mother nature isn't funny
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05/09/18 10:29 PM
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dartman366
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at approxamatly 2:00 Sunday afternoon, while getting things ready around the house and finishing up some things on the motorhome and trailer she hit me with chest pains and a resulting heart attack, wife shipped me to the hospital and straight to the operating room for a stent in an artery called the widow maker,fast forward to yesterday and I was released with a fist full of papers and good results on my screening's, and the Dr telling me I was a lucky man, much longer and it would of been worse so now comes a lifestyle change, no smoking, diet and cardio exercises, no driving untill next week after I see my family Dr,, so I looks like Chrysler Power Classic is out for this year, but after that I have 4 more Chrysler events scheduled, so I need to be a good boy and clean up my lifestyle, and slow down and enjoy what's left of it.
Light travels faster than the speed of sound,,,this is why some people seem bright untill you hear them speak.
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Re: mother nature isn't funny
[Re: dartman366]
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05/09/18 10:39 PM
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It's too bad people have to wait until they get hit with a sledge hammer in the head before they decide to make lifestyle changes. keep your chin up and your stick on the ice.
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Re: mother nature isn't funny
[Re: Clanton]
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05/09/18 10:46 PM
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Wow Close call!Take care and stick around for a while. I told my wife that I can't go now,,I got too many people to pizz off. lol she just shook her head
Light travels faster than the speed of sound,,,this is why some people seem bright untill you hear them speak.
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Re: mother nature isn't funny
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05/09/18 10:46 PM
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Wow Bill that was a close one glad you cheated the reaper. Think you can make it up to the Mid Ohio Show at D42 next month? Be a good boy and do what the doc says and you should be racing for a long time Gus
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Re: mother nature isn't funny
[Re: fourgearsavoy]
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05/09/18 10:48 PM
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Wow Bill that was a close one glad you cheated the reaper. Think you can make it up to the Mid Ohio Show at D42 next month? Be a good boy and do what the doc says and you should be racing for a long time Gus thats the next one on my list Gus
Light travels faster than the speed of sound,,,this is why some people seem bright untill you hear them speak.
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Re: mother nature isn't funny
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05/09/18 10:52 PM
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Not good news that you needed medical attention, especially heart issues, but sounds like things went as well as could be expected, Good luck with it Bill thanks Glenn, I am 62 years old and I need to quit acting like I am 32 and bullet proof.
Light travels faster than the speed of sound,,,this is why some people seem bright untill you hear them speak.
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Re: mother nature isn't funny
[Re: dartman366]
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05/09/18 11:34 PM
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This should be a wake up call to everyone. Throw those coffin nails away, eat sensibly, do go to the gym or at least do some kind of cardio. Most health issues can be avoided with common sense.
I am glad you survived.
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Re: mother nature isn't funny
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05/10/18 02:28 AM
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Welcome to the Lucky SOB club. Coming up on 10 years since my left anterior descending and right coronary arteries hung clots to the tune of 100% and 99% blocked.
The left isn't called The Widowmaker for nothing. You're usually dead before you hit the ground. I was fortunate because my body had grown a secondary circulation path that flowed enough to keep me going until they could put 2 stents in. Got away with minimal damage all things considered. My ejection fraction is now around 48-50%. I was told anything north of 60% is considered normal cardiac function. I was 43% post infarction.
I personally don't think they really have much of a clue what causes plaque to form in arteries. They use a different unit of measurement in Canada for cholesterol and mine was 5.6, which is just over the high normal of 5.4. I had just had a stress test which showed almost no sign of a problem, 2 heartbeats out of however many running WFO on the treadmill for 15 minutes. Not enough to call for an angiogram I was told. Scheduled an appointment 3 months out and the Doc wanted me to be 25 lbs lighter and he wanted to see my cholesterol 4.5 or less. 4 days later I had a heart attack.
Now they want my cholesterol under 2 so they put me on Crestor and in a week it's at 1.8, should be good to go right? Tuned up my diet, eliminated the junk food by 99% and lost about 30 lbs.
Fast forward 7 years and I've put most of the weight back on because while I eat healthier stuff I still eat too much of it and since I went back on the road, the 30 minutes on the treadmill every morning didn't continue. So I'm in for another stress test and zero issues show, my cholesterol is still 1.8 but my new Doc sends me for an angio anyway because my system has demonstrated it doesn't follow the rules. Stent in the left is 95% blocked, The one in the right looks like they just installed it but there is just the beginning of a blockage downstream from it and now my circumflex which had no problem last time is now pushing 90% plugged.
Triple bypass time...
Sorry about the rambling.
Heart Attack, 10 minutes to have one, a lifetime to bore people with the details.
Kevin
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Re: mother nature isn't funny
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05/10/18 01:27 PM
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Glad you're going to be ok. This getting old crap ain't for kids.
"Everybody funny, now you funny too."
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