I thought I would post this as I think it's pretty interesting for those who have been coiled. On the website they have a briefer video on clipping too. Neither of these are graphic so for those that are queasy, no worries! Hope this posts correctly! Also there is a bit more video information on PED's, recovery and more. I'm not advocating the facility as I have no idea if they are reputable although they certainly seem to be. I'm in Connecticut and I happened to find them online and thought it could be helpful to someone. I find things like this pretty fascinating but then again I used to like those old shows that had actual surgical procedures on TV back a few years ago.
Thanks for the link Wendy! I’ve asked my Neurosurgeon to put a screen where I can see so I can watch what she is doing the last couple times she’s done angiograms. She laughed and said I couldn’t afford the screen on the new machine. I did offer to bring my iPad in so she could use that, its old…she laughed harder and said I’d move too much!
I wish my coiling was as fast as this one. Maybe if I didn’t have 20 something coils it might have! I think if I was watching I’d freak so I’m glad I couldn’t see. Knowing me I’d try to interfere or ask too many questions and the neurosurgeon would knock me out! Think I’d be ok watching someone elses. Well except maybe the questions!
That would be fun! Maybe we could get a group for an aneurysm coiling outing complete with meal and beverage to follow! Do you think any hospital would let us in?
Hey don’t they let people sit in those galleries like you see on medical shows? You know where you look down on the surgeon. Except I’d want to be closer. That WOULD be fun! Maybe a teaching hospital. Although I’m too old to be mistaken for an intern so forget my thought of sneaking in!
Wendy, thank you for sharing this Norton site...I watched all three of the displayed videos.
Amazing, to see how quickly an aneurysm can/may be filled..think it should be available on a "walk-in" basis? Most of us have several hours logged for start to stop; sometimes when stopped earlier, we are put under coronary care/other for the marketed minimally invasive procedure.
Yes, they are fascinating to view; and, yes, I like the old shows, too. Several years back (3, 5, 8?) back, there was a show on a man w/an aneurysm (coiled, I think) had a sample run and ended...I have no memory of name/network it was on...
A good, fun idea...maybe we could get our insurance to cover the travel?
Moltroub said:
That would be fun! Maybe we could get a group for an aneurysm coiling outing complete with meal and beverage to follow! Do you think any hospital would let us in?
Wendy...my fantasy for some time is the top hospitals will have a sitting room adjacent to the angio-suites with a large window for family to view those tv-screens...we could think we were watching old tv-shows... and, also able to see the producer/director in action, not just see their names at the end of the show...
Wendy said:
Hey don't they let people sit in those galleries like you see on medical shows? You know where you look down on the surgeon. Except I'd want to be closer. That WOULD be fun! Maybe a teaching hospital. Although I'm too old to be mistaken for an intern so forget my thought of sneaking in!
Hey Pat could you get Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina to believe it was for therapy? Maybe we could bill it that way and get the entire group here at some warm location.
Wendy, the second coiling I had was on a new machine. With a really nice big screen also new and the students were behind glass about ten or twelve feet away. They looked like sardines packed in a can they were so tight.
Moltroub, don't those insurance companies usually pay for what MDs recommend...or prescribe?
Moltroub said:
Hey Pat could you get Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina to believe it was for therapy? Maybe we could bill it that way and get the entire group here at some warm location.
Pat - I think they used to back when I was a kid. My mom got a hot tub for her back. Not any more though! I once had an doctor tell me to move to Arizona when I first started developing allergies about a year after I moved here back in the mid 80’s. I told him to write me a prescription - he laughed and I’m still here
