Hi Red Rock,
I had a right heart cath done a couple of years ago. I was not on LDN or much of any type of medicine at the time – Nexium was probably the biggie. I was awake during the procedure and I pedaled a bike during the procedure. They wanted to monitor the pressures with and without exertion. Everything went well, it was all over within an hour.
They started the catheter in my neck and I was able to watch as they guided it to my lung/heart (wherever it had to be to check pressures). The only sign I had at the site of insertion was a little red dot which went away after a week. I may be getting another one done this fall and I'm looking forward to it. It would be great to see if my pressures got better after being on the minocycline for nearly a year. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for noted medical improvement!
After the RHC and diagnosis of APH, I was prescribed Cellcept and Tracleer. In November of 2009, after seeing Dr. S we added minocycline to the mix.
Good luck with your procedure.
Take care…….Alli