Turns out that my carotid artery is blocked--I have 3 choices:

1)
Carotid endarterectomy which is an operation to peel away the plaque
with a scalpel--surgical dangers are stroke, bleeding, infection and a
slight possibility of death.

2) Angioplasty where a soft narrow
tube is inserted into the groin and removes the plaque through the tube
and a stent is inserted--the dangers are the same as above but recovery
is faster

3) Do nothing and have a high risk of a stroke.

And what option would YOU choose????
This
was posted 6-7(?) years ago and I chose #3--I am not a worrier so after
the decision that was that--I didn't think of it until recently when I
had a big lump on the right side of my throat--turns out it wasn't
anything (whatever that means!)
I did find out this week
why what I thought was my smokey, microphone ready, sexy voice wasn't
anymore--seems in 2008 when I had the aorta valve replacement I had a
partial paralysis of my right vocal cord while I was 'under' and I
understand many strokes, even deaths, take place when one is under
anesthesia--that was brought up by my new vascular surgeon when he was
discussing the complications of my P.E.D. I will be going for 2 ultra
sounds next week so he can see what is going on and we will go from
there. Once again I am not worried as that won't do anything.
Funny but you don't hear anything about this when you are a 'kid'!

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ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

When you live with old folks the pool rules are a little different--can you read the "Don't use the pool if..." rule ?
 

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