I just survived my 5th heart attack!

[williamcharles]

Went into the hospital last Sunday. They rushed me from there to a hospital that specializes in heart problems (St. Vincents). They opened the clogged artery and placed stents number 8 & 9. I got home yesterday. Got some catch up reading to do. I'll have to do it later. I'm bushed. Ya'll take care.

 

[gravel]

:shock:

Glad the procedure was successful.

Take care.

 

[Ocelot55]

Goodness! :shock:

I'm glad to hear that you are okay. Please get some rest and take care of yourself!

 

[Rob_In_MO]

Glad everything went well during the operation and here's wishing you a speedy recovery!



Rob

 

[Fishfuzz]

Gads! Happy to hear you are okay.

 

[huffelpuff]

Glad to hear you're ok. Rest up and feel better soon.

Jim

 

[kaiser83]

Get your rest brother, glad you made it out okay.

 

[Brewdude]

YIKES! Glad to hear you're OK brother.

5th one? GeezeLouize!

Did they tell you anything about smoking?

:shock:


Hang in there bud!



Cheers,

RR

 

[MisterE]

Glad to hear you're recovering!! :shock:

I hate to even say it (ignore me if you get offended), but what does your physician say about smoking?

 

[Mozjo33]

All the best William!! I hope you have a speedy recovery!!

 

[williamcharles]

To answer a couple questions: the docs said to stop smoking even if it's a pipe.

 

[DrumsAndBeer]

Best to you and hopefully a speedy recovery.

 

[GuitarMyFriend]

HOLY :shock: !!!
Well if 1-4 were a breeze, why not number 5?
I hope you have a quick recovery... Smoke a pipe or two, slowly.
Zach

 

[williamcharles]

Zach, the fourth MI was the worse one so far. I had a hell of a blood clot in an artery (right descending) that took the "clot buster" 2 hours to eat it's way through. It usually takes 15-20 minutes. They tell me I died but that three angels of mercy brought me back. I awoke with a pretty lady sitting astraddle of my chest gently slapping me and screaming "Wake up, wake up!". That MI ended up with a triple bypass. This one is taking a while to recover from. I feel weak as a sick kitten. It reminds me of politics (it sucks).

 

[Dutch]

They say a man's heart get's weaker with each heart attack. You must be a tough old bird, with a very strong will!

 

[williamcharles]

They say a man's heart get's weaker with each heart attack. You must be a tough old bird, with a very strong will!

I can only hope so.

 

[earl]

Went into the hospital last Sunday. They rushed me from there to a hospital that specializes in heart problems (St. Vincents). They opened the clogged artery and placed stents number 8 & 9. I got home yesterday. Got some catch up reading to do. I'll have to do it later. I'm bushed. Ya'll take care.

Glad it turned out OK for ya. Have had 9 stents myself. Doc says if I need anything further, it will be by-pass, which freaks me a bit. Wants me to give up the pipe but I'm not ready to do that despite wearing nitro patches and popping the occasional nitro pill. earl

 

[williamcharles]

Went into the hospital last Sunday. They rushed me from there to a hospital that specializes in heart problems (St. Vincents). They opened the clogged artery and placed stents number 8 & 9. I got home yesterday. Got some catch up reading to do. I'll have to do it later. I'm bushed. Ya'll take care.

Glad it turned out OK for ya. Have had 9 stents myself. Doc says if I need anything further, it will be by-pass, which freaks me a bit. Wants me to give up the pipe but I'm not ready to do that despite wearing nitro patches and popping the occasional nitro pill. earl

I hear ya Earl. Don't let the rest of this scare you off in case you need a bypass.
A bypass can be a real bitch. When they did mine I went into ARDS (drowning in fluids collecting in my lungs) and almost died from that and then two weeks later the doc had to drain 1.5 liters of fluid from between my lungs and the pleura.

DON'T let that scare you! It doesn't happen to most people. Just the ones who grab the brass ring.
If you need a bypass, go for it. Beats hell out of the alternative.

 

[Kyle Weiss]

Get well Chuck...don't let that hospital policy of "no smoking" get you down, just find a place outside the cameras can't catch ya. :twisted: Empathizing with your situation more than you know...

 

[Harlock999]

Scary news William...stay strong.
Richard Lloyd of Television...he's still around...