Thread: Just got back from my third heart attack

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Gary called me a little while ago---besides the male nurses, he found out about what the rest of us watch on TV--

Male Nurses????? Sure does take a lot of the fun out of going to the hospital these days!!!! Take it easy and follow all the Doctor's recommendations, Gary! I never do, guess it's one of them do as I say, not as I do deals.....

Gary just read your thread. Glad to hear the stent operation went o.k. Rest up and we will keep you in our thoughts and prayers too!

The insurance companies are behind the placement of more and more male and unattractive nurses in hospitals. It makes the patient want to get the h*** out of there as soon as possible, thereby saving the insurance company a lot of money.

Glad to see you are your usual ornery self, Gary. Good sign. Stay in touch.

Don

Gary,good to hear things went well for you..Male nurses??no thanks....You should have seen the sweetie I had about 16 years ago,while I was laid up for a few weeks..Yum...She helped me in and out of bed several times...
Anyway,,what are you doing up and about at this time??Must be early hours of the morning up there.. Aww,yeah,,get well soon mate..

Gary,

Glad to hear that you can still b&*%$h about things, must have been a successfull surgery!

Stay in the sweet spot and take care!!!

Watch out on raggin' male nurses, you'll hurt Stevie's feelings. That said, even though those guys are "just as capable as women...." I'll give you a reminder of what a better medical plan provides Gary........

Bob we call her the Staff Nurse 3 she get's a higher pay grade to wear that! When I first started working in my hospital on the Labor and Delivery (woman infant child unit) We had several cuties to rival Bob's posting. But if you wander off our unit to a medical surgical unit you are more likely to find one like this:

On a positive note it does give you incentive to go home!

If my comments offended anyone.Please excuse me.

A common mental side of heart problems is you get so used to feeling as you do,that you don't know how you should feel.Then after a stent is put in,you feel so much better you want to do too much too fast.I am a diabetic too which doesn't help much and that is still a major problem to me.I have still about a yr that I will be able to treat that with pills over a shots and then will have to review where I am.

There is one med for the heart called Plavix.Thing is they are the only game in town and can charge as much as they like.I do understand these companies have R&D costs they need to get back before a 10yr time period when their exclusive rights expire.But this can cost $200/month.Uninsured makes that very hard.I am going to apply to a program the drug company has to see if I can get relief.The same thing with the test strips for dietetics.My point to post this is I know we have a number of members who are self employed and I know how expensive health insurance is.We heard about these situations of costs all the time.I am here to tell you guys first hand how real they are.So do anything you can to get and maintain health insurance.

Looks like you are starting to feel better.........great.

My Dr had me on Plavix for a while but everytime I bumped myself, even slightly, I got a bruise the size of Texas. So I stopped taking it. In fact, about 4 years ago I was running low on my other meds (cadizem, lopressor and Isordil) and needed the Dr to call in a new script. They pulled the usual BS on me and said I needed to come in for a checkup first. I had been on the same meds for almost 20 years with no change so I saw no reason that they needed to see me, except they like to make the money from the visit. So I simply quit taking all the meds and haven't taken any for 4 years. Since I am still vertical this morning I guess I really didn't need all of those pills and sure didn't need to continue paying for my cardiologists golf sessions. I think that is one reason people get so mad at the medical profession.

Don

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

Watch out on raggin' male nurses, you'll hurt Stevie's feelings. That said, even though those guys are "just as capable as women...." I'll give you a reminder of what a better medical plan provides Gary........

Its true..Uncle Bobs pix are improving....I dont recall my nurse having a uniform like that,,her hair color was similar,but other bits an pieces,well,i wasnt fortunate enough to notice...but,yup,she would make a hospital stay bearable.(.or is that bareable??)

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Looks like you are starting to feel better.........great.

My Dr had me on Plavix for a while but everytime I bumped myself, even slightly, I got a bruise the size of Texas. So I stopped taking it. In fact, about 4 years ago I was running low on my other meds (cadizem, lopressor and Isordil) and needed the Dr to call in a new script. They pulled the usual BS on me and said I needed to come in for a checkup first. I had been on the same meds for almost 20 years with no change so I saw no reason that they needed to see me, except they like to make the money from the visit. So I simply quit taking all the meds and haven't taken any for 4 years. Since I am still vertical this morning I guess I really didn't need all of those pills and sure didn't need to continue paying for my cardiologists golf sessions. I think that is one reason people get so mad at the medical profession.

Don

I did the same thing Don before this recent heart attack...........................

Don
from another person who hates going to doctors for meds I've been on for years(to another), I've recently found out about certain meds that are becoming no nos. It grates on me to see them, because most Doctors are less aware of what you are taking, than you, and have less knowledge of side effects. That being said heart meds in particular, especially blood thinner meds, need regular monitoring to prevent bleeding out, or the opposite strokes and clotting.
On the other hand, my dog's vets are even worse, wanting a million follow up visits for a problem resolved, at 75-100 bucks a pop it adds up fast. Guess we complain either for too much care or lack there of! Human nature.

Oh yeah, Steve, Vets are even worse than Drs. Their tests and visit costs are right up there with the best specialists and my cats don't qualify for Medicare.

Don

I do think pictures do speak a thousand words...........


There is one experience that I wanted to share from the hospital and it isn't to bring anyone down.I had to get up and walk around so they could check my oxygen level in my blood.Just before that was a page for a "code red".There was a nurse at a door of a room dressed in a plastic uniform.In the corner of my eye I saw a patient from about his knees down.His feet/toes where stretched out shaking unlike anything I have ever see before.This picture since keeps playing over and over in my head.When I got back to my room I thought that is what dieing is like where you body wants to quit,but for whatever creates life in us wants to fight to stay alive.I have never seen anyone die before.It's horrible,just horrible.I want to try to keep that picture fresh in my mind to motivate me to take better care of myself.Right now this new blood flow is akin to just getting a new car.Being it is new I don't want to so to speak put the first dent in it.

Oh-later I asked my nurse if that guy had died and he told me he made it.

From the bottom of my heart to all of you......................