Heart Attack?? Heart Attack!

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Heart Attack!</B></div> <bR> <div> Back to<B>   </B> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Realm Mistress"><U><B>Realm Mistress</B></U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=375 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0978dfc3.jpg"> <div> Heart Attack?? Heart Attack!</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="654" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 2789 WIDTH="646"><div>      OMGosh, this is one adventure that I surely could have done without! But... since it is upon me...</div> <bR> <div> The following is disjointed to say the least. I'm still gathering info and trying to get the time line established. Eventually it will get put in proper order, but for now, this is just a dumping ground for whatever facts and tidbits of info come to the surface.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="610" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#336600" BORDERCOLORDARK="#336600" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1372 WIDTH="584"><div>      Last thing I remember was feeding my gerbil (Blackberry) late the evening of 30 April 2007. Next thing I remember is waking up in a hospital bed sometime on 02 May 2007. I'm told (but have no memory of it) I called 911 and carried on a conversation with the First Responder when she arrived. I'm told that both CPR and the paddles were used on me prior to being air lifted to the CMS Heart Catheter Lab where a stent was put in due to a right coronary artery being completely blocked. With no memory of that adventure, I've only a whole MESS of <A HREF="id383.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bruises"><U>bruises</U></A> to show for what ever happened to me.</div> <bR> <div>      I'm not denying I had a heart attack - it's pretty obvious that I did. I'm just really disturbed about the loss of memory surrounding the adventure. I don't know that I'd like to know ALL that happened in that period, but I'd really like to know what prompted me to make the 911 call so I can know what warning signs alerted my subconscious mind to take over and perform the actions required to save my life (since obviously my conscious mind was not taking care of business!).</div> <bR> <div>      Grousing ahead: I know I've got a lot of healing and recovering to do and everyone is driving me insane with "Don't overdo". All my life I've been a two-speed person: Go/Stop. The Go was always full bore on to get the task done and get on to something else. Now just walking less than 100 yards (admittedly it's uphill, but still...) takes a "rest stop" half way there. On top of that I smoked 1.5+ packs of cigarettes a day up til 30 April and everything tastes really strange. I don't regret quitting the cigarettes at all, even though my all time favorite vegetable, chocolate (it's a "bean", right?) just doesn't taste right. ;o) Then there's the diet thing. OMGosh, Lord have mercy! Fortunately for me, my SO fancies himself a chef and has been putting together some pretty fantastic meals that are tasty in spite of having no fat and no salt. But even so.... it's not like it was "my" idea to go on this diet, y'know?! I'd love to have a plate of "something so not on my diet"! Let us not forget to mention that my breast bone hurts like crazy every time I cough - STILL! and it's been three WEEKS!! :o/ k - enough </div> <div> grousing.</div> <bR> <div>      One other thing that's got me a wee bit concerned... my "interest" has been damaged. Prior to the heart attack, I was spending 12-15 hours a day on the computer, I was that interested in what I was doing - whether it was working on graphic arts, or playing an online game, or an offline game, working on my website - something. Now, though, in spite of downloading a whole bunch of new games, I can't seem to stay with any one thing for more than 10 or 15 minutes. Once in a while I can last almost an hour, but that's not too regular. There's times I've clicked on something to do and before the program opened, I'd lost interest in it. This makes it difficult to function as I moderate one yahoo group, own another, and am co-leader of a online MMORPG Clan with 80 active members. I'm also dealing with a bit of depression - mainly because of .. oh let's see... not remembering nearly two days of my life, having to slow down on doing anything, having a diet that </div> <div> while it's extremely healthy for my heart, does absolutely nothing for my taste buds, and just the whole "I had a freaking heart attack!" concept.</div> <bR> <div>      When my husband died 02 May 1992, I experienced an entire new meaning to "normal behavior". Things that prior to that adventure would have been really bizarre behavior suddenly became "normal". I'm wondering if what I'm feeling now is considered "normal" for heart attack patients? (Note: I've since learned that yep, there's a new "normal" in my world.)</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="610" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#336600" BORDERCOLORDARK="#336600" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 717 WIDTH="584"><div> 24 May 2007</div> <bR> <div>      Got a call this morning from a county fella. I sent an email off to the Rescue Squad folks who saved my life during the heart attack thanking them and asking for any details of the adventure since I have no memory of any of it. </div> <bR> <div>      Seems my email was forwarded to this county fella and they are having a celebration (they do this regularly) for the medics who saved patients' lives and they (I'm thinking the "they" is the county PR folks) give out awards to those medics. They wanted to know if I would be interested in giving the award to the medics who saved my life. </div> <div> WoooWooo!!! Would I ever?! Oh you betcha!! </div> <bR> <div>      I got a phone call from a lady when I was in the hospital. She said she was the first responder and really didn't believe I would survive what was going on with my heart. Surprised her that I did and she wanted me to know how happy she was that I'm still around. I was still kinda groggy and a lot of stuff that I was told or heard just literally went in one ear and right out the other, never bothering to latch on to anything. It's like I was hearing the stuff from another dimension - kinda echoey and warpy. </div> <bR> <div>      Anyway, the luncheon is for tomorrow and he (Ted, the county fella) is going to arrange transportation to pick us up. He would have gotten in touch with me sooner but only just received the forwarded email from the Rescue Squad folks. I am stoked beyond belief!!! I finally get to actually meet the folks who saved my life and maybe even get to fill in a couple of gaps in my memory. </div> <bR> <div>      And... WoooWooo!! I'm gonna be in the newspaper!!! Well, okay, it's a small town local newspaper, but even so - it's a newspaper and I'm gonna be in it!! LOL</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="610" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#336600" BORDERCOLORDARK="#336600" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 371 WIDTH="584"><div> 25 May 2007</div> <bR> <div>      Carl McKnight picked us up at 11:30 this morning and took us to the luncheon. As it turns out, I'm the only "save" that is there today... ;) Carl gave us a tour of the facility. I am really impressed with whole thing. Everything is so clean! LOL You gotta realize I live at the end of a dirt road - everything is *always* dusty at my house! *wink* We met a lot of people - Ron Rombs, the Director; Ted Mankowski, Operations Officer and the fella who first called me (y'know, the one I thought was a "county PR" fella ;) (blush)</div> <bR> <div>    We got to see the ambulance I was transported in - all the equipment that was used on me... it was really interesting but so hard to relate to with no memory of it having happened. I felt kinda stupid saying "Cool" at everything, but wow, it was all so freakin' COOL!!! LOL To be seeing the people who actually saved my life using all their talent and education, well, hey - that is COOL ;)</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="5" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="5" WIDTH="511" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#336633" BORDERCOLORDARK="#336633" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 2574 ><NOBR><div> Lincoln Times-News, Monday, May 28, 2007</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="13f490ba0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="442" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="13f3dc360.jpg" border=0 width="476" height="310" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Darby, Trudy, Ron, Shiela, Robbie</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="13f5906e0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="366" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   </div> <div> Shiela</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="13f690600.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="608" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Robbie</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="13f78c650.jpg" border=0 width="396" height="613" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Darby</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="5" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="786" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#336600" BORDERCOLORDARK="#336600" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="192"><div> 2007</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 15 November</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 15 August</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="93"><div>  12 July</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 14 June </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="93"><div> 02 May</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 ><NOBR><div> LDL (bad cholesterol</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="119"><div> 80</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="93"><div> 62</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="93"><div> 74</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="93"><div> 77</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="93"><div> ---</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 ><NOBR><div> HDL (good cholesterol)</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="119"><div> 52</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="93"><div> 60</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="93"><div> 64</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="93"><div> 55</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="93"><div> 31</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="192"><div> Triglycerides</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="119"><div> 135</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="93"><div> 113</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="93"><div> 90</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="93"><div> 102</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="93"><div> 608</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 ><NOBR><div> Total Cholesterol</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="119"><div> 159</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="93"><div> 145</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="93"><div> 156</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="93"><div> 152</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="93"><div> 198</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="660" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#336600" BORDERCOLORDARK="#336600" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="646"><div> While the doctor and the office staff keep telling me that the levels are "very good", I'm not real pleased with the November numbers.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>