For several months now I have been working on an eBook entitled My Heart Stint Story in which I engage the reader in my own journey with having five heart stints. It is now released and available. Below is a small sample from page 33 of My Heart Stint Story. It is power-packed with lots of answers to common questions about Heart Stints/Stents.

QUESTION
How long do stents last?

ANSWER
Heart stints/stents are placed in an artery for life. They are not removable. The tissue inside the artery grows around the stint and makes it permanent.

If you are continuing to experience chest pain or discomfort, it may be the result of the stretching of the artery during the angioplasty part of the procedure. However, as with all other chest pain, you should consult your attending cardiologist and let her/him know what you are experiencing. Heart stints often last for up to 12 plus years. But there is no way to know how long a stent will last in a particular situation. Each patient’s body is different as is their life-style.

There is a new technology (see above VCT, p.28) to help determine artery plaque that is completely non-invasive. Check with your cardiologist to see if is available through his practice.

So take a trip over to My Heart Stint Story and pick up your copy today.

Abbott Laboratories is developing and testing a dissolvable heart stint. It is designed to fully be absorbed and metabolized by the artery it is placed in.

Healed blood vessels is the goal of this new dissolvable heart stint. It’s called a bio-absorbable stent and it is created with the same kind of material as certain stitches that dissolve, but the heart stints are designed to last longer.

Next time you visit your cardiologist, ask what the latest news is about this new innovation.

In answer to the question: What’s the longest you have waited in line for something? on blogger gave the following answer. It would be funny if it wasn’t so realistic.

Eight hours, hospital with my Fiancé for heart stints procedure. While in the recovery area a nurse cooked bacon in the microwave. Waiting so long, hungry, the smell floating around us. Cruel reminder of why we were there. Stupid woman. I guess she weighed close to 300 lbs.