A gym influencer and the CEO of Gym Positivity, Joey Swoll from Chicago, Illinois, revealed the harrowing details of a heart surgery on Twitter in which a surgical piece of equipment fell into his heart. As revealed by the influencer, it happened while he had gone through a diagnostic angiogram on April 28. An angiogram is a diagnostic procedure that uses imaging to show your provider how your blood flows through your blood vessels or heart. The tool left in his heart while going through the diagnostic angiogram caused him a lot of problems and he eventually fainted for 6 hours.
Joey wrote that the doctors were able to revive him after operating both sides of his groin (area in the body where the upper thighs meet the lowest part of the abdomen) and wrist. He termed it a miracle as the doctors had never seen this happen before. According to Joey, now he is doing fine but feels mentally and physically exhausted. “Thank you, everyone, for all your prayers and kind words. It truly means the world and you’ve all put a big smile on my face”, he concluded the tweet with these words.
One day home from the cardiac ICU and I feel great but VERY sore and very beat up. I went in Friday for a routine diagnostic angiogram which was supposed to take 30-45 minutes. During the procedure, a piece of of the tool they used fell off inside my heart causing a LOT of…— Joey Swoll (@TheJoeySwoll) April 28, 2024
Joey’s fans have asked him to not let go of this matter easily and to take legal recourse. One of the users tweeted that he should consult a lawyer to go through all of their records regarding that procedure and the tool usage, inspections, maintenance, etc.
Please have a lawyer go through all of their records regarding that procedure and the tool usage, inspections, maintenance etc.— J (@undisputedtroof) April 28, 2024
Joey acknowledged this suggestion and replied, “The tool is being sent in for diagnostics and a full report which I will be definitely getting my hands on. My main concern is this NEVER happening to anyone again and just getting my mind right. I’m very grateful for the team that was in there with me and saved me.”
The tool is being sent in for diagnostics and a full report which I will be definitely getting my hands on. My main concern is this NEVER happening to anyone again and just getting my mind right. Im very grateful for the team that was in there with me and saved me.— Joey Swoll (@TheJoeySwoll) April 28, 2024
Another user found this incident quite unusual and tweeted that diagnostic angiogram uses only catheters and guide wires. The user wrote that it’s very unexpected that a piece of them just tears apart and blocks a coronary artery. Joey’s post has garnered more than 3 million views to date and counting.
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