LIVING WITH MCL

Finished reviewing copies of my angiogram and treadmill reports, and not only do I have a 90% stenosis of the distal left main coronary artery I also have a 95% ostial stenosis of the circumflex artery systolic function The latter being the reason the cardiologist couldn't stent, since according to a friend, The ostium is the opening of the artery to the aorta. You can't stent through that [because] half the stent would be lying free in the aorta. Whether they could have stented the left main artery is pretty much irrelevant since a bypass would be required regardless. It's just now it will be double bypass surgery. Yet it doesn't end there. During my treadmill it appears I experienced an ischemia abnormal ST depression seen immediate recovery 0.9 slow sIow-upstoping V3, 4.5mm horizontal in V4-V5, and 1.9mm V6->; ST depression seen during exaggerated HTN reading of 246/106 Not sure that makes a lot of sense to me, but in simpler terms, this was evidence the heart was...

For the past 10+ years I have been living with the belief Mantle Cell Lymphoma would be the likely cause of my demise. It became even more evident two years ago, when I decided to retire, due to some limitations as a result of my MCL. So never did it cross my mind, during that time, I would develop other health issues that could potentially be worse. But then 2012 happened. First it was a diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma in May , which put a crack in that belief, and now a diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD), with 90% blockage of the main left coronary artery, and the necessity for bypass surgery, has shattered it. On the surface that might not sound so bad. The condition was found early enough, and it can be corrected. Right? Well, not exactly. It becomes much more complicated when you have another underlying condition (Mantle Cell Lymphoma), and your health insurance/care is through the Veterans Administration (VA). I was told by the attending cardiologist, as he was describi...