This is absolutely not referenced by my reply, that meant respect the individual need to cope with an emerged situation and aspecting what's coming next.
After process has settled discussion may be open.
This is my personal view on the scene.
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Working too hard can give you a Heart Attack Ack Ack Ack Ack Ack... My Heart Attack Story.
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This is my personal view on the scene.
I am more inclined to think of @BDWoody as the tough hombre kind and I highly doubt he is the type to sit there and lick his ... wounds.
If I am wrong, I most definitely apologize in advance!
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Good for you for going in, and so glad it wasn't anything major (I assume)! Thank you for the well wishes, and I hope for a full recover as well! So far so good.
That could depend on how much: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_effects_of_coffee and https://www.voedingscentrum.nl/encyclopedie/koffie.aspx#blokis-koffie-gezond? Well, dutch
Again, good health!
I had been pounding about 6-7 cups a day, so for now I'm down to a couple. Better to ramp things back up slowly I'm thinking.
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@Sal1950 I appreciate that, but this is a busy place! Don't even think about it again...
Thank you, and I'll take it! I have had my cholesterol numbers given to me before, but haven't been meaningfully tracking them. Both numbers tend to be higher than 'normal,' but the ratio has been considered ok, so that's all part of what we are digging into. It's something like 160-60, so total is over 200, but 'good' cholesterol is also highish, so...nothing crazy, but not normal. I'm now taking a cholesterol lowering drug and we'll obviously be tracking it going forward. Over 350?! Glad you are still with us too!
My family history on both sides is a cardiovascular horror story with cancers being almost unheard of, but most members dying of heart attacks or strokes between 65 and 75.
I went in for a Echocardiogram 5 last Monday which thankfully came out OK and and I'm scheduled for another stress test next month, I do get EKGs fairly regularly.
This getting old schitt isn't for the squeamish.
Again, your in my thoughts and prayers.
Glad to hear you are taking care of yourself, and you are in agreement with my grandmother, who when she was 93 made sure to tell me that 'growing old is not for sissies!'
My family has very little history of Heart Disease, with my Mother's grandparents both dying of a Heart Attack relatively young, but that would have been in the 50's. Nothing since. Been a bit of a surprise in that context, so we are all (both of my brothers and me) more tuned in than we had been.
Thanks again Sal, much appreciated.
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Wasn't it Devo who had asked "Are we not men?" Most ASR members would prefer replying with "We are the objective kind!"
… which brings me to a personally serious question for @BDWoody:
How has this eight day old, and unplanned trip [ummm...] - in an ambulance - transformed your [internal] life-equation?
I am not asking about the crapola/ditties like eating better, or exercising, or listening to the doctors, etc.
More like: Have you made yourself some resolutions to make more time for music, or spend more money on hardware, or updating your bucket list, etc…?
I notice subtle changes after my mate's unplanned AFIB and really should ask her but she be not as objective as you is!
Interesting question! Getting down to the deeper meaning stuff...I had to wait until I got in front of a keyboard for this one, although now that I'm here there isn't a lot to tell. I don't think I've had any kind of transformation of thought, although it has certainly focused my attention on my health in a way I've never needed to before. I was an athletic kid then adult, in an athletic family who just took all that for granted. As @Salt mentioned, right now I've got that open heart surgery to prepare for so it's much more task oriented than psyche oriented, but there is most certainly an underlying sense of appreciation for all things 'life.'
Was the change in your mate after her AFIB a gradual thing over time, or was she just different afterwards?
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I am more inclined to think of @BDWoody as the tough hombre kind and I highly doubt he is the type to sit there and lick his ... wounds.
If I am wrong, I most definitely apologize in advance!
I appreciate the reminder of what I'm heading into, but I also hope that no one feels as though they can't ask whatever questions they may have. Part of getting into all of this in the first place is to open dialog, and I'm not really sensitive or squeamish about it so if there are questions to be asked go ahead and ask them! Trying to keep my ego out of the way, and if anything is of help to anyone that's good enough for me.
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It’s great that you reacted to get the situation under control and all the best for the recovery. I was short of breath walking home a while ago and a visit to the GP turned into a triple bypass! It was a bit daunting but we’re all in good hands as it’s a tried and tested procedure. If possible, the just make sure that you’ve got some support for the recovery and take the time to do the rehab. Happy to chat if that helps.
It’s great that you reacted to get the situation under control and all the best for the recovery. I was short of breath walking home a while ago and a visit to the GP turned into a triple bypass! It was a bit daunting but we’re all in good hands as it’s a tried and tested procedure. If possible, the just make sure that you’ve got some support for the recovery and take the time to do the rehab. Happy to chat if that helps.
Thank you, it was probably heartburn - esophagus hypersensivity. They prescribed omeprazol for a while, the symptoms decreased and now I'm fine.Good for you for going in, and so glad it wasn't anything major (I assume)! Thank you for the well wishes, and I hope for a full recover as well! So far so good.
I had been pounding about 6-7 cups a day, so for now I'm down to a couple. Better to ramp things back up slowly I'm thinking.
Hope you can find an 'optimal amount of coffee', filtered(?)-(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cafestol) and black, of course
Went in to hospital with pain upper stomach on Tuesday this week. Light fever and CRP 100 that rose to 400. Surgery Thursday. Laprpscopy not possible due to the high inflammation.
Diagnosis:acute colecystitis.
Since my heart surgery last summer I pay more attention to symtoms that could be heart related. But this time it was something else. Strange feeling though. I am not happy about this but still glad it was not the heart.
Diagnosis:acute colecystitis.
Since my heart surgery last summer I pay more attention to symtoms that could be heart related. But this time it was something else. Strange feeling though. I am not happy about this but still glad it was not the heart.
Was wondering if you are on vacation or something else. Sorry to hear it was something else.
Get well my friend
Thanks for the kind words. I think I have had lower active presence on the forum latest months or so. I am reading though. Started with scale models, which has taken up some time.
OUCH. Back in 1989 I was suffering the attacks that would have me crawling on the floor in pain, worst I ever experienced.
Jan 1990 I finally agreed to the surgery to have my gallbladder removed.
Before this one , I had three attacks about two weeks ago. But no attack ever before. Doctor suspected gastritis. With the last one, the fever and high CRP they suspected the gallbladder. CT scan did show something stuck but no other stones in the gallbladder. Since most have stones I believe it is a stochastic event given the right size of stone that happens to get stuck and block.
Painful it is. But pain can vary a bit from diffuse to sharp. Hopefully pain is enough that you seek care for it and can find the cause.
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I apologize but, since my English is quite poor, I never read these sections of the forum.
I'm happy that you didn't waste time and called an ambulance immediately and that you are better now.
I'm happy that you didn't waste time and called an ambulance immediately and that you are better now.
One of the most painful things in my life, if not the very most painful, was my gallbladder inflamation which necessitated its removal in 1989. Don't think I was ever sicker than with that. My sympathies. Hope you get well soon. And be sure to keep consulting with your PCP because you digestive system will not exactly work the way it used to, and some adjustments to diet and lifestyle may be necessary. Best wishes.
Thanks, I feel fine. Stil a bit tired still after the surgery, but I expect to be back at normal pace within a week.
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Glad you're fine.
It hits home as I'm one of those really badly at risk: I've got Xanthelasma (the yellow stains near eyelids) and there's only one reason for that, bad cholesterol. I went to my doctors: immediate cholesterol level check and...
"Sir, I haven't seen such a bad cholesterol level since a very long time. It used to be more common decades ago but nowadays it's rare to be that bad."
So since six months I changed my eating habits quite a bit. I still can do better though.
I got a blood sample again and should get the results soon.
My doctors already told me that if it hasn't come down, it's "statin" medication. Which I'm not exactly a fan of as there can be very bad side effects.
It hits home as I'm one of those really badly at risk: I've got Xanthelasma (the yellow stains near eyelids) and there's only one reason for that, bad cholesterol. I went to my doctors: immediate cholesterol level check and...
"Sir, I haven't seen such a bad cholesterol level since a very long time. It used to be more common decades ago but nowadays it's rare to be that bad."
So since six months I changed my eating habits quite a bit. I still can do better though.
I got a blood sample again and should get the results soon.
My doctors already told me that if it hasn't come down, it's "statin" medication. Which I'm not exactly a fan of as there can be very bad side effects.
High "bad" cholesterol is part due to food and exercise habits, part inherited. So while you can lower it quite much, there are limits for some. Statins have got quite bad reputation - side effects do exist but in most cases they are quite moderate. I use them now, and the only side effect is a "faster stomach". My LDL went from between 4-5 to 1-2 millimol/L after statins.
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