Side effects after ASD closure
I wouldn’t recommend reading this if you’re about to have surgery. I’m not trying to scare people, this is just my experience.
I had ASD closure in march of this year and I hate that I did. For me, all it’s done is made me feel worse and left me physically I guess disabled? The catheter used has left me with neuralgia which is a possible side effect after this type of surgery. Pretty much the nerve in my right leg is always misfiring which provides me with intense pain sitting, standing, walking, resting, everything (think when you hit your funny bone and your arm has that white hot shot of pain, but every time you move). I’ve tried multiple different meds and my dr is giving up on me and just telling me to get over it. Not only that, but I’ve almost passed out multiple times due to standing up and my vision going dark and crazy headspins. This never happened before the surgery but it happens at least 3-5 times daily now. My dr does not believe me and did a blood pressure test and went “oh well nothing happened” - that’s because it doesn’t happen every time I get up. I’m so angry and I’m so upset. I haven’t been to work since my surgery, I’m gaining weight due to lack of exercise… I’m very upset. Has anyone else dealt with neuralgia after surgery or dark vision?