Re: Stress Test - worth the effort?



Bill wrote:

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> It sounds like you are from Australia

Yep

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> Here there are medical protocol issues. I recently had two stents put in. I
> was very sure of what was going on and it turned out I was right. But me being
> very sure does not satisfy either the Dr. who is going to do the procedure or
> the insurance company. So I had to go through the process of making an
> appointment with the cardiologist and then getting a nuclear stress test -
> which showed a part of the heart was not getting enough blood.
>
> So there are rules the medical establishment

> While they are free to make those rules, I prefer to make my own rules -

>
> FYI, there are new types of stents out there, which you may or may not have
> had in 01/04, call drug eluting stents which are much less likely to reblock.
>

Unfortunately if they use those stents I would have to pay for them - they did
give me that option with my last procedure, but I dont have that sort of money to
spare. Also, none of the previous stents have reoccluded - it has been a new
blockage each time.

Bit thanks for the ideas - Bill

David

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