Health adventure

Glad they got you fixed up. Good luck on the road to recovery and better health!

Hold down the Fort. We're counting on you !

PING cwh... Status?

I was a little disappointed that Anderson Cooper didn't ask Dave about you on 60 Minutes.

Well, I'm sitting at my desk at the office. Feel "OK". Boss is VERY supportive, told me not to worry about my numbers now. (Sales). Have two doctor's appts tomorrow. Going to take it easy, but still have clients to take care of. About everybody has been helpful and supportive. Oh, I have not heard from David, but his mother has called twice. So, Life goes on. I am VERY grateful for all!! Thank you.

I can see Dave's mom calling him "now you need to call you uncle and see how he's doing." "But mom, I've got interviews and a new album to promote."

If you only knew- that is a very possible scenario. They are close.

In reply to cwh: Thanks for the update, sitting at a desk beats laying in a hospital bed everytime . Do they still do the big flea market at the drive in theater on weekends?

Flea market is huge. Owner, Preston Henn, has a collection of race cars he has sponsored. Very nice ones. I had a sleep test last night to establish how much sleep apnea has affected me. Trying to sleep with 18 electrodes glued to your body is frustrating. I am going to sleep very well tonight. Should be done with Doctors for a while. Hopehopehope.

Glad that everything seems to be going well.

I'm glad your recovering. I went through the same thing earlier this year. 100% blockage of what they call the "Widowmaker" artery. I had 2 stents implanted as an emergency repair but they tell me I need bypass surgery. My insurance canceled 3 weeks before the heart attack and my new policy doesn't go into effect until Jan. I'm laying low, cruising car forums, planing my next car build and hoping that I'm around in Jan.

when I got my 2 stints (both in the same spot) my cardiologist said that the rt. coronary artery was 99% blocked .. she didn't call it the "widowmaker" … but she did say that if it had gotten any worse, that I could have been in the hospital and they might not have been able to save me it the "big one" (said in Fred Sanford's voice) had happened

In reply to cwh: I didn't know sleep apnea was so serious. Mend quick and keep us in the loop please.

According to both of my doctors, sleep apnea is a Big Deal. Affect oxygen percentage in the blood. When I checked into the hospital after my episode, they found my O2 level was very low, a result of apnea. So, now we work on that. If I was a bit more cynical I might think it was just a way to pad the bill.

Take care of yourself!

Thank you, Leslie.

cwh wrote: According to both of my doctors, sleep apnea is a Big Deal. Affect oxygen percentage in the blood. When I checked into the hospital after my episode, they found my O2 level was very low, a result of apnea. So, now we work on that. If I was a bit more cynical I might think it was just a way to pad the bill.

Don't be cynical, it is a big deal. Mine was so bad that the doctor said I might as well have not gone to bed at all. The difference in the way I felt after getting a machine was amazing.

Just make sure you get a mask type that is comfortable to you. I could not stand a full face mask and the shape of my face/nose made it hard to find one that worked for me.

The apnea is very rough on the body. Like Hal I couldn't believe how much better I feel since I got the machine. After seeing how many things it affected I should have probably gotten if 20+ years ago.

To paraphrase my sleep doc, Apnea is a huge stress on the heart. There's a reason you don't usually see senior patients diagnosed w/ sleep apnea, it's because they've already died from heart attacks.

I been on CPAP for probably ten years now, don't know how I could function w/o it.

Yeah, the sleep apnea is fixable and the fix will change your life for the better. Don't delay. Good luck.

If you get CPAP push them to give you a humidifier and heated hose.

The humidifier may be standard practice now, but check. It helps keep the sinuses from drying out.

The heated hose helps the humidifier from creating other issues. If you keep the house cold and the humidifier set high you can end up with condensation in the hose and it's like breathing through a snorkel with water in it, the heated hose stops that.