melgil

I had a heart attack Sept. 30, 2012 and was admitted to hospital where 2 days later they did a heart cath. The doctor used 10 balloons to try to unblock a 99% right artery block. He burst every balloon as the blockage was like "cement". During the procedure the artery disected. I was sent to intensive care. My family said I was "very, very grey. " I had extreme pain from the middle of my chest straight through to my back. They said this was caused by the discetion and not another heart attack. B/P was 70/40. Sent me back to the cath lab and they inserted a balloon pump in the aorta to rest my heart. This was removed the next day. That "pinked me up" and eliminated the pain. They removed the balloon pump after 24 hours, kept me in the hospital 2 days and released me. They said they could not do the "roto router" procedure to fix the block until the artery healed. And that would take at least a month. I had one more artery 30% blocked which they said they would not do anything with. I was released with activity as tolerated and diet as before. How dangerous a situation am I in?? They put me on Plavix 75 mg., aspirin 325 mg. lipitor 40 mg.