complain about. I%26#039;ve done it 4 times the past five years, and maintaining cardiac fitness is just part of a painfree angina-free life.

There are two widow makers. Both mine are 100% blocked. They were at 99% when I had my triple bypass. Great colllaterals built during an athletic youth and adulthood still work great to let me be athletic.