I really dunno how to support my friends anymore, Cariads DH has been undergoing terrible health issues since September last year. When they discovered he had CAD he had 2 stents placed and at the smae time had to have a bone replaced in his neck otherwise he could have been paralised because of the damage in that area.
He continued to have cardiac type pain returned to his cardiologist in December where he repeated his stress test and was told there was nothing wrong with his heart, and to stop being anxious. The pain's continued until february when he was readmitted into hospital because the pains in his heart were so bad he couldn't stand it, he had a cath which showed the stents had blocked off and an new one needed stenting so three more stents were placed. He has continued to complain of pain in the heart and was readmitted to the hospital yesterday.
Meanwhile Cariad has continued to work full time to ensure they can pay their mortgage, continued studying for her BSN otherwise the hospital will want the money back they have invested into her, ran the house, paid the bills, looked after two demented cats and been a good friend. And of last but not least looked after her husband alone.
So what I am asking you all to do is send good vibes and support to one of our own here at allnurses, and see if we can collectively help to turn their luck into something positive and help Cariad feel supported. :redbeathe
Prayers and hugs for you and dh, Cariad. Come here to laugh, cry, vent and whatever else to need to do. Know that you have a strong and supportive family of friends here at AN.
To Cariad's dh: So glad you insisted on further follow-up. You have a whole big bunch of folks rooting for you.
just an update for all my friends, on allnurses. dh is now back at home but we as mystified with the chest pains as before he went in. they stopped the pains with a nitro patch and the only change is they added imdur to his medications. he again had a negative adenosine stress test, which to him means nothing. he had a negative one in december before he had re-occluded in february. he had the test in the morning and the cardiologist came to the floor and left without seeing him. he got forgotten about, so the nurse refused to give us the results of the test, so we are presuming that its negative, because they never came back to the floor to discharge him after several hours the nurse got a verbal discharge. so we havent spoken to anyone about what they think is going on. he had a chest pain a couple of hours after discharge and had some more last night. he also had a nosebleed that went on for a few hours, because they couldnt get it to stop. so we have to decide what to do next.
dh and i want to thank you for all your kind thoughts and wishes. we are still taking it a day at a time, some days are better than others, last night while i was at college he had a chest pain and took a nitro pill, but then at midnight he had the severest pain ever, which he eventually took 3 nitro pills before it settled down. it is so worrying, but the hospital doctor and the cardiologist dismissed us at the weekend as if theres nothing wrong. it seems that the only answer is to go and see another cardiologist which right now dh doesnt want to do. it doesnt make semse that all the cardiac tests are negative.
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I am sorry I havent been on here for a while (will make more of an effort) just want to add my support to you and John also. You sure do have some strength there under some difficult times.....
sending you some love and support and cyber hugs to you both ((()))
I sincerely hope and pray for all best outcomes for you can your DH. The really awful part is the not knowing. I'm keeping you and your family close to my heart in in prayer.
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Prayers and hugs for you and dh, Cariad. Come here to laugh, cry, vent and whatever else to need to do. Know that you have a strong and supportive family of friends here at AN.
To Cariad's dh: So glad you insisted on further follow-up. You have a whole big bunch of folks rooting for you.