My recent absence

August · 07-29-07, 08:44 AM

Yesterday i just got back from the hospital where i had just finished enjoying a forced two day stay, all courtesy of a heart attack i had wednesday morning.

Late tuesday night I began feeling pain in my left arm, jaw and chest all of which were attributable to other causes so I didn't think much of it. The pain kept me up most of the night so i took wednesday off work and slept it off.

The next day when i went back to work i happened to mention the episode to the nurses who run the schools medical assistant program and they hooked me up to an ekg machine. Two hours later i was at the hospital getting two stents put into my right coronary artery.

Word to the wise. Heart attack symptoms are very easy to ignore/explain away. I got lucky. Had i not happen to mention it to the right people i might be dead right now.

U-533 · 07-29-07, 09:16 AM

Good thing you said something.

Hope you get better soon.

geetrue · 07-29-07, 09:25 AM

Glad you made it back to tell us August ... take good care of yourself.

I'm 63 and 40lbs over weight ... I hear you ...

Takeda Shingen · 07-29-07, 09:32 AM

My goodness. I am glad to hear that you made it, however closely. It makes me also want to watch my diet and excercise regiment: Two things in which I tend to become increasingly lax as my career develops.

Chock · 07-29-07, 10:23 AM

Take it easy August, making it back to work a few weeks later than they would like is a small price to pay for keeping on ticking.

Chock

Heibges · 07-29-07, 10:29 AM

God Bless you. Glad to have you back with us.

Skybird · 07-29-07, 10:50 AM

Too many blood-pressure-rising debates, probably. I recommend less discussions, and more gardening!

August · 07-29-07, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Too many blood-pressure-rising debates, probably. I recommend less discussions, and more gardening!

Thanks guys!

bradclark1 · 07-29-07, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skybird

Too many blood-pressure-rising debates, probably. I recommend less discussions, and more gardening!

And lay off McDonald's and Domino's. Eat lot's of tofu and do plenty of low stress exercises. Do as I say, not as I do.

Jimbuna · 07-29-07, 02:44 PM

You take care of yourself mate....and take it very very eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesy

The Munster · 07-29-07, 02:46 PM

Dunno what 'stents' are but hey, take it easy.

Hey Jimbuna, ya beat me to it .. thought you'd be in Newkie Brown Land !

August · 07-29-07, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Kpt. Munson

Dunno what 'stents' are but hey, take it easy.

Thanks. Take the time to learn a little about them. It may save your life one day.

Stents are little screen mesh tubes which they insert into the arterys surrounding your heart to open blockages.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stents

Seth8530 · 07-29-07, 04:09 PM

Take it easy man.

kiwi_2005 · 07-29-07, 05:33 PM

I'm 42 and think about my health abit more than often now, im down to 2 cigarettes a day compare to about 15, my aim is to give it up within the next 2 months, im chewing that nicotine gum in between to wear of the cravings. Always have black coffees, and sugarless, I avoid Milk as its bad for your arteries from 40 onwards i am told it clogs them up, for males that is, for females they should drink milk as much as they can as their bone structure becomes weak with age. I use to love eating McDonalds burgers

but haven't gone near one for nearly a yr now, totally crap food.

Why is it by statistics men have more heart attacks than woman, yet males are more fitter than females, we work till we retire females usually spend their lives in the kitchen or gardens or now alot are in the office, and arranging tea gatherings 3 times a week where they sit around munching out on cakes and bickies yet they usually always outlive the husband? I thought being fit, hard work, keeps the heart pumping... Not so maybe we should follow their lifestyle and have beer gatherings once a week?

Ahh maybe i have just answered my own question..... Beer

fatty · 07-29-07, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Why is it by statistics men have more heart attacks than woman, yet males are more fitter than females, we work till we retire females usually spend their lives in the kitchen or gardens or now alot are in the office, and arranging tea gatherings 3 times a week where they sit around munching out on cakes and bickies yet they usually always outlive the husband? I thought being fit, hard work, keeps the heart pumping... Not so maybe we should follow their lifestyle and have beer gatherings once a week?

Ahh maybe i have just answered my own question..... Beer

I recall that men store their fat differently - and more dangerously - than women. Women store a lot of it around their hips and thighs, and men put it around the gut. I don't know why that makes it more dangerous.

I may be wrong.

07-29-07, 08:44 AM	#1
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,198 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My recent absence Yesterday i just got back from the hospital where i had just finished enjoying a forced two day stay, all courtesy of a heart attack i had wednesday morning. Late tuesday night I began feeling pain in my left arm, jaw and chest all of which were attributable to other causes so I didn't think much of it. The pain kept me up most of the night so i took wednesday off work and slept it off. The next day when i went back to work i happened to mention the episode to the nurses who run the schools medical assistant program and they hooked me up to an ekg machine. Two hours later i was at the hospital getting two stents put into my right coronary artery. Word to the wise. Heart attack symptoms are very easy to ignore/explain away. I got lucky. Had i not happen to mention it to the right people i might be dead right now. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

07-29-07, 09:25 AM	#3
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Glad you made it back to tell us August ... take good care of yourself. I'm 63 and 40lbs over weight ... I hear you ... __________________

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Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Take it easy August, making it back to work a few weeks later than they would like is a small price to pay for keeping on ticking. Chock __________________

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Heibges Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 1,633 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	God Bless you. Glad to have you back with us. __________________ U.Kdt.Hdb B. I. 28) This possibility of using the hydrophone to help in detecting surface ships should, however, be restricted to those cases where the submarine is unavoidably compelled to stay below the surface. http://www.hackworth.com/

07-29-07, 10:50 AM	#7
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,629 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Too many blood-pressure-rising debates, probably. I recommend less discussions, and more gardening! __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

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U-533 Samurai Navy Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: On my Boat Posts: 594 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Good thing you said something. Hope you get better soon.

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Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	My goodness. I am glad to hear that you made it, however closely. It makes me also want to watch my diet and excercise regiment: Two things in which I tend to become increasingly lax as my career develops.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,539 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	You take care of yourself mate....and take it very very eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesy __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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The Munster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Deepest Dumbria Posts: 1,243 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Dunno what 'stents' are but hey, take it easy. Hey Jimbuna, ya beat me to it .. thought you'd be in Newkie Brown Land ! __________________ *GWX Team Member; Retired* GWX Home Page

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Seth8530 Captain Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tennessee Posts: 546 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Take it easy man. __________________

07-29-07, 05:33 PM	#14
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	I'm 42 and think about my health abit more than often now, im down to 2 cigarettes a day compare to about 15, my aim is to give it up within the next 2 months, im chewing that nicotine gum in between to wear of the cravings. Always have black coffees, and sugarless, I avoid Milk as its bad for your arteries from 40 onwards i am told it clogs them up, for males that is, for females they should drink milk as much as they can as their bone structure becomes weak with age. I use to love eating McDonalds burgers but haven't gone near one for nearly a yr now, totally crap food. Why is it by statistics men have more heart attacks than woman, yet males are more fitter than females, we work till we retire females usually spend their lives in the kitchen or gardens or now alot are in the office, and arranging tea gatherings 3 times a week where they sit around munching out on cakes and bickies yet they usually always outlive the husband? I thought being fit, hard work, keeps the heart pumping... Not so maybe we should follow their lifestyle and have beer gatherings once a week? Ahh maybe i have just answered my own question..... Beer __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.