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dmpilc
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Initially Posted - 11/09/2010 :  11:30:38  Show Profile
Friday the admiral had a regular checkup with her neurologist. After the usual questions about what has been going on in her life, healthwise, the assistant told her she needed to see her regular doctor, that the symptoms she had described sounded like what women frequently experience with heart trouble. She drove around to the other side of the hospital complex where our regular doctors practice, told them what was going on and they said "you don't need to see the doctor, you need to go to the emergency room, right now" and they put her in a wheelchair and took her to the ER (buildings are connected by crosswalks). After telling her story two more times to ER doctors, they called down a heart specialist, just like in the ER shows on TV. After he heard her story, he told us she was experiencing classic signs of the buildup to a heart attack. She was admitted, stayed there over the weekend, including Friday night in the ICU for observation. They did an arteriogram(?) yesterday and inserted a stent in one of her arteries; there was 95% blockage. Guys, she just dodged the BIG one.
I'm writing all of this to tell you the symptoms to watch out for:
1. Shortness of breath getting progressively worse.
2. Burning sensation in the stomach (sort of like acid reflux)
3. Jaw pain (especially women, apparently)
Anyone out there experiencing these things, especially 1 and 3, should get their butt to the doctor without delay and get checked out.
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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 11/09/2010 :  11:38:19  Show Profile
She had planned the weekend for us to go out of town to the theater, so she was really pissed when told she couldn't leave the hospital. The heart doc said "After what you just told me, I'd be a fool to let you leave here...when the ER thinks it's serious enough to call me down, it <s></s><s>generally</s> almost always means you need to be admitted." After the stent procedure, he showed us the xray pics highlighting the blockage and said, in a good way, "now you know why I was insistent on you staying here".
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Response Posted - 11/09/2010 :  12:26:16  Show Profile  Visit piseas's Homepage
David, spooky story. Good thing she listened to Doc. Hope she will be ok. My brother lost his wife due to heart attack. They are more common in women then you think. I think #1 killer if my memory serves me.
Kinda reminds me of trip I was gonna make to Catalina and 2 days before I had emergency gall bladder removal. I could have ignored it like all the other times but for what ever reason I went to ER and got the news for immediate surgery. Glad I listened to the little message in back of my head. It could have ruptured during 30 mile trip.
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Response Posted - 11/09/2010 :  12:52:14  Show Profile
Thank God she's OK David.
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Response Posted - 11/09/2010 :  12:53:42  Show Profile
A little like the time a few years ago when I felt "terrible"--no pain or obvious symptoms... My wife made me see the doctor--something I <i>rarely</i> did. A simple blood count said something was very wrong--off to the ER... A scan showed a necrotic (dying) appendix, on the verge of exploding. It was out about 12 hours after the initial visit to the doctor. Another 12 hours and I could have been in a <i>lot of trouble</i>.

Lesson: Let the pros decide you're "OK".

Best to your Admiral, David!
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Response Posted - 11/10/2010 :  05:02:00  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Phew!
And now are there life changes being planned?

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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 11/10/2010 :  07:02:17  Show Profile
Some additional diet changes, a few new exercises to do, etc. A lot of the diet suggestions were things we are already doing, like 1% vs. whole milk.
You know, the things they can do in the field of medicine now are really amazing. In the last 10 years, she's been through a hip replacement, both knees replaced, cancer, and now this. And I attribute a lot of her problems to being significantly overweight, although the heart thing may be hereditary.
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Response Posted - 11/10/2010 :  08:37:27  Show Profile
Buncha my friends worked the pinhoti 100 mile trail run last weekend.

24 miles on the bike yesterday for me.

Run tonight.
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DaveR
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Response Posted - 11/10/2010 :  13:56:00  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
thumbs up David!
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jerlim
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Response Posted - 11/10/2010 :  18:51:15  Show Profile
God bless !
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 11/10/2010 :  23:48:24  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
We're both glad to hear she's going to be OK. A scary story indeed.
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Response Posted - 11/12/2010 :  05:34:18  Show Profile
Me Too... I'm glad the docs did well. You will both be in my prayers, and glad to hear you get to play another day!
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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 11/12/2010 :  10:31:50  Show Profile
Thanks to everyone for your kind thoughts. She came home Tuesday and is generally taking it easy. Went to the "Y" yesterday and walked the track a little while I did my 1/2 mile swim. Went again today. We're going to try to make the theater run tomorrow, about 2 hours drive each way. Temp is in the mid 70's here, no clouds. It's a beautiful day.
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