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baitcast
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Back from the brink
Back from the brink
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:07 pm
BAITCAST
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Location: Kingman AZ.
Been home now for 4 or 5 days after a fun 7 days at the Sunrise cardiac ICU unit in Las Vegas.
I,ve had this pressure in the chest for a month or two,had every test known to man with no solution,finally after more of my pestering,only test left
was a angiogram so the doc gave his ok and set up the test.
Noon had me on the table and the test was quickly over,,my doc being a clown had this clever remark for me when I came around Rob he says "don,t make
any plans for the rest of the day,you are headed for Vegas within the hour,every been in a helicopter before? HELICOPTER WHAT DO I NEED ONE OF THOSE
FOR?
Living in a small town does have its draw-backs,he says and we are not equiped to handle BY-Pass operations here in Kingman
Shortly after I,m in the helio headed north and they are hooking me up to everything,the wife is driving the 125 miles and will get there an hour
later,by the time the wife gets there the doctors are already working on me.
Let me say now before going any further this is not something you ever want to do,I,ve been on the table for six hours,a quadruple by-pass has been
performed and I wake with my chest on fire
For the last six houre I have been a vegetable tended to by strangers,no heart beat I don,t even breathe on my own,my first thoughts that I can
remember are PAIN,DRUGS and WATER.
This is the way it was for many hours,drugs are now at the top of the list,but there is a problem they don,t give drugs to heart patients like
everywhere else because they want you to hurt when hurting they know you will be coughing and when coughing you are helping to keep the lungs
clear,pneumonia is a ever present danger.
The ICU in the cardiac ward is like nowhere else,no showers,the beds have straps to hold you down,not much smiling going on and if they are smiling
most are faking,just not a fun place to be.
Lessons learned I,m a wuss,there were a couple of little old ladies who I never heard at nite like most the guys,never a peep or whimper,I thought at
times they must be dead but when I was able I checked on them and there they lay,one even smiled at me several time when I looked in,tough gal.
There is much more to the story,paranoia,delusions,there were dogs loose one nite in the ward
This had nothing to do with fishing just thought I would share it with you,so you had a bad day
Rob
I can,t believe I forgot to give a brief describtion of the operation,they cut you from the adams apple to the belly button and then break out the
saw,open you up like a walnut and shut everything down,agh!!!!enough of that.
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DENNIS
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Bad day for sure, Rob. Hang in there, Buddy.
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Cypress
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baitcast, Thanks for the update. Good luck with your recovery.
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Cypress
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baitcast, Thanks for the update. Good luck with your recovery.
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tripledigitken
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Take good care of yourself!
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Taco de Baja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by baitcast
I can,t believe I forgot to give a brief describtion of the operation,they cut you from the adams apple to the belly button and then break out the
saw,open you up like a walnut and shut everything down,agh!!!!enough of that.
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Sounds like what happens to a fish....
Hope you have a speedy recovery and are back to fishing soon.
Truth generally lies in the coordination of antagonistic opinions
-Herbert Spencer
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toneart
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Baitcast,
If you have been home for a few days, it sounds like you are on the road to recovery. I hope you continue to improve quickly. I also hope you have
good health insurance. Also, you are back here on BajaNomad, so that is a good sign too. Glad you could drop in on us. Stay in touch here, and when
this string has run out of steam, may your next stories be good fish stories. 
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Bajahowodd
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Rest easy and get well. Two folks come to mind that had the exact same surgery and seem to be thriving- Bill Clinton and David Letterman.
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Skeet/Loreto
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Rob:
You described it exactly as it happened.
Me to May of 08 but let me tell you in about a month you will feel so much better with all that new Blood coming through.
God Bless
Skeet
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24baja
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Yes our friend your life of recent has been hell, but you are still here and with time will feel the tug on the end of your line for many more years.
May god bless and strengthen you, and may he be with your wife who has been there to support you and care for you.
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Skeet/Loreto
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Rob: After the operation and on my release the Doctor looked me directly in the Eye and told me that he had just "Added 20 years to my Life""
You will be surpised at how much better you are going to feel.
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comitan
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Skeet thats scary I had my 4way done 13 years ago, so I only have 7 left? Rob I know you were walking before just keep it up, and eat low fat.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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woody with a view
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your wife drove 125 miles in an hour? gotta keeper there, buddy!!! we're pulling for ya brother. we gotta trip to the place no one knows about ('cept
you!) in a month. i'll get one for ya!!!
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Iflyfish
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I won't say anything funny so you don't have to laugh. On second thought, that might be very funny.
Heal fast and live well!!
Keep your tip up!
Iflyfish
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oladulce
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Chest pain for a "month or two" and you're here telling your story! Somebody's watching out for you baitcast, although it probably doesn't feel like
it whenever you have to cough or , heaven forbid, sneeze.
Happy healing to you.
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Diver
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Interesting story; thanks for the details and best wishes on a speedy recovery.
Now let me tell you the story of my recent colonasscope ...... 
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BajaWarrior
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Diver
Interesting story; thanks for the details and best wishes on a speedy recovery.
Now let me tell you the story of my recent colonasscope ......
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No thanks!
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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comitan
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I believe his chest pain is called angina and you can have that for some time before a heart attack, If you feel something in your chest that feels
like arthritis of the breastbone brought on by exertion and cold. Better get to a
doctor.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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shari
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gosh, thanks for the play by play....it's good to remember to check up on those chest pains all right. I'm so glad you are back in the ball game and
will be fishing in no time! Heal fast and well!
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Udo
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My boss and father-in-law both went through the bypass. Pretty tough recovery, baitcast. Both had strokes before though.
Now...if you wanna talk about colonoscopies and prostatectomies...two each and no malignancies.
But according to my wife, nothing is worse than childbirth!
Udo
Youth is wasted on the young!
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