Author Topic: Big scare today with Lorraine (6-5-15 Update) (Read 13258 times)

Stormtruck2 · « **on:** May 26, 2015, 10:02:41 PM »

I was in Chicago waiting to unload ethanol when my phone rings. Being at the tank farm I can't answer it, so even though it is Lorraine, I cancel it. I text her where I am at and will call her when I am empty. A couple minutes later my son calls me. He rarely calls me and so close to Lorraine's call I risk it and answer. Tells me that he has taken Lorraine to the hospital for chest pains, a possible heart attack. Test results show no heart attack so GREAT news. Anyway, they were going to give her Toradol for the pain, so they asked her if she was pregnant. She looked at them like they were insane, and told them "Pregnant? I haven't even been exposed in ages." :D Being married to a smart ass is great.

Zoom Zoom · « **Reply #1 on:** May 27, 2015, 05:24:45 AM »

Glad to hear the news is better than expected.

"Pregnant? I haven't even been exposed in ages."
Now THAT is funny!

John Henry

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #2 on:** May 27, 2015, 05:54:07 AM »

Whew! good news..

davedel44 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 27, 2015, 07:26:50 AM »

Best wishes for Lorraine. Ya'll take care.

Dave
Galveston

Kev m · « **Reply #4 on:** May 27, 2015, 02:39:16 PM »

Yikes... glad it wasn't... hope all is well.

Lannis · « **Reply #5 on:** May 27, 2015, 03:03:35 PM »

Quote from: Stormtruck2 on May 26, 2015, 10:02:41 PM

I was in Chicago waiting to unload ethanol when my phone rings. Being at the tank farm I can't answer it, so even though it is Lorraine, I cancel it. I text her where I am at and will call her when I am empty. A couple minutes later my son calls me. He rarely calls me and so close to Lorraine's call I risk it and answer. Tells me that he has taken Lorraine to the hospital for chest pains, a possible heart attack. Test results show no heart attack so GREAT news. Anyway, they were going to give her Toradol for the pain, so they asked her if she was pregnant. She looked at them like they were insane, and told them "Pregnant? I haven't even been exposed in ages." :D Being married to a smart ass is great.

We're all at that age. Fay woke me up with chest pains 6 months ago, so off the the emergency room we went. Doctor said it was an acid in the esophagus problem, tickling a nerve that went down her arm and mimicked a heart attack.

You HAVE to go, you can't say "Well, it's probably nothing ...... !"

Lannis

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #6 on:** May 27, 2015, 07:49:23 PM »

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You HAVE to go, you can't say "Well, it's probably nothing ...... !"

That's what Dave the Doc told me. Whatever you do, don't decide to go to bed and you'll feel better in the morning.
It got Commie Nick RIP, we need to be aware.

Stormtruck2 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 27, 2015, 07:55:53 PM »

I knew it was bad when Lorraine actually decided to seek medical help, and then went to the hospital by ambulance. I'm thankful that it turned out to be something other than a MI/HA. What ever it turns out to be is better than it being a heart attack, or losing her. Don't mess with chest pains, time is NOT on your side. Seek help immediately.

QCGoose · « **Reply #8 on:** May 27, 2015, 09:16:11 PM »

Relieved to hear it was just a scare Matt, and hopefully that pain was just "one of those things" that shows up once and never returns.

Crusty · « **Reply #9 on:** May 28, 2015, 09:02:07 AM »

My oldest friend was having chest pains, but he thought it was just indigestion coupled with the stress of moving. He went to bed and never woke up.
Having had heart surgery, I strongly recommend not taking chances. Lorraine did the smart thing by taking the ride in an ambulance.
I consider you two to be friends, and I want only good things for my friends. Be careful and take care of each other.

LowRyter · « **Reply #10 on:** May 28, 2015, 09:08:35 AM »

Bev says best wishes to Lorraine. Tell her that Bev sewed the MG patch on her hat.

Lannis · « **Reply #11 on:** May 28, 2015, 09:21:08 AM »

Quote from: Crusty on May 28, 2015, 09:02:07 AM

My oldest friend was having chest pains, but he thought it was just indigestion coupled with the stress of moving. He went to bed and never woke up.
Having had heart surgery, I strongly recommend not taking chances. Lorraine did the smart thing by taking the ride in an ambulance.

Women will "do the smart thing" far more often than men will. We have big egos, a big "I can take care of myself" gene, and it often results in us leaving here early.

In 1993, I was at work, sitting in a chair waiting for a meeting, when suddenly I got this strange, "floating" feeling and it was a bit hard to get my breath. I could breathe deep, and had no pain, but I felt fuzzy and lightheaded. I checked my pulse and couldn't feel it, which I attributed to nervousness. I got up and went outside to get some fresh air but it was getting worse.

We had a superb on-site EMT team, with ambulances and full equipment. I could have raised my voice and called them, but did Mr. Macho Man Lannis do that? No he didn't; he didn't want a bunch of my colleagues saying "Is that Lannis on the gurney? What do you reckon's wrong?"

So I went out to the car (I was driving Fay's Oldsmobile that day) and drove myself to the emergency room 11 miles away. I passed out for a few seconds at a traffic light, but soldiered on like a self-sufficient man-sack-equipped idiot, endangering myself and everyone around me.

I got to the ER, stumbled in; the triage nurse put the cuff on me and immediately hit the red button - my pulse was a feathery 280/minute and my blood pressure around 60/20. "Tachycardia" it's called, and when your heart's acting like that, very little oxygen is getting moved, besides which your heart can't stand that over-revving for long. Long story short, they stopped my heart for 6 seconds (so I know how THAT feels; I'll tell you about that sometime!), stood by with the paddles to make sure it would restart, and it restarted at normal pace with no shock needed.

And I'm NOT going to "do it myself" again, I don't care how bad my little feelings will get hurt if someone sees me "getting help"!

Lannis

LonerDave · « **Reply #12 on:** May 28, 2015, 09:52:38 AM »

Quote from: Lannis on May 28, 2015, 09:21:08 AM

I don't care how bad my little feelings will get hurt if someone sees me "getting help"!

True dat.

Honestly, the hardest part of my "incident" (MI) in December was admitting that it wasn't something I could just "walk off" and having to ask for help. What a dumbshit.

Glad Lorraine did the smart thing.

Best,

Dave

Texas Turnip · « **Reply #13 on:** May 28, 2015, 01:04:41 PM »

The very best to your bride. At least it cannot be blamed on you smoking cheap cigars ???

Tex

Lannis · « **Reply #14 on:** May 28, 2015, 01:08:19 PM »

Quote from: Texas Turnip on May 28, 2015, 01:04:41 PM

The very best to your bride. At least it cannot be blamed on you smoking cheap cigars ???

Tex

I don't know about that. Fay blamed an awful lot of things on my cheap cigars back when I used to smoke 'em. When a low frequency of intimate marital relations became one of them, I found the willpower to quit ... ! :o

Lannis

jbell · « **Reply #15 on:** May 29, 2015, 12:05:51 AM »

Whew! Scary, Stormstruck. Glad it turned out okay.

johnr · « **Reply #16 on:** May 29, 2015, 10:49:11 AM »

That would have given you a bit of a fright. I'm glad it turned out not to be a heart attack. (though it would worry me not knowing what it was. Maybe what out elders used to refer to as "a bit of a turn")

Quote from: Randown on May 26, 2015, 11:34:06 PM

Started carrying around one adult dosage of aspirin when I cycle or run & will pop them at the first sign of anything that may be a symptom - don't have any heart or BP issues but you never know. Chew it down for the fastest results & don't take the coated time release stuff.

If you feel you should do that you might be better carrying some Glytrin if you can talk your doc into letting you have some. Another one that should work quite well though it would take a bit longer to kick in is Viagra. (I believe it was initially developed for that very circumstance.... could be wrong)

Stormtruck2 · « **Reply #17 on:** May 29, 2015, 05:34:59 PM »

Just finished seeing the family doc, great guy. He is much more concerned than I would like. With her fatigue, chronic heaviness in her chest, and persistent pain, he is VERY concerned about clogged blood supplies. He has/is scheduling an endoscope, stress test, and an angiogram. I wasn't concerned until he said an angiogram. Now this shit is getting real. Hopefully all her pipes are clear, and if not at least merely need an angioplasty. I pray that it is not anymore severe or need more intensive surgical intervention. One day at time and trying not to worry until I have facts that warrant worry, I'm trying anyway.

rboe · « **Reply #18 on:** May 29, 2015, 05:46:11 PM »

Sadly, male heart problems and failure modes are well understood, females are not and too often the first sign of problem is the woman dying. So you may be lucky were this incident, in a back handed way, found a problem before it manifested its' self in a very real and fatal way.

I've learned as I get older that you can not trust your gut feeling on the warning signs your body is giving you. It's going sideways in ways it did not when the warranty was new. We've never been "old" before so all this shit is new to us, best to get the old wreck to folks trained in the ways of high mileage bodies.

johnr · « **Reply #19 on:** May 29, 2015, 08:24:55 PM »

Quote from: Stormtruck2 on May 29, 2015, 05:34:59 PM

Just finished seeing the family doc, great guy. He is much more concerned than I would like. With her fatigue, chronic heaviness in her chest, and persistent pain, he is VERY concerned about clogged blood supplies. He has/is scheduling an endoscope, stress test, and an angiogram. I wasn't concerned until he said an angiogram. Now this shit is getting real. Hopefully all her pipes are clear, and if not at least merely need an angioplasty. I pray that it is not anymore severe or need more intensive surgical intervention. One day at time and trying not to worry until I have facts that warrant worry, I'm trying anyway.

I would be glad your doc is concerned Stormtruck. The fact that it was a maybe heart attack means they were serious symptoms and it sounds like he is having a damned good look. Good on him.

Having been exposed to both a couple of times I can assure you I would far rather face up to an angiogram than a stress test. (I had to pass a nine minute stress test to get my commercial licences back after each of my HAs. It wouldn't have been easy when I was a fit young soldier!)

Keep us posted and I hope it all works out well for you both.

John Ulrich · « **Reply #20 on:** May 29, 2015, 08:35:28 PM »

Quote from: jbell on May 29, 2015, 12:05:51 AM

Whew! Scary, Stormstruck. Glad it turned out okay.

;-T

Stormtruck2 · « **Reply #21 on:** May 29, 2015, 08:39:35 PM »

I am very glad my doc is concerned. What I meant was his great concern killed my fantasy of it being a minor event. No one likes to face their mortality, but I like facing the most important person in my life's mortality even less. I try to not worry about things until I have evidence that it is worthy of worry. But sometimes its very difficult not to worry. I was happy in my home state of denial. Sometimes though when you are faced with the totality of evidence, concern becomes THE valid emotion. So far so good though, and odds are the news will be good versus bad. Keep on keeping on, stay strong, positive, and have faith is all one can do in these situations.

Joliet Jim · « **Reply #22 on:** May 29, 2015, 09:33:31 PM »

Glad she's ok.

Cheryl had a similar episode in Feb, started feeling and looking bad in Target, got home and a couple of hours later she finally suggested going to the urgent care down the street. They said take her to the ER. They kept her overnight and ran a bunch of tests. luckily no heart attack. while we were sitting in the waiting room after the initial ekg, we get the call that her brother in law had died earlier that day from a heart attack. probably why they kept her overnight she was so stressed. fast forward 3 months and it looks like she might need knee surgery. she's taking care of running through all the deductibles and out of pocket co insurance all by her self. kaching

r3bauer · « **Reply #23 on:** June 04, 2015, 07:35:23 PM »

Here's hoping all goes well Pop. Keep us in the loop

kidsmoke · « **Reply #24 on:** June 05, 2015, 07:10:53 AM »

frightening stuff. Glad she's got a concerned professional truly invested in her welfare. So often they seem to throw a prescription at it and call it addressed.

Best to Lorraine!

Stormtruck2 · « **Reply #25 on:** June 05, 2015, 05:01:58 PM »

Seen Cardiologist today. Main suspect currently is AFib. Put her on Exalto (sp?), water pill, and potassium. Stress test, and nuclear medicine next week. She stills feels heaviness in her chest, difficulty breathing, and fatigue. Had a few two hour episodes of AFib per pacemaker interrogation. Pacing percentage hasn't really changed though. Bad SA Node is main problem over all, hence the pacemaker. We'll just keep on keeping on, that is all we can do. Thank you to all who are keeping us in their prayers, and your support.

davedel44 · « **Reply #26 on:** June 05, 2015, 05:07:45 PM »

Hang in there the both of you! They can do great things these days. I plan to outlive my cardiologist.
In my prayers.

Dave
Galveston

swalker · « **Reply #27 on:** June 05, 2015, 05:08:53 PM »

Quote from: Stormtruck2 on May 26, 2015, 10:02:41 PM

I was in Chicago waiting to unload ethanol when my phone rings. Being at the tank farm I can't answer it, so even though it is Lorraine, I cancel it. I text her where I am at and will call her when I am empty. A couple minutes later my son calls me. He rarely calls me and so close to Lorraine's call I risk it and answer. Tells me that he has taken Lorraine to the hospital for chest pains, a possible heart attack. Test results show no heart attack so GREAT news. Anyway, they were going to give her Toradol for the pain, so they asked her if she was pregnant. She looked at them like they were insane, and told them "Pregnant? I haven't even been exposed in ages." :D Being married to a smart ass is great.

Dad gum Matt, really glad things aren't too bad. Keep your faith up my friend.
swalker

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #28 on:** June 05, 2015, 05:39:28 PM »

Sure hope she's OK, what a sweet gal!

Charles in Lake Charles · « **Reply #29 on:** June 05, 2015, 07:38:58 PM »

Please get her to a electrophysiologist, preferably one associated with a university medical school. Even cardiologists have different specialties.

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Author Topic: Big scare today with Lorraine (6-5-15 Update) (Read 13258 times)

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