Ok guys, I just got back home. didn't go the way I wanted it today but never the less here is how the day went. Got to the hospital 2 hours before surgery to get checked in. Person told me at the reg. desk I was not scheduled today. Told me that the doctor that was to do the surgery was off today. Told me to call a number and they would tell me the story. I was livid. Instead I drove to the doctors office and confronted the person directly.
I asked her why I was standing in front of her when I should be at the Cath Lab with an IV in me getting ready for an angiogram. She did some checking, called the girl in charge of scheduling and also called the doctor. Bottom line the girl didn't schedule the angiogram last Wed. because by the time I left the office, central scheduling at the hospital was closed that day and didn't reopen till this morning. She never called me and told me. They told me that they could do the procedure on Wed. of this week. I told her I wanted it done today. Otherwise I would have to repeat bloodwork, fast and all that. The girl came back out a few minutes later and told me to go back to the hospital and that they were waiting on me to do the procedure.
Doctor came in and couldn't apologize enough. said he would deal with the girl later. He done the angiogram. They went in through my wrist this time instead of the groin area. Different. He came back out to the holding room and told me that I have 5 blockages and all of them were 70-90% blocked and I wasn't a candidate for stents on this. He told me that I would have to have bypass surgery on these areas. So I have an appointment with a different heart surgeon that specializes on bypass surgery on Jan,7th. Looks like I am going to have a 5 bypass surgery sometime after the 7th. I appreciate the prayers and Ed, thanks for posting the results for me. Bill
