There might be!
I quit smoking. The one nurse said it can be what ever I make it. Either a pivot point/wake up call, and in a year it will be like it never happened.
OR
A preview of the end.
It’s up to me.
By Monday the nurses were calling me “speedy” with the laps I was doing around the ward.
And quite a few of them were somewhere between cute and hot. This alone did not make it all worthwhile, but it certainly helped.
General knowledge - nurses are sexual animals.
yeah… I have a weakness for women in scrubs.
Not sure why, but i never question it.
Good thoughts my friend. Hang in there.
Shit. Glad you got through it man.
Im glad youre alive @SkyzykS take it as a wake up call, make the most of this 2nd chance
Glad youre okay
I’m so sorry for the scare, @SkyzykS! My mother died suddenly of a heart attack at age 47 (I was 21) and it and the thyroid cancer I had at 28 inform much of what I do. The running, the lean diet…growing up I had only one natural grandparent, and he dropped dead a year after my mother died. I’m always aware that I come from a long line of drop-dead-ers, and honesty I think my life is better for it. I don’t take my health or my people for granted.
In fact, I was away at a training last week with my best friend, and we came across this while wandering the shops Thursday evening:
Which I bought to give my husband for his birthday on the 17th, because the big joke of me for the people I love is that I’m terrified of losing them. It was funny for the best friend because she knows I feel the same way about her. Just…please don’t die!
So anyway, hopefully my husband will think it’s funny rather than weird and morbid and meanwhile let me say to you that I’m glad you didn’t die, and please be careful not to!
Glad to hear you’re on the mend!
Is this a swear jar type thing? Throw a coin in there each time you do something you know is going to get you closer to death?
It would be interesting to see how many coins come out each week. Reckon I could pay my membership dues like that pretty easily haha
@SkyzykS
I hope you recover ASAP!
Symptomless conditions are the worst (and most dangerous). In April, I went for a health inspection for my visa and found out I had severe hydronephrosis in my right kidney. No symptoms whatsoever, but function was down to 20%. Luckily, the surgery was a success and I now have the equivalent of 1.4 kidneys. Of course, this is nothing compared to what you went through
I’m really worried about my mom though. She is a sweets fiend and doesn’t exercise. She’s not overweight by any means but has a pretty high body fat %. The scary thing is that my maternal grandma died of complications from diabetes at 70. As a daughter, I don’t feel comfortable trying to get her to change and I definitely “lead by example” when it comes to lifestyle.
Hey! You’re not allowed to be sick. Stop that!
Seriously hope you get better. Maybe ask @ActivitiesGuy if there’s any non-bs ways proven to un-block arteries.
Also for trivial things that piss me off. Drove 14 hours with kids home from vacation. Look oh ng forward to sleeping in my own bed. The house guests watching our home informed me that the septic backed up in my house as I arrived… at midnight.
Ah bleach.
Thanks for the heads up @Basement_Gainz.
@SkyzykS - really sorry to hear it, but it sounds like you’ve taken the right attitude in the aftermath. You should of course discuss any real decisions with your doctor, but if you have any questions about the meds you’re taking or your course from here, feel free to ask. You seem to have figured this one out already - successfully quitting smoking (easier said than done) would have a bigger impact on your prognosis from here than any medication we have in our arsenal.
I think it’s for plants, with the message being for whatever you plant, I guess?
We’d have a nice pile of coins if both of us put money in every time we did something that invited death, unfortunately. It would be equally as interesting to have two; one for healthy behaviors and one for unhealthy.
That was not far from my reaction. Actually it was “Shit! I’m supposed to be at so-and-so’s house on Friday to trim his trees. Honey, can you call him…”. Then my buddy chimes in “You have no idea how messed up you are right now, do you?”. Me “No. This morphine is really good. I’m baked like a cake right now.”.
Thank you. I was thinking of hitting you up to see if you had any leads for info on target heart rate for cardiac rehab. I was googling some stuff but eh, you know how the internet can be. Doctors said that because my heart is relatively strong even after the damage (59 out of 75? ) “Don’t do anything crazy or too extreme.” so I guess I have pretty wide berth for activity or stress.
Thank you. I’ve been following along your thread about squats, and hope you recover very well and fully. There’s a lot of good times to be had where you’re heading, and you won’t want any lingering problems holding you back. Maybe when you get situated hit up me, BG, AG, and maybe some others for some good places to eat, have fun, etc.
Sounds great! are you in Pittsburg?
Yeah. Born and raised.
I’m both very sorry to hear about that and very happy you’re OK.
I read contracts for a living and have a bit of ADHD (or it’s f—g tedious, one of the two). I tend to suck on nicorrette (never smoked or dipped) just to help focus in the afternoon.
Not sure if it is harmful by itself, but you may have just made me quit that.
Had stuff like that happen in the past. That’s why I’m darnn picky on who I take time out for in real life.
I’m not quite as long tenured as SkyzykS, but I’ve lived in Pittsburgh for about, gulp, fifteen years this August (did my undergrad at CMU, graduate school at Pitt, now on faculty at Pitt). I saw on another thread that you’re going to CMU starting this fall, so best of luck and feel free to tag me on here if you have any questions about school or the Burgh.
Actually, I’m sure you’re way more familiar with that part of town than me.