Today’s image is a zoomed-in picture of what appears to be a major stadium not too far from the hospital. I believe it is the Allianz Stadium. That is somewhat ironic, since my travel insurance company is Allianz, with whom I’m struggling right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The day of the angiogram arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But, I’d mentioned to my doctor that when I talked on my mobile to my lovely wife early in the morning, my time (much later in the previous day, her time), I felt like I was struggling for words more than usual. Without hesitation, my doctor ordered a CT scan of my brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, first, the CT scan — I found out later, in my release medical records, that it indicated no problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then, the angiogram. I was awake the whole time. They went in through the radial artery in my wrist (much better than through the femoral artery as they’d done 21 years ago!), and I heard them conversing throughout. I did some conversing with them, but mostly I didn’t want to distract them…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They told me that they did not find any significant blockages, so they didn’t have to insert any stents. They could tell that the existing stent from 21 years ago was still operating well. So, basically, a result as good I could have expected! YAY!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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