Post by MetalStorm on Apr 14, 2019 9:30:06 GMT -5
I'm sporadically in and out when I go out on the road and travel to various aviation events.
This one was different. I went to Titusville FL for their airshow about 5 weeks ago. Weather wasn't good, show was bad and it went downhill from there
A month ago 7AM, I had my 3rd heart attack, first was in 2014, another milder one in 2016. This one hit me getting up at the hotel about 630AM Started progressing and just before 7AM, I figured the chest pain wasn't going away. It took 6 tries to get 911 on the phone (not easy to dial a cell under pressure), ambulance (they sent 2, lucky me) got there in 5 minutes, that gave me just enough time to call my girlfriend and get out a few words, including heart attack, I love you, and good bye....
That afternoon I had a heart cath, heart had progressed a lot in the prior 2 years. They shipped me off to Daytona for a bypass. Had to spend a week in ICU waiting for the blood thinner they shot me up with to get out of my system before they could do the surgery. That was 3 weeks ago tomorrow (monday 3/25).
I've been through a lot in my life, never ever been close to this scared before. Trish flew down to FL and spent a week in the hospital with me (and then a week after the bypass too)... I feel a lot better, it didn't hurt as much as I thought, scar doesn't look too bad..... We spent another 2 weeks there in FL while I got some follow before being released to come back to West Virginia. Just got here yesterday afternoon. Long slow 2 day drive, a buddy of mine came and picked me up.
I've got a couple weeks before I can drive, 6 weeks after that before my sternum is healed and I can really use my arms again.
Over the years people have told me to quit eating junk food. They were right. I'm changing my diet forever. If you have a chance to eat healthy, lose a few pounds, exercise a bit, please do it. You don't want to go through this.
At least I made it home and I can still play some ET.... (played a few games last night)
I appreciate you all
Mark
MetalStorm
This one was different. I went to Titusville FL for their airshow about 5 weeks ago. Weather wasn't good, show was bad and it went downhill from there
A month ago 7AM, I had my 3rd heart attack, first was in 2014, another milder one in 2016. This one hit me getting up at the hotel about 630AM Started progressing and just before 7AM, I figured the chest pain wasn't going away. It took 6 tries to get 911 on the phone (not easy to dial a cell under pressure), ambulance (they sent 2, lucky me) got there in 5 minutes, that gave me just enough time to call my girlfriend and get out a few words, including heart attack, I love you, and good bye....
That afternoon I had a heart cath, heart had progressed a lot in the prior 2 years. They shipped me off to Daytona for a bypass. Had to spend a week in ICU waiting for the blood thinner they shot me up with to get out of my system before they could do the surgery. That was 3 weeks ago tomorrow (monday 3/25).
I've been through a lot in my life, never ever been close to this scared before. Trish flew down to FL and spent a week in the hospital with me (and then a week after the bypass too)... I feel a lot better, it didn't hurt as much as I thought, scar doesn't look too bad..... We spent another 2 weeks there in FL while I got some follow before being released to come back to West Virginia. Just got here yesterday afternoon. Long slow 2 day drive, a buddy of mine came and picked me up.
I've got a couple weeks before I can drive, 6 weeks after that before my sternum is healed and I can really use my arms again.
Over the years people have told me to quit eating junk food. They were right. I'm changing my diet forever. If you have a chance to eat healthy, lose a few pounds, exercise a bit, please do it. You don't want to go through this.
At least I made it home and I can still play some ET.... (played a few games last night)
I appreciate you all
Mark
MetalStorm