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Just my luck
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 3:12 pm
by eyégor
Have been feeling a little off lately, shortness of breath etc. So I call the cardiologist, he said come right in, takes an EKG, and the says "Go to the emergency room, you had a heart attack a few weeks ago."
So here I am
Re: Just my luck
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 3:31 pm
by BackInTex
eyégor wrote:Have been feeling a little off lately, shortness of breath etc. So I call the cardiologist, he said come right in, takes an EKG, and the says "Go to the emergency room, you had a heart attack a few weeks ago."
So here I am
Damn! I just read my owner's manual and it says to go to the emergency room immediately when having a heart attack. READ YOUR INSTRUCTION MANUAL!
Seriously, I hope it all works out. Good luck!
Re: Just my luck
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 3:39 pm
by Bob Juch
Ouch! There was no pain?
Break something.
Re: Just my luck
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 4:48 pm
by a1mamacat
OMG, just do what you are told.
Get Better!!!
Re: Just my luck
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 5:50 pm
by Beebs52
Holy moly. Don't do that again!
Re: Just my luck
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 6:25 pm
by Fred G Sanford
How could you miss the signs? Clutching of the chest. Swaying of the outstretched arm. Overly dramatic acting...
You hear that 'Lizbeth? You're gonna have to wait a bit longer, honey!
Re: Just my luck
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 10:00 am
by T_Bone0806
a1mamacat wrote:OMG, just do what you are told.
Get Better!!!
Indeed.
What Saucy said.
Re: Just my luck
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 10:48 am
by tlynn78
Jeez, 'gor, knock that crap off, dammit.
Re: Just my luck
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:53 am
by silverscreenselect
eyégor wrote:Have been feeling a little off lately, shortness of breath etc. So I call the cardiologist, he said come right in, takes an EKG, and the says "Go to the emergency room, you had a heart attack a few weeks ago."
So here I am
Let me get this straight. You're in the cardiologist's office. He's the specialist. So what does he do? Sends you to the emergency room where you can pay a lot of your insurance company's money (and your co-pay) for them to refer you back to your cardiologist.
Seriously, though, I hope you are doing okay. Heart problems are definitely not a laughing matter.
Re: Just my luck
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 1:11 pm
by ghostjmf
I thought those "heart muscle destruction enzymes" didn't last that long.
Guess I'm wrong?
I had way-bad symptoms a few days ago. Really specific left shoulder pain. But I had been stressing that arm on a job.
And I've had plenty of sweating & "gee I feel bad" episodes. When women go in for that, we get told "now now".
I *have* had circulation around my heart checked (because of what were probably gallstone pains) in the past few years. Heart vessels were fine.
And I'm having such a bad reaction to new diabetes drug, Victoza, which among other things slows your stomach emptying, that I don't know what is what. As I had liquid depleting you-know-what for 3 days running, & literally *couldn't* eat or drink (well I forced myself to drink) I've dialed back the dose.
I did have a cold too, but these aren't my usual cold symptoms.
Sure lost weight though!
Re: Just my luck
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 1:13 pm
by ghostjmf
OK you said EKG, but how can they tell from an EKG when the attack was weeks ago?
Re: Just my luck
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 2:50 pm
by christie1111
T_Bone0806 wrote:a1mamacat wrote:OMG, just do what you are told.
Get Better!!!
Indeed.
What Saucy said.
My thoughts as well!
Re: Just my luck
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 3:33 pm
by kayrharris
Really glad you’re ok. What’s next? Any rumblings of bypass surgery?
Do exactly what the doctor says.
kay
Re: Just my luck
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 11:14 am
by Bob78164
I'm glad it wasn't much worse. It seems to me that if you had a heart attack but you had weeks to get to your doctor's office without dying first, then in a very real way you were lucky.
But please don't push your luck. Do what the doctors tell you and get better. --Bob