nearly occluded femoral arteries

[aheart]

Hi all, got this news today but doctors on vacation! (figures right?) Has anyone had this surgery or stenting and please give report on afterwards, recovery time etc. I could really use some good news right now. Thank you so much.

[LindaTX]

I'm sorry you are having to go through all this.  Yes, the heat here is intolerable.  We stay in the house all the time.  But we have a donkey who is ill so we are out checking on him and giving him meds. I did think I heard Heidi in the attic but we checked and no Heidi. Thank you for your prayers and I will be praying for you as well.

[aheart]

  The femoral arteries are located in your groin, one on each side. Then branch off into two behind your knees. It will either be a by-pass or a stenting, I don't know yet, but I got a stent in my Aorta (main heart valve) in 09" The recovery time is much better with stenting vs six to eight weeks with by-pass surgery.
  I hope your escaping the horrible heat down there! I read where you keep hearing your kitty Heidi! Do you think she might be in the walls somehow? I have been praying for you & Heidi!

[LindaTX]

Hi aheart, I don't know if this would be pertinent to your situation but I read somewhere here on MH of doing stents through the wrist.  I'm assuming occluded means they can't go through the femoral arteries?  Wishing you the best!

[aheart]

Yes right & left, my cardiologist is on vacation so I won't know his course of action regarding TX until he returns. I am hoping for stents. Staying positive and walking alot!

[beau194]

Obviously an invasive procedure. Is it both left & right femoral arteries? Will it be angioplasty with permanent stents? This is certainly serious news but, I trust the prognosis is very good.