A chiwawa-sized elephant sitting on my chest
What is a "chiwawa-sized elephant sitting on my chest"? What? Never heard of that before? Well, me neither! It wasn't big enough to be an elephant, but there was definitely some weight on my chest.
Was this a heart attack?
It was indeed - a "mild" heart attack.. My blood work ended up showing a heart enzyme which caused further investigation. I was rushed to the cath lab for an angiogram and 3 stents were put in one after another, to try and open a 90% occluded artery. The Doc said I dodged bullet and if I hadn't come to the hospital when I did, I wouldn't have made it.
No wonder I have been so tired for weeks and haven't been seen around here for a few weeks. It has taken over a week now to get me feeling anything like "back to normal".
Today I found out that I have a sticky valve in my heart and will be on one of my meds for over a year and a bunch of other drugs for the rest of my life. I have lived my life taking pride in the fact that I do not have to take a pagefull of meds, and suddenly I am forced to take an excessive amount to keep myself alive. What a rude awakenin
That's the way I feel right now - like I hit a light post and I had my direction altered! Lifedstyle changed in one fell swoop! I laughed when I saw the anti-Trumper hit the lightpost. It truly was funny to watch. But when I "hit the lamp post" it became a differebnt story. there waw nothing funny about it. I guess you just have to be careful what you laugh at huh?
So in a nutshell, you have my underlying feelings about my unfortunate position I find myself in. My humor has not left me, but my mind is slow to produce content. Took me a full week to produce this blog. I'll be back - God willing. In the meantime I'll keep trying.
Blessings
Linda
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Linda. So sorry. I do hope you improve soon. Please see my site (whyspirulina (dot) com & ask your doctor if you can take it. It might help providing you are NOT on blood thinning medication. Trevor
I took Spirulina clear back in the 70's. Blood thinners are necessary sooo Not possible now. For now I have to listen to the Dr's and hope and pray their poisons don't kill me.
Linda, I don't believe you have to be on meds the rest of your life. I would research Dr Life online and maybe even purchase his books/ebooks.
We can heal our bodies after and even before something like this happens.
I am working on doing this before I get the wake up call.
Best wishes!
Mel
I know, that's what I thought i was doing with being careful what I put in my body, taking $300-$400/mo nutritionals to protect and preserve my health. There was no way I was supposed to have a 90% occlusion! But my heart looked like a no-man's land with no rivers flowing (arteries) around the back of the left side. How was it even being fed any blood? I have to allow these drugs to work before I abandon them. When the heart surges and then you struggle to breathe for a minute or two and then repeat, repeat, but over a week of gradually improving, you tend to take what the dr. ordered, at least for now. I'm a "take charge of your own health" person too, but when you collapse, and still live, you say "Thank you Lord" and rreconsider.
Hi Linda,
I was making progress with meds and eating healthier at lowering my high blood pressure then it seemed like I could not make any more progress to get off the meds.
From what I have been reading/watching, the extra weight I am carrying around is a part of the problem. Once I can lose that, the body can begin to finally start healing itself with the proper healthy foods. I am looking forward to getting to that stage. :-)
Mel
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I'm so happy that you've 'dodged ' a bullet Linda. Get some rest and take it easy. We will all be here waiting for you when you're fit and ready.
Thanks Simone. That's all I can do is rest.(:^(
Take care Linda