When things go to crap

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

I am now a Pescatarian

I believe my dad and stepmother were, too. They got married at Westminster Pescaterian Church. (Corner of Beaver and Franklin in Des Moines)

Anyway, choose wisely what you get riled up about. Some things just are not worth it.

[rapmarks Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close rapmarks]

A couple of weeks ago, I returned home and my husband said he was dizzy and had a pain right below rib cage on right side. His dr closed early that day so took him to walk in clinic. Within ten minutes he was in ambulance on way to hospital. They would not let me back to see him for quite along time. Blood work, cat scan, ok , but said they wanted to do a stress test in morning.n unfortunately the 350 bed hospital had over four hundred patients. He remained in the hall outside the ER desk on a narrow cot all night, with no water, no iv, no food , and no sleep. Around two the next afternoon, we discovered no stress test had been ordered and it might be three more days. We demanded his release, and agreed to do all tests outpatient which we have been doing all week. Our bill was 19000. The cat scan showed a nodule in his thyroid, subsequent ultra sound and aspiration showed malignancy. So we inadvertently found cancer, when they suspected heart problems. I had thyroid cancer, so I know what is ahead, and have contacted a surgeon. To start the process.


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[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

A couple of weeks ago, I returned home and my husband said he was dizzy and had a pain right below rib cage on right side. His dr closed early that day so took him to walk in clinic. Within ten minutes he was in ambulance on way to hospital. They would not let me back to see him for quite along time. Blood work, cat scan, ok , but said they wanted to do a stress test in morning.n unfortunately the 350 bed hospital had over four hundred patients. He remained in the hall outside the ER desk on a narrow cot all night, with no water, no iv, no food , and no sleep. Around two the next afternoon, we discovered no stress test had been ordered and it might be three more days. We demanded his release, and agreed to do all tests outpatient which we have been doing all week. Our bill was 19000. The cat scan showed a nodule in his thyroid, subsequent ultra sound and aspiration showed malignancy. So we inadvertently found cancer, when they suspected heart problems. I had thyroid cancer, so I know what is ahead, and have contacted a surgeon. To start the process.


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Bummer. Tell Ron to hang in there, & fight it.

[jackio Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close jackio]

A couple of weeks ago, I returned home and my husband said he was dizzy and had a pain right below rib cage on right side. His dr closed early that day so took him to walk in clinic. Within ten minutes he was in ambulance on way to hospital. They would not let me back to see him for quite along time. Blood work, cat scan, ok , but said they wanted to do a stress test in morning.n unfortunately the 350 bed hospital had over four hundred patients. He remained in the hall outside the ER desk on a narrow cot all night, with no water, no iv, no food , and no sleep. Around two the next afternoon, we discovered no stress test had been ordered and it might be three more days. We demanded his release, and agreed to do all tests outpatient which we have been doing all week. Our bill was 19000. The cat scan showed a nodule in his thyroid, subsequent ultra sound and aspiration showed malignancy. So we inadvertently found cancer, when they suspected heart problems. I had thyroid cancer, so I know what is ahead, and have contacted a surgeon. To start the process.


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Sorry for your troubles. Best wishes for him.

[easyrider Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close easyrider]

Wow Rapmarks, I will definitely say some prayers for you and your husband. May things get better for you both.

Bill

[taffy19 Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close taffy19]

My next ekg is this next week. I'm not allowed to do anything until the cath plug heals. As I read the summary I am understanding that I will have hypokinisis in four areas of my lower heart muscle. Even with the heart attack it looks like I was pumping in the lower end of normal.

I think they will do some sort of rehab or allow me to do my own but I'm not sure. At 58, I hope to do rehab and recover.

Most likely you will recover at your age but you need to do your exercises too at home!!! Do what they say and you will be better off.

Wishing you the best.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Speaking of health, and taking care of yourself, DW and I have been very fortunate. We have had good health, we seldom have needed a doctor, we have never spent a day in the hospital, we never miss work . . . . but . . . .

Now that we are both of the age that we have affordable health care, we're rethinking things. We would like to devote more time to keeping things the way they've been. We got DW a supplement for her Medicare, and she used it the first month. My supplement started two days ago, and I plan on taking care of a few things on a regular basis.

After all, my only hope is too outlive those who are not on my side.

[easyrider Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close easyrider]

Most likely you will recover at your age but you need to do your exercises too at home!!! Do what they say and you will be better off.

Wishing you the best.

The rehab people have said not to use my home gym equipment yet. They want me to stick with their monitored rehab program and let the cardiologist say it is ok to do more, so that is my plan. I think today is when we will be going over my "met" and ekg's to evaluate my progress at rehab.

As a type A person I really am tempted to push the boundaries a bit but I am going to do what they say and take it slow.

Thanks Emmy

Bill

[easyrider Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close easyrider]

Speaking of health, and taking care of yourself, DW and I have been very fortunate. We have had good health, we seldom have needed a doctor, we have never spent a day in the hospital, we never miss work . . . . but . . . .

Now that we are both of the age that we have affordable health care, we're rethinking things. We would like to devote more time to keeping things the way they've been. We got DW a supplement for her Medicare, and she used it the first month. My supplement started two days ago, and I plan on taking care of a few things on a regular basis.

After all, my only hope is too outlive those who are not on my side.

You sound like my father in law at times, lol.


Bill

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Does he go on and on about things too ?

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Does he go on and on about things too ?

Or does he have that far away and vacant look, like Tony?

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

After all, my only hope is too outlive those who are not on my side.

So far, so good.

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

Rapmarks, sorry to hear about your husband's health issues. Our thoughts are with you.

Kim and Don

[jackio Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close jackio]

The rehab people have said not to use my home gym equipment yet. They want me to stick with their monitored rehab program and let the cardiologist say it is ok to do more, so that is my plan. I think today is when we will be going over my "met" and ekg's to evaluate my progress at rehab.

As a type A person I really am tempted to push the boundaries a bit but I am going to do what they say and take it slow.

Thanks Emmy

Bill

Good idea. Take their advice.

[easyrider Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close easyrider]

So far, so good.

Yup.