I Don't Willingly Go To Hospitals

but last night I went voluntarily

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As the title says, I don't willingly go to hospitals.  I have to be either be unconscious or dead, very ill or all three, otherwise I avoid going whenever possible.  However, last night I was suffering chest pains and got Shaunna to call an ambulance.

Turns out it was nothing too serious, like it wasn't a heart attack or anything, and it took until 11.00am this morning to establish that, but I wasn't taking any risks and needed to know what the problem was.  Anyway it seems I have a touch of angina and a slightly elevated heart rate, for which I now have medication to help control it, though that's not the end of it.  I will be making some lifestyle changes to help me keep it all in check, such as dietary changes and getting more exercise than I do at present.

Anyway, the upshot of it all is that just because the chest pain wasn't acute, it doesn't mean it wasn't serious.  Like the medicos said, it could well have been a heart attack and I would not have known, had I not gone to the hospital to get checked out.  In other words, people, don't mess around.  Get to the hospital if you begin to suffer chest pain or tightness of any kind, even if it is just mild.  It might mean spending a few hours in a place you'd rather not be, but it could very well save your life.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Agree with you 100% Starkers.

Been there done that. Ended up having heart surgery 15 years ago and if I had not been vigilant I would not be replying to your post. Just 2 days ago I was getting palpitations so I went and had it checked out. All OK and they have since stopped.

Cheers,

Macca

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Aussie007, reply 1

Agree with you 100% Starkers.

Been there done that. Ended up having heart surgery 15 years ago and if I had not been vigilant I would not be replying to your post. Just 2 days ago I was getting palpitations so I went and had it checked out. All OK and they have since stopped.

Cheers,

Macca
End of Aussie007's quote

G,day, Macca.  Yeah, one must remain vigilant when it comes to the heart, or one's days could be numbered.  There is no history of heart disease on either side of my family, but like the doctor said in the early hours of this morning, "that is no guarantee", given that I'm a type 2 diabetic.   Even though it turned out not to be serious, he said that I did the right thing and wants me to present at the hospital if I have any concerns in the future regarding chest pain and the heart.

I said that I felt like a fraud because there were clearly really sick people there when I wasn't so poorly off, but he said that they'd rather I present and it be nothing serious than to not present and find it was.  Well I don't need any more convincing.  If I have concerns I'm on my way.

Oh, and I began upping my exercise today as well.  I walked home from the hospital, which is a 10 - 15 minute walk from our place... though at my current fitness level it's more like 20 to 25 minutes.  Anyhow, I no sooner got home and the hospital called to say I had some medication to pick up, so Shaunna and I decided to take our Buddy pooch for a walk to go collect them.

:)

Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Wise decision buddy! As for blood pressure meds...if they give you Lisinopril have them change it to Losartan. Lisinopril can cause you major problems like developing a really bad cough that will have you hacking up a lung. ;)  

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting WebGizmos, reply 3

Wise decision buddy! As for blood pressure meds...if they give you Lisinopril have them change it to Losartan. Lisinopril can cause you major problems like developing a really bad cough that will have you hacking up a lung. ;)  
End of WebGizmos's quote

I take Perindo 4mg for blood pressure and have had no issues thus far.  I dunno, with the amount of tablets I have to take these days, it's a wonder I don't rattle when I walk.  I'd rather not have to take so many pills, but with so many different ailments I don't feel like I have a choice in the matter.

I shouldn't complain, though, I'm still kickin'. :grin:  

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting starkers, reply 4

it's a wonder I don't rattle when I walk.
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Crap! If the rattle ain't you, it's me!

Better a false alarm attended to than a real one unattended. ;)

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

And they call these the GOLDEN YEARS.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting WOM, reply 6

And they call these the GOLDEN YEARS.
End of WOM's quote

As I have survived 15 years since my heart surgery I do call them my golden years.

My wife and I live for the moment and enjoy it.

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 5

Better a false alarm attended to than a real one unattended.
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  I second that! Glad you had it checked out! <3  

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 5


Quoting starkers,
reply 4

it's a wonder I don't rattle when I walk.



Crap! If the rattle ain't you, it's me!

Better a false alarm attended to than a real one unattended. ;P

End of DrJBHL's quote

Put it this way, we're never going to sneak up on anybody, right?  Rattle, rattle, rattle!!!!!

Altogether, I take 23 tablets per day, and that's not including pain meds, which I take only when absolutely necessary so's I don't become addicted or they end up having no effect.

Absolutely!  That's what all the staff at the hospital said: that they'd prefer I went to get checked and find it was nothing than to have not gone when it possibly could have been serious.  As much as a I hate hospitals, I'm glad I went.

So Doc, how's living in Israel doing for you?  It's a place I always wanted to visit but never made it due to other commitments, etc.

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting WOM, reply 6

And they call these the GOLDEN YEARS.
End of WOM's quote

Despite the health issues, these are still golden years for me.  I have the pleasure of [grand]children and being able to hand them back when I want to go for a grandad nap  I have the pleasure of being retired.... now when I have to get up at 5.00am it's to go for a pee.  I have the pleasure of growing old disgracefully... I don't care about thinning on top and a receding hairline, I just sit in the sun and take advantage of the new solar panel for my sex tool.

:grin:

Quoting Aussie007, reply 7


Quoting WOM,
reply 6

And they call these the GOLDEN YEARS.



As I have survived 15 years since my heart surgery I do call them my golden years.

My wife and I live for the moment and enjoy it.

End of Aussie007's quote

And so you should enjoy it.  I had different surgery 40 something years ago to save a leg, and some days it hurts like a bitch, but I'd rather be mobile under my own steam than having to rely on a prosthetic leg or be stuck in a wheelchair.  Hopefully a wheelchair is another 10 plus years away... and then one of those motorised ones that I can zip off down the pub with.

:grin:  

Now that's the secret to the golden years.... having a good sense of humour and staying happy.

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting teddybearcholla, reply 8


Quoting DrJBHL,
reply 5

Better a false alarm attended to than a real one unattended.

  I second that! Glad you had it checked out! <3  

End of teddybearcholla's quote

Thanks, Barb, so am I.  It didn't turn out to be serious this time, but I learned a few things while at the hospital and I hopefully will be better prepared for any possible incidents in the future.

:)

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting starkers, reply 9

So Doc, how's living in Israel doing for you?  It's a place I always wanted to visit but never made it due to other commitments, etc.
End of starkers's quote

Works for me, mate...now spring's ending, flowers are blooming and the weather's heating up...really helps those rattles!

I'd include pix but there's be an invasion of envious people! :rofl:  

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top


Anyway, the upshot of it all is that just because the chest pain wasn't acute,
End of quote

Nothing about you is 'cute' ...so no news there...;)

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Yeah AUSSIE007, I have 16 years since my quad bypass, but everything else is falling apart.  Grand daughter is 15 so her friends come first.  Daughter died 1 july 2017.  So many people we knew here are gone. Oh well.

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 12

I'd include pix but there's be an invasion of envious people!
End of DrJBHL's quote

Yeah, there'd be an influx of cool dudes wanting to get warm.  I don't fall into that category cos we're still getting days of 30c plus, though the nights are cooling down now Winter's approaching.

As for the rattles, I have the arthritic ones all year 'round..... twilight years and past injuries, etc.

Quoting Jafo, reply 13



Anyway, the upshot of it all is that just because the chest pain wasn't acute,



Nothing about you is 'cute' ...so no news there...;)

End of Jafo's quote

Hehe, trying to be cute, Jafo, but you failed miserably.  People say my dimple when I smile is cute. Then there's the 'twinkle' in my eye that still gets the chicky babes smiling, so that must be cute as well.  Yup, I still got it...even at 65 I still got it.  Now all I gotta do is find some way of using it.

:rofl:

And years ago my landlady reckoned I had a cute arse... though I must admit, that was ALOT of years ago.

:grin:

 

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting starkers, reply 15

.even at 65 I still got it. 
End of starkers's quote

Yes....but you forgot where you put it...;)

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 16


Quoting starkers,
reply 15

.even at 65 I still got it. 



Yes....but you forgot where you put it...;)

End of Jafo's quote

Not quite, but any longer in absinence I will. :rofl:  

Memory is such a fickle thing!  I can remember stuff from when I was 5 or 6, yet I can't remember 5 or 6 minutes ago and where I put my mouse.

 

Oh, there it is, staring me in the face, on the desk.... right where I left it. :rolleyes:  

Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Turns out I now have a chest infection [pleurisy] and need to be on antibiotics to clear it up.  Like what else can go frickin' wrong?  Nobody answer that.... I don't wanna know. 

As it is, I suffer with arthritis; contact dermatitis; vertigo; depression and brewers droop, so I don't want shingles, bingles or persistent nasal drip.

:rofl: