Anyone have any experience with this type of surgery?

[MiHale]

8. Just had it done...

I’m about 2 months out from a Tcar (Transcarotid artery revascularization) procedure.
It was an overnight stay…check-in in the morning, get procedure, home by next afternoon.

It would have been easy procedure but I am on a pretty powerful blood thinner, Xarelto. Before the surgery I needed to be on Plavix and a baby aspirin for at least a week…thats 3 blood thinners…I was a bruised mess. Needed to be on Plavix and aspirin for another month after while resuming my original thinner Xarelto. I actually made up an ‘emergency blood stopping kit’ I carried around with me to stop bleeding from little nicks a scrapes incurred in daily activities. Lotta work around the homestead had to be put on hold so wouldn’t bleed out.🤪

Couple years ago my wife had the regular surgery done. It went well no problems, since she wasn’t on any blood thinners she had no complications as I did.

One thing that wasn’t really explained was blood pressure. I’m chronically high although it’s regulated nicely. During my overnight stay my pressure was abnormally low, they gave me Sudafed to raise it…ironic.
Blood pressure was low for about a week or so before returning to my normal.
At the month recheck my doctor told me it was normal for blood pressure to go low after the procedure because of the better flow. Wish I knew that beforehand, little thing.

So I’m a kinda bad case scenario…it can only be better for most.