Hospital 2.0 the upgrade

[JOES66FURY]

Get better man, missed your cranky ass round here lately.

[Pumpkin]

Mark, hoping for the best for you on my end!

[70chevyC-10]

Good luck Mark, get better quick.
Bring the Dr. a sleeve of golf balls as a gift - he'll never forget you.

[A/Fuel]

Good luck and get well soon.

[Bob Holmes]

I was wondering what the hell happened to you.

Take care of yourself, heal quickly, get better.

Bob

[SpiderGearsMan]

well mark , since you aren't here , I will light this place up on my own

[oletrux4evr]

Get well soon Mark!

[JRoberts]

First know that you are in my thoughts and prayers. I have gone through catheterization and you need not worry. It is a rather quick procedure and when I have had mine (two times) I was awake and watching the monitor. You won't feel anything, but you will have to get shaved (you might feel that if they use a dry razor like they did for me the first time, although the electric this last time was not much better.) They will put a pressure bandage on until they are very sure the site has healed over. You don't want that artery to break loose. So it is keeping pretty still for a while. Hang in their brother, do what the docs and nurses say, don't push it for a while. Remember we're here for ya'.

[Caveman Tony]

Ask the docs about carrying a mini bottle of baby-aspirin around with you. Could save your heart... and your life.

Its one of the very first things EMTs give patients they suspect of having a heart attack.

It thins out the clot that's killing the muscle in that section of your heart.

Not for everyone though, so ask the doc.



MAKE some BIG changes in your life dude, or else it'll repeat, only worse... and worse... and worse...


But look at the bright side... you're only cranky and bitter because your from NEW ENGLAND.

HA!

[SpiderGearsMan]

except brian and tony . most of those bostonians have a giant chip on their shoulder

[70chevyC-10]

Uh Jim - reminds me of the pot calling the kettle black...... New York/New Jersey state of mind kinda thing, you guys invented sarcasm me thinks.

[Stich496]

thanks everyone,
that easy op. was 7 hours.. a few things didn't help..
I have an artery that crosses over another one at the heart that they are say'n shouldn't be there.. and inturn is crushing the one the heart really needs flow from.. (not sure what they ment) but they ballonned that one,
years ago I had opened up the back of my knee from a wreck, and that vein is colaping at the back of the knee slowing and at some points of movement stopping flow,, this may need to be reopened, waiting on doc. to advise on options
my diet needs to change, because my bad colesterol is 256 , try'n diet first before any pills/etc
and I've lost 30 lb, that was the only good news,
the stress test with die, they are alittle miffted about, as my heart rate took forever to get to 155 , they said it was odd for it to take 3 minutes at the lower levels then 10 minutes on the treadmill at 7mph . heart rate low but sweat'n like a pig.. so, doc said more test are in my future, (yay )
they think the passing out might be more the vein in the knee than the sleep issue, tho they said that wasn't helping.
if the ballon of the artery doesn't keep it open they may need to do something with the one thats where it shouldn't be..
and they are not say'n what or why it there or what caused it to form there.. this should be fun..
more questions than answers, yay...
anyways thanks for the well wishes..
next few weeks of doctors will not be fun, alot of lifestyle changes coming is all they aluded to.. beyond a change in diet..
and lungs haven't got any better since last exray, I might as well have smoked since 12..
more scared now than when they didn't know why I was having the pain

[SpiderGearsMan]

I would try a non romney care hospital like connecticut or rhode island ..yes , I am serious

[Stich496]

well.. yesterday we went food shopping.. and oh that was fun..
turning everything around to read the back. and getting the "ok" or "nay" for the wife..
well dum dum me . emptied the cart onto the belt. and then carried the bags into the house...
and a few hours later my wrist and inner thigh are in pain..
thigh is fine now but my wrist is killing me.. now I know why they said no lifting any more than 10 lb and no working..

[nesabo]

Getting old SUCKS...