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I've seen a few threads with questions asked directly of me, and I've seen other "Game Doctor" questions that I've been itching to have a go at answering, but at this time, I am unable to do so.
The Candle'Bre crew has been informed of the latest, so I'll copy and paste the information that my wife posted on that forum here, as a means of explanation.
Many of you know that I'm....shall we say...."not in the best of health," and here lately, that has degraded another notch. I'm home from the hospital now, but on near-complete bed rest, and unable to participate as fully as I would like in these discussions.
Nonetheless, I have every confidence that the other voices here...the other folks who contribute so much to these forums, will be more than capable of making up for whatever my voice contributes, and my hope is that I'll be able to resume a more active participation in the forums as time heals this latest wound.
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Posted by my wife, on 1-14-06, in the Candle'Bre private forum:
Hi guys,
I need to let you in on the latest. Let's see....
Sunday, the 8th, Chris and I went to walk the dogs. We didn't get very far down our street when he started complaining of chest pain. He keep grabbing his chest and was having trouble breathing. We finished the walk.
He rested, and wanted to go again, with out the dogs, to pay attention to what was really hurting and how. And, as predicted, the second time was worse.
The next day he wanted to try again. Convinced that exercise was all that was needed. He stopped several times, and almost fell a couple times.
Finally scared, he was convinced to call his doctor and move his appointment from mid February to sometime sooner. Upon hearing the description of the pain the doctor called him in ASAP.
They ran some tests and an EKG and sent him back to work. That was Tuesday. The Doctor set up and appointment on Thursday to have a stress test done.
In the mean time he is getting worse. Just coming up stairs leaves him in pain and winded.
We took Thursday off cause they told us the stress test would talk all day. He couldn't finish the treadmill part. They took another EKG that also came back normal. We were told 7 to 10 days for results. They called us back a few hours later the same day, to tell us the images showed a blockage and they set up an apointment with a heart speacialist today, Friday the 13th, at 11:30.
Yet another EKG was done and yet again came back normal. So the doc hadn't seen the images from the stress test and wasn't really aware of anything. So we tell him and he wants to schedule a heart catheratization for Tuesday.
At this point I am getting aggravated. I see him everyday. He was getting worse. He was hurting while we were in the office right then. So he told the Doctor that he was hurting now. So they did yet another EKG and had the stress test results sent to the ASAP and sure enough they were abnormal and he was admitted to the hospital at about 2 o'clock. He was sent straight to the cath lab where they went in to take pics. (Pics to follow) And if something was found they were going to fix it right then.
They found something. Somthing that was reffered to as a plaque rupture. Plaque in your arteries is like the buildup on your teeth. Apparently that goop ruptured and got all over everywhere and clogged up two different places that kind of branch off.
They placed two stints in those and ballooned another place.
He is out of surgery now and is doing really well. He should come home tomorrow. He will be out from work at least a week. And I couldn't tell you when he will be back up on these forums. Mostly cause I don't know when he will be able to climb the stairs.
Anyway, when I left the hospital, he was in real good spirts and asked that I let you guys know!
I will keep you posted.
Christina
*****
-=Vel=-
The Candle'Bre crew has been informed of the latest, so I'll copy and paste the information that my wife posted on that forum here, as a means of explanation.
Many of you know that I'm....shall we say...."not in the best of health," and here lately, that has degraded another notch. I'm home from the hospital now, but on near-complete bed rest, and unable to participate as fully as I would like in these discussions.
Nonetheless, I have every confidence that the other voices here...the other folks who contribute so much to these forums, will be more than capable of making up for whatever my voice contributes, and my hope is that I'll be able to resume a more active participation in the forums as time heals this latest wound.
****
Posted by my wife, on 1-14-06, in the Candle'Bre private forum:
Hi guys,
I need to let you in on the latest. Let's see....
Sunday, the 8th, Chris and I went to walk the dogs. We didn't get very far down our street when he started complaining of chest pain. He keep grabbing his chest and was having trouble breathing. We finished the walk.
He rested, and wanted to go again, with out the dogs, to pay attention to what was really hurting and how. And, as predicted, the second time was worse.
The next day he wanted to try again. Convinced that exercise was all that was needed. He stopped several times, and almost fell a couple times.
Finally scared, he was convinced to call his doctor and move his appointment from mid February to sometime sooner. Upon hearing the description of the pain the doctor called him in ASAP.
They ran some tests and an EKG and sent him back to work. That was Tuesday. The Doctor set up and appointment on Thursday to have a stress test done.
In the mean time he is getting worse. Just coming up stairs leaves him in pain and winded.
We took Thursday off cause they told us the stress test would talk all day. He couldn't finish the treadmill part. They took another EKG that also came back normal. We were told 7 to 10 days for results. They called us back a few hours later the same day, to tell us the images showed a blockage and they set up an apointment with a heart speacialist today, Friday the 13th, at 11:30.
Yet another EKG was done and yet again came back normal. So the doc hadn't seen the images from the stress test and wasn't really aware of anything. So we tell him and he wants to schedule a heart catheratization for Tuesday.
At this point I am getting aggravated. I see him everyday. He was getting worse. He was hurting while we were in the office right then. So he told the Doctor that he was hurting now. So they did yet another EKG and had the stress test results sent to the ASAP and sure enough they were abnormal and he was admitted to the hospital at about 2 o'clock. He was sent straight to the cath lab where they went in to take pics. (Pics to follow) And if something was found they were going to fix it right then.
They found something. Somthing that was reffered to as a plaque rupture. Plaque in your arteries is like the buildup on your teeth. Apparently that goop ruptured and got all over everywhere and clogged up two different places that kind of branch off.
They placed two stints in those and ballooned another place.
He is out of surgery now and is doing really well. He should come home tomorrow. He will be out from work at least a week. And I couldn't tell you when he will be back up on these forums. Mostly cause I don't know when he will be able to climb the stairs.
Anyway, when I left the hospital, he was in real good spirts and asked that I let you guys know!
I will keep you posted.
Christina
*****
-=Vel=-
I hope all goes smoothly with your recovery!
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