On behalf of myself and all of the other 50-percenters out there: Thanks for sticking around!
Roger
Roger
my wife would have said,' It's just gas," and gone on to play pickle ball.
Just kidding. I live in Sun City West and half of the population have stents installed and are still playing 36 holes a week.
Tell you what though. Here's my plan for when I rattle my last 9-ball. I want a memorial service , of course, and a large wake/party with an open bar afterward. But my pool buddies, if I know them at all, will try to skip the service and go straight from the pool room to the open bar. So what I have planned is that when people leave the memorial service they will be given a ticket . This ticket will have to be presented in order to attend the wake and bar. That way I can be assured of a large attendance at the service having to endure a long stretch of testimonials about what a great guy I was and how much I will be missed.
What d'ya think, Tramp? :woot:
So glad to hear that you are well.
Great response on your part and on the fire rescue truck.
Stay healthy- we need you.
This line has been added merely so that the entire post doesn't look like a weird, miscounted haiku attempt.
Believe me, blah blah. No one thought that was a bad Haiku. Here is an example of a bad Haiku:
"Glad that you are well
Your reward for past brave acts
Have you a mustache ?"
Night before last I was sitting in front of the TV when out of the blue I had a chest pain, and a pretty darn good one to. I took a couple of slivers of nitro, but it didn't do much, so becoming a bit worried I called 911. The Fire rescue truck was at my door in less than two minutes, and the ambulance crew was there in about five. They put me on O2 and off we went to the hospital.
The chest pain had mostly subsided by the time we arrived at the ER, so after an EKG and blood work-up, the ER room Doctor had me admitted. The next morning a cardiologist scheduled a cath lab for me and off I went.
The Doctor who was doing the angiogram found a 90% blockage in a left circumflex vessel and opened it up with a medicated stent. The procedure was successful and I was removed to the ICOU. I spent the next six hours quietly laying on my back, not moving my right leg, in order for the insertion site in the femoral artery to clot over. That seemed to be the worst part of the entire experience.
I was discharged this morning and came home, where I promptly died. Just kidding.
The prognosis is I'm good to go for a few more years, and I just thought you might like to know.![]()
Very fortunate they were able to do the angioplasty on you. I had taken in my mother for the same thing and they were going to perform an angioplasty - but the interventional cardiologist said she needed triple bypass open heart - major league stuff - she never really fully recovered from it.
I'm don't know if you have been living a healthy lifestyle, diet and exercise once you've fully recovered, but I'm sure your body would welcome it now.
Chris
Night before last I was sitting in front of the TV when out of the blue I had a chest pain, and a pretty darn good one to.
Night before last I was sitting in front of the TV when out of the blue I had a chest pain, and a pretty darn good one to. I took a couple of slivers of nitro, but it didn't do much, so becoming a bit worried I called 911. The Fire rescue truck was at my door in less than two minutes, and the ambulance crew was there in about five. They put me on O2 and off we went to the hospital.
The chest pain had mostly subsided by the time we arrived at the ER, so after an EKG and blood work-up, the ER room Doctor had me admitted. The next morning a cardiologist scheduled a cath lab for me and off I went.
The Doctor who was doing the angiogram found a 90% blockage in a left circumflex vessel and opened it up with a medicated stent. The procedure was successful and I was removed to the ICOU. I spent the next six hours quietly laying on my back, not moving my right leg, in order for the insertion site in the femoral artery to clot over. That seemed to be the worst part of the entire experience.
I was discharged this morning and came home, where I promptly died. Just kidding.
The prognosis is I'm good to go for a few more years, and I just thought you might like to know.![]()
I actually do live a (reasonably) healthy life style. I quit drinking 6 years ago. I quit smoking 21 years ago. I quit having sex just out of high school.
My only vices are Chinese Buffets, and Pizza.
P.S. I know there's been a thread on this, but I am an antagonist regarding second-hand smoke. Especially the kind found in poolhalls.