Positive Outcomes

[Prada47]

I posted this in reply to another poster thought it may interest others. Life is a road and sometimes it's hard but it does go on for a long long time !!

Hello

Well lets start in 1982 I was 34 driving home from the Office felt really bad realised something was quite seriously wrong. Stopped outside a Dentists house knocked his door and he took me and phoned his Dr and an Ambulance. Both arrived and straight away said Heart Attack so off to the ARI ( Aberdeen ) No Stents back in 82 !! so after about 5 days sent on my way Just to show how things have changed I didn't leave with a bunch of Meds, nothing at all.

After being transferred to another position my boss just said your career is now taking a different path which sure enough it did.

I worked all over the World in the Middle East in Desert Locations Hours away from the nearest Medical Assistance should I need it. Just over a year in Rural China was I must admit a challenge.

To be Honest it takes a lot of Mental Resilience to able to mange the Cards you have been dealt and I understand that I am lucky to be in this situation !!!

I was working in the USA in 2001 when driving home from work I started with a headache which I recognised as not Normal. So I stopped off at Walmart's took a self administered blood pressure check and it was fine . So off Home and my Wife said this is not right so we went to the ( Emergency Room ) at a small local Hospital they had a scanner so hey ho got scanned. My wife had run through my history and when the Dr came back he just said this is a lot more Serious than having a Heart Attack you have a Bleed in your Brain and the nearest Hospital with a head unit was 120 miles in Jackson so in an Ambulance and a long journey followed. ( they had planned a helicopter but weather was to bad ) Next step was an operation to embolise the bleed which worked but still needed further work so this was followed by Gamma Knife to blitz the AVM which took 2 years to fully correct the problem.

So I worked for a further 2 years and then called it a day, and retired

Fast forward to 2015 seeing my GP for something else she said you seems a little short of breath I will do an ECG mmmmm that doesn't seem right I will fax it to Cardiology, so Echo, Bruce protocol followed by Angiogram . The Cardiologist said after the angio you have some blockages I think I can sort them with Stents. Good . 30 minutes later he came back and said having reviewed your pictures with the Team you need OHS so lets get on with it !!

2018 Angina pains returned so another MRI followed by Angiogram and then you need stents in your bypassed LAD, Your RCA is 100% blocked and there is nothing we can do without a lot of Risk and I don't think it is worth the possible Reward.

2021 bloody pain back again so booked in for a Profusion MRI in January the Story goes On.

I will be 75 in September and still think I am around 40

I really think I could go back to work and perform a reasonable job, so I believe this is a positive story and long may it continue.

Happy Christmas Everyone

As my cardiologists letter say posted unsigned to save time LOL

ps Still got the dreaded heart failure but so what looking forward to Christmas

Got Port , Cheese , Beer , Statin will take care of that LOL

[skid112 Heart Star]

A very merry Christmas to you. Always interested in others history. Enjoy the cheese, the wine and I'm very jealous of the port.

Take care

[Lezzers]

Wow, what a story Frank and such a positive attitude. You can keep the cheese & beer but I'm envious of your port, I've drunk mine and I'm now hitting the sherry!Enjoy

Merry Christmas

[ahk59]

Wow you have been through it,thanks for sharing.I joined site because I have heart failure Unfortunately I'm on tenterhooks today,my healthy fit Husband had cardiac arrest yesterday at work and is now very critical on life support.Im sick with worry.Your story kinda helps meThanks

[mixedgrill in reply to ahk59]

my thoughts are with you in what you r going through a seemingly often uttered phrase but if u r able to keep your chin up and when or if u feel that you r not able to then cry when u need to but do try to take each day at a time and rest as and when u r able to try not to see too far ahead full of dread its often not and seldom all dark more with shafts and shards of small lights at the beginning with hopes of brighter lights to come

[Wooodsie]

Blimey Prada, that's quite a story. I like your PMA (positive mental attitude)(not a heart related acronym for a change 🤣).

It's good to hear you are still enjoying the good things in life, otherwise what's the point 🍷🍻, happy christmas.