 OT: Sat. night scare. just spent 5 hours in the ER ..., listen to your heart! |
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| SirAndy |
  Jul 2 2006, 12:15 AM
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Resident German  Group: Admin Posts: 41,636 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California  |
so i've been having these random episodes of sudden chest pain for the last 1 1/2 years or so. never thought much of it ...
then, last night, i woke up around 2am with a really sharp pain in my chest, lasted for about an hour. i felt fine when i woke up this morning. shannon and i went to get lunch and while i was driving, the pain came back and the left half of my face went numb. we get to the lunch place and i get dizzy and have hotflashes. shannon freaks out and drives me to the hospital. i tell them my symptoms and they rush me right past the line of other patients and into the ER and hooked me up to a gazillion of cables. then i had to eat a bunch of pretty happy pills and they gave me a few shots of nitroglycerine. got all fresh oxygen to breath too. yum! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chowtime.gif) fast forward, 5 hours later, i'm back home and i feel fine right now. initial test results are looking fairly good except my blood pressure was waaay high. they took x-rays too. i'll get more details tomorrow, but it looks like my heart was trying to tell me something for the last 18 month, but i didn't listen ... so, if you have similar things happen to you, take my advice and "listen to your heart" ... don't put it off like it did. scared the shit out of me ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) Andy PS: shannon took a pic with her cellphone, i might post it later ... she said all the wires looked like an engine harness (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| McMark |
Jul 2 2006, 12:21 AM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
I'm glad you didn't come to work on your car. Better to be in a familiar place when stuff like that happens. Happy to hear it wasn't anything major. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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| echocanyons |
Jul 2 2006, 12:22 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 2,094 Joined: 24-December 02 From: Bay Area, CA Member No.: 7 Region Association: Central California 
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No heart cath?
Good to hear you are OK |
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| SirAndy |
Jul 2 2006, 12:24 AM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,636 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(McMark @ Jul 1 2006, 11:21 PM)  I'm glad you didn't come to work on your car. Better to be in a familiar place when stuff like that happens. Happy to hear it wasn't anything major. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) i'm still waiting for the final results, but yeah, i'm glad i wasn't on the road somewhere alone or at the shop, that would have sucked even more ... fingers crossed ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) Andy |
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| SirAndy |
Jul 2 2006, 12:32 AM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,636 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(echocanyons @ Jul 1 2006, 11:22 PM) No heart cath? speaking of, while i was there, two people came in and died. one woman right next to me. it looks just like in the movies, with the electrodes to jumpstart the heart and stuff. only thing they don't show on TV, this was a bloody mess! they were cutting her for air (i think), blood all over the place. no fun to watch, they were trying to get her heart started for at least 45 minutes. came back a few times, then went away again. they finally gave up on her ... not the kind of stuff you want to see while you're there, strapped on a hospital bed ... then they rolled in another guy that had a heart-attack. he died 10 minutes later ... i think i got my share of dead people for the day ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Andy |
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| So.Cal.914 |
Jul 2 2006, 12:35 AM
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"...And it has a front trunk too." Group: Members Posts: 6,588 Joined: 15-February 04 From: Low Desert, CA./ Hills of N.J. Member No.: 1,658 Region Association: None |
Prayers said. You would think that someone as mechanical as you would know the mechanics of his own body. Bad Andy..
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| Lou W |
Jul 2 2006, 12:40 AM
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"Here Kitty Kitty" my ass...... Group: Members Posts: 4,109 Joined: 9-May 04 From: Roseburg, OR. Member No.: 2,039 Region Association: Spain |
Wow, Glad to hear you're ok...probably not a good idea to blow chest pains off.
Take care of yourself. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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| BarberDave |
Jul 2 2006, 03:01 AM
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Barberdave Group: Members Posts: 1,605 Joined: 12-January 03 From: Wauseon Ohio Member No.: 135 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
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Andy: Same thing happened to me 2 yrs. ago. Please have a compleat heart work up ,not a bad preventive maintainence idea, like checking for rust. And then follow there instructions. Were only on this ride for a short time,make it as long as possible. Dave (IMG:style_emoticons/default/slap.gif) |
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| J P Stein |
Jul 2 2006, 05:15 AM
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Irrelevant old fart Group: Members Posts: 8,797 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Vancouver, WA Member No.: 45 Region Association: None |
In the immortal words of George Burns:
"If I knew I was gonna live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself when I was younger". You're still "younger". Do not ignore this episode. Sure it scrared you, but guys have a tendency to believe that "I'm OK now, fuckit". Right now, you're paranoid...but are you paranoid enuff? If you want to get be an old fart (not the greatest situation in the world, but the alternative is worser) get on this problem and find out exactly what happened and react accordingly...please. |
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| URY914 |
Jul 2 2006, 06:55 AM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 120,563 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
Andy, you better be careful when Germany wins the World Cup. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drunk.gif)
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| GaroldShaffer |
Jul 2 2006, 07:03 AM
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You bought another 914? Group: Benefactors Posts: 7,622 Joined: 27-June 03 From: Portage, IN Member No.: 865 Region Association: None
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Glad you are ok, but I agree with everyone else. Get a complete heart check. I had issues 4 yrs ago, felt like my heart was going to pound out of my chest, wife & mother made me go to the ER. Long story short, after EKG, then tread mill test..... everything was fine BUT I now take blood pressure meds (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) Not what I wanted to be doing at age 36 (back then) Every year since I do the heart check thing every year. Heart problems run in my fathers side (like most men don't make it past 60 yrs old) Just had a cousin at age 42 have a double bypass, NOT what I want to be doing.
Get check and be healthy. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif) |
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| IanStott |
Jul 2 2006, 08:13 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 226 Joined: 13-June 04 From: Moncton,New Brunswick,Canada Member No.: 2,199 |
Difficult to change from a Type A person which you may be, however pacing yourself enables you to have a shot at first place in many things! We have a saying in my peer group, "never operated anything yet that didn't tell me in advance it was gonna break down" You have too much smarts to be negligent about this. I wish you only good things!
Ian Stott Moncton Canada |
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| Allan |
Jul 2 2006, 08:17 AM
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Teenerless Weenie Group: Members Posts: 8,373 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Western Mesopotamia Member No.: 2,304 Region Association: Southern California |
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| scottb |
Jul 2 2006, 08:45 AM
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who wants a PEZ?! Group: Members Posts: 1,993 Joined: 27-December 02 From: south-(not north)-wick, MA Member No.: 32 Region Association: North East States |
hey andy,
i know we have some docs and docs in training on the board, but my dad is a cardiologist if you need any interpretation of test results. cheers, scott |
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| Gint |
Jul 2 2006, 08:54 AM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,071 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Somebody had to say it. Glad to hear that you're OK youoleGerryGeezer! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) ... ...with everyone else. Get a full work up ASAP. I've seen the results of folks ignoring those signs. It's not pretty. |
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| wbergtho |
Jul 2 2006, 08:58 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,314 Joined: 28-April 03 From: Roberts, WI Member No.: 623 |
Glad to hear you are feeling better. Hope it turns out to be nothing or at least something you can manage. Take care.
Bill |
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| Joe Bob |
Jul 2 2006, 08:58 AM
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Retired admin, banned a few times Group: Members Posts: 17,427 Joined: 24-December 02 From: Boulder CO Member No.: 5 Region Association: None |
Yikes...hey, wanna second opinion?
Yer uglee too....badda bump....thank yew I'm here all week....try the prime rib. The heart is nothing to screw around with....find a good cardio guy and get a good work up. When Mrs. K chimes in...I 'm sure she can give you the rundown on good uns up there in the bay area.... |
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| TJB/914 |
Jul 2 2006, 09:12 AM
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Mid-Engn. Group: Members Posts: 4,327 Joined: 24-February 03 From: Plymouth & Petoskey, MI Member No.: 346 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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Hi Andy,
Get well & listen to your doctor. It's your 2nd chance to live a long & wonderful life. It's a wake up call. Take care of yourself, we need you around. Tom BTW: This is the first I've had time to look at 914-club activities in the last two weeks. To Mark having lost his brother & everyone else suffering life's dis-appoints you are all in my prayer's. This 914-club family we all love is special to us all. I share your joys in life and sorrow in things that happen in your life. We are family. |
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| Carlitos Way |
Jul 2 2006, 09:15 AM
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I did it MY WAY Group: Members Posts: 1,337 Joined: 14-September 04 From: Simi Valley, CA Member No.: 2,757 Region Association: Southern California |
Glad to know you're doin' OK. And as the song goes... "Listen to your heart"
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Hang in there!!! |
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| Unclerichy |
Jul 2 2006, 09:26 AM
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Don't touch my member! Group: Members Posts: 25 Joined: 12-July 04 From: Van Nuys, CA Member No.: 2,341 |
I went through the same thing 3 weeks ago. Ended up in ER at 1am, test results were normal at that time. Unfortunately, cardiac problems can sometimes be tricky. You should have had your bloodwork retested later that day because the enzymes affected don't change until 10 hours later. That's what happened in my case - they came back high later in the day.
I just had a stress test this last Wednesday, and fortunately everything was fine. The point is to follow up with your doctors. |
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