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AML & Climbing - a random info thread. 24-Aug-2022 At 8:24:56 AM IdratherbeclimbingM9

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My being diagnosed with AML was incidental to another investigation.

I had an annual checkup with my local GP early this year, who suggested that I should also have a checkup with a Cardiologist since I hadn’t done so for the last few years post CABG procedure due thinking that this was now history and unnecessary.

Cardiologist did a Stress-Echo test and said I have a second set of some unusual ectopic heartbeats happening at a high workload rate, and referred me to St Vincents Private Hospital Melbourne for an angiogram (done by an Interventionist-cardiologist), to checkup on the mechanical aspects of my 2017 CABG’s procedure.
Basically a process of elimination to clarify my situation.

Angiogram done and all was okay, so I was referred on to an Electro-cardiologist to investigate potential heart electrical issues that may be causing a second set of ectopics to manifest.

I was discharged late the following day and spent the evening in a B&B to return to regional Vic the next day.

Late that evening I experienced an unexpected heamatoma at the Angiogram entry site.
Phoned St Vincents who advised me to get an ambulance to nearest hospital.
Ambulance waiting time was anticipated as being 2 plus hrs and 000 suggested getting myself to nearest Accident & Emergency Hospital, as it was only a few kms away.

10 pm I arrived at Footscray Public Hospital A & E, and waited till 3 am to be told three things by the A&E Dr.

1. Your heamatoma appears to be self rectifying.

2. You have covid!
(The only place that I could have caught it was St Vincents Hospital).

3. You have a blood anomaly that confirms the sample taken at St Vincents, because we’ve cross referenced them.

I was discharged from Footscray Hospital and returned home to Regional Vic for isolation.

Iso finished, a negative RAT, and I submitted my hospital report to my GP who referred me on to a Haematologist.

A bone and marrow biopsy was done in the morning, and at 7pm that night (while home again), Haematologist phoned me saying attend A&E at Albury Hospital for admission, I’ll meet you there with the paperwork, and be prepared to be transferred to Melbourne!

What have I learnt?
Angiograms are tricksy things! Last time after having one I ended up with CABG’s x 2, and this time with covid and AML!!
;-)