very scared... TEE tomorrow, please send hugs and prayers and pixie dust

[PRINCESS VIJA]

So glad that it went well. I hope you get a good result and not need anything too invasive for treatment.

that will be hard now waiting to hear from the cardiologist. Before the test I knew going in that alot rided on the type of hole I have.

Good news and bad news... the good news is that the hole is a PFO (patent foramen ovale) which is better than an ASD (atrial septal defect). The bad news problem is that insurance won't cover the type of closure the doc wants to do if it is a PFO. (they would cover it if I had had a stroke instead of just a clot going down my arm. I am sooooo lucky that I didn't stroke as that was a HUGE clot 4 inches big!!! Can you imagine what would have happened if that had gone toward my brain????) I really am lucky to be alive. many people don't survive blood clots in lungs, let along one that big traveling in the arterial system. so now I wait and see if the doc can convice the insurance company to cover it. I really don't want any more clots, but I am wise enough to know that with my history that clots will form again and that I DON'T want it in my arterial system. ughhhh, insurance companies

 

[donac]

Good luck. I would fight the ins company all the way to the top. You yourself know how serious a stroke could be and how much money it would cost the insurance company in the long run. My gf's dh had a stroke a year and a half ago. My gf was told that he had several small ones before that were no diagnosed. I know that she is mad about that.

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

Good luck. I would fight the ins company all the way to the top. You yourself know how serious a stroke could be and how much money it would cost the insurance company in the long run. My gf's dh had a stroke a year and a half ago. My gf was told that he had several small ones before that were no diagnosed. I know that she is mad about that.

thanks! Insurance companies just some times don't get it.

 

[Planogirl]

I'm so glad that the test is over and it wasn't as bad as it could have been. It's too bad that you have to deal with insurance companies now. That is definitely another source of stress.

Here's to everything going well now.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Good to hear the test is behind you now, Vija. 's Prayers and good wishes are with you for good findings and a simple procedure to correct. All my best.