Posted: 12/30/2005 11:55:47 AM EDT
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but I survived it. Fortunately, I was at my daughter's house in Powder Springs and they got me to Cobb, who in turn got me to Kennestone where they did a catheder (sp?) and installed a stent into the artery. That was on Sunday night. They did the other two arteries yesterday and sent me home today. I will stay out of work next week and go back on the 9th. Barrow Medical sent me home Friday night after I went in complaining of chest pains. I will be consulting a lawyer in the next few weeks. I hate all the frivilous lawsuits, but those people almost cost me my life. Even the docs at Kennestone were flabbergasted at that. This is just FYI, in case anyone was wondering where I have been. Probably, nobody was, but just in case. |
That fuckin' blows man. Well wishes for a full and speedy recovery. ARH |
Actually, this may be a blessing in disguise. My legs feel less heavy and lethargic than they have in years. I am supposed to take it very easy for the next 3 days, but I will start on the treadmill after that. |
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Larry I know a family that lost a wonderful father 2 years ago because one of those crummy places sent him home with similar pains and he passed suddenly the next day. He left 6 kids and a wife behined. Very tragic. Im glad you were able to get the medical services you needed and I would consider a lawsuit if I were you. Good luck buddy and thanks for sharing your experience. I hope everyone takes note and remembers this. I know im going on and on but this hits one of my buttons. JDT |
It felt like a very heavy weight sitting on my chest. It was not a sharp pain at all, just a lot of pressure. I guess the kicker was when my knees went limp, I got very dizzy, and started pouring sweat. I have felt indigestion before and an inflamed ribcage and this was very different. |
At this point, I don't know if I would call them "real", but it is an ER attached to a hospital. As for the Hooter's girls, my daughter said she knew I was gonna be alright after I started eyeballing nurses after the initial emergency procedure. |
That is how my Father described his heart attack, he also noted what a difference the stints made. Glad you are ok. 
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Better Joewang Than mine!!!!  I couldn't resist, even though its gotta be like childbirth.... |
Yep, it hurt like hell too. After it passed, I pissed a quart. Not to hijack LarryG's thread but here it is:  |
No kidding! I can't imagine how much that'd hurt. |
Crap I had no idea your stone was that big. Glad you're done. Ouch!!! Mount that sucker in your front teeth "Why you be all up in my grille an' shit?" or on a pinky ring "I've pissed bigger piles of crap than you!" Was there just one or multiple stones? |
Only one showed up on the xray. The bad part about it, I had a Lithotripsy done 2 weeks ago to break it up. Evidently it didn't do anything. |
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LarryG, Glad to hear you are OK. You are too rotten to just die off. (jk  ) Brother, I am SO freaking glad to hear you are OK. I lost my dad 13 1/2 years ago to congestive heart failure. As bad as it was, the part that still bothers me to this day (and will for the rest of my life) is that he was only 55. 55 is TOO DAMNED YOUNG!!! I'm sorry to hear about your expeirence. I'm glad you're OK, and hope to see you soon at a group shoot. Just get better man. Take some drastic measures that will change your life FOR THE BETTER. thompsondd BTW - I think PrisonBus should.......nevermind!
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Well, I am 57. I think in the long run it will turn out to be a good thing. As for PrisonBus, I think she should......uh........"nevermind" me also. 
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Larry glad to hear your doing good. Trad mills suck, you may look into getting a cross trainer. Better overall workout and zero impact. Also for you guys that passed kidney stones, do they just drop out or comeout like a bb or what. Man i know that shit sucked! Sorry for you guys! 
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Uh oh. What did she say? Should I be hiding?  I have my grandson back as my avatar now. I was at his house when the attack finally got bad. Poor little guy, he was very upset, but he is happy now that paw-paw is okay. |