I had a heart attack

[Bird]

The minute I opened my mouth and saying " Chest Pain" and they all jumped on me and gave me test after test

I'm sure familiar with that routine. In June, 1975, I was in Shreveport, LA, for a seminar and suddenly got a severe chest pain, and the left side of my jaw started to ache first, then the whole left side of my face went numb and tingling and my left arm also had some numbness, so it was off to the emergency room. Well, they kept me flat of my back and hooked up to all those monitors for 20 hours and had my wife convinced that I'd had a heart attack, but after lying there that long, my back hurt so bad I could hardly move, so I told them, "I've got to get out of here." So I left, over their objections and with a bottle of nitro pills (none of which were ever used).

A week or so later, I did a whole battery of tests and only learned that I had a hiatal hernia, so maybe the pain from that caused me to hyperventilate and caused the other symptoms (my own wild guess). I've had quite a number of EKGs since then and sometimes they say nothing; other times they record a "non-specific abnormality" whatever that it.

 

[JC-jetro]

I'm sure familiar with that routine.

That's funny Bird, I told them look it's 6 am, I have been here since 3:15 and my son has a game starting at 9:00 am. I told him I'm not about to miss the game as I'm the coach. I told them they got to do better than that to convince me and yet I ended up signing the waiver to leave. Funny thing is after two months I ended up fighting the insurance that it was " an emergency". To the insurgence it would have been an emergency if I "crocked" , lol


JC,

 

[kthompson]

Silo, God is never surprised or caught off guard. He is truly able. Praying for you.

 

[dqdave1]

Good luck and you will be in my prayers.

 

[EMS503]

Good luck Silo, Most of my family is medical so I am familiar with Bypass surgery. You will bounce back fast. Just take it slow at first.

 

[silo36]

The latest update is, I started having some problems on the 18th and went back to the hospital. It was decided that we shouldn't put off the surgery. I wound up having open heart surgery on the 24th, and they said I did so well, they sent me home yesterday (Thanksgiving). When all was said and done, there was only 5 bypasses. I'm sore as a boil, but glad to have it over with. Thanks for the prayers and encouraging words, they are greatly appreciated. Let us give thanks, and pray together for others that are in need. I'll check back in a few days. (Just for the record, I was a good boy and done everything by the book).

 

[Bird]

Sounds like you're doing great, Jeff. Glad to hear you made it home for the holiday.

 

[JC-jetro]

Best wishes for your health and a quick and complete recovery.

JC,

 

[jinman]

Thanksgiving indeed! How great is that? Glad you are back home and just sore. I'm lookin' forward to hearing more good news, Jeff.

 

[EMS503]

Nice to hear every thing went well, Just think come spring you will be better then new