Ouch! that doesn't sound like it was any fun to go through the femoral heart catherization. Gee, sometimes I wonder if some drs. Are on the same page with their patients. I guess sometimes it's hard for someone who is "just not living in your shoes", to think about the physical difficulties a pain patient is going through just to navigate how they are able to do to get around in this world. Do you mean you are having more pain in the groin area where the catheter was inserted still this long after the procedure? I've never had the procedure so I have no idea how long it takes to heal from the procedure. I'm sorry you are still in pain from the procedure and frustrated with your doctor for not realizing how physically limited you are. Do you plan to speak out to your doctor about the area at the site of the catheterization feeling worse not better, before you have surgery? Let me know how you are doing, Bless you, C.J.