Description of Event or Problem · 1
SINCE 2006, I HAVE HAD 7 STENTS PLACED - 3 TO RESOLVE A FAILED BYPASS -. LAST STENT WAS 2008. ON THE FOLLOWING MONTH, I UNDERWENT AN MRI OF THE CERVICAL SPINE. THE TEST WAS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE AND I WAS UNABLE TO FOCUS WHEN LEAVING THE FACILITY. I EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT CHEST PAIN CENTRALIZED UNDER THE STERNUM MOST OF THE EVENING AND WAS UNABLE TO SLEEP THAT NIGHT DUE TO NIGHTMARES - WHICH I NEVER HAVE -. THE NEXT DAY, I HAVE NOT COMPLETELY RECOVERED. I WILL DO MY BEST TO AVOID AN MRI IN THE FUTURE. AS OF THREE DAYS LATER, I AM STILL HAVING SPORADIC CHEST PAIN, THOUGH NOT NEARLY AS INTENSE AS THE PAIN ON THAT DAYS. I SPOKE WITH MY CARDIOLOGIST OFFICE, THEY SAID THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL NUCLEAR STRESS TESTS -- THEY HAVE ALL BEEN NEGATIVE. THIS INCLUDES THE FIRST WHICH WAS THE DAY BEFORE MY TRIP TO THE ER AND MY QUADRUPLE BYPASS. THE SECOND DID INDICATE A PROBLEM 3 MONTHS LATER -- NEEDED ONE STENT. THE THIRD STRESS TEST WAS NEGATIVE. ONE MONTH LATER, 3 STENTS WERE PLACED TO CORRECT A FAILED BYPASS. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE GONE FOR ANGIOGRAMS AS STRESS TESTS AREN'T VERY ACCURATE FOR ME. MAYBE MY BODY IS JUST A LITTLE STRANGE; BUT THE EPISODE AFTER THE MRI FELT JUST LIKE I NEEDED MORE STENTS -- MAYBE THE ONES I HAVE NOW WERE AFFECTED. IF THIS INFO HELPS, OR YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME.