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A: While not recommended, in my case it was to have a "small" heart attack while driving home from work. Yippee! This party is getting kicked into high gear!:wink2:
I am typing this from my bed at the local hospital. I am post event and being monitored for 48 hours to establish that this was a isolated event. Due to the new dosages of Lopressor and an ACE called Altace, I actually feel better than I have for a long while. My BP is averaging a normal 125/65 which is lower than it has ever been measured in the last 15 years. I love pharmacology...
1 of 2 things occurred: either 1) I had blockage in one of the coronary arteries, which is what one thinks of in the classic sense when an MI occurs. This may have occurred in the only artery that showed any restriction (only 30% at that) during my 2/3/11 cath. They have me on Heparin to treat this possibility. OR 2) my highly stenotic and regurgitant valve paired with my myopathetic(sp?) heart got overloaded and oxygen starved. This will be addressed Monday morning when my cardiologist will be calling the folks at the Cleveland Clinic to see what they recommend. I'm hoping tests on Wed/Thur and surgery on Friday :cool2:
The cardiac enzymes were negative at 1 hr, but positive at 6 and 12 hours which tells us that the chest pain was indeed the MI happening when I walked into the ER. It was definately painful, but not so much so that I didn't drive the 15 miles home. All while towing a boat. In hindsight, I should have pulled over and called 911. I made it home without incident and had my wife take me the 10 minutes further to the ER. I've always read that many people having an MI don't go IMMEDIATELY to the ER. I always thought to myself that these must be some , well, I dunno...dumb people. Now I belong to that group of "idiots" as I was thinking that it was going to subside, which it did - after 75 minutes.
Anyway, the true point here is this: I am glad to be here to type this and it gave me a chance to sorta fixate on something besides OHS for a short while, albeit not the distraction I would prescribe for anyone.
I am typing this from my bed at the local hospital. I am post event and being monitored for 48 hours to establish that this was a isolated event. Due to the new dosages of Lopressor and an ACE called Altace, I actually feel better than I have for a long while. My BP is averaging a normal 125/65 which is lower than it has ever been measured in the last 15 years. I love pharmacology...
1 of 2 things occurred: either 1) I had blockage in one of the coronary arteries, which is what one thinks of in the classic sense when an MI occurs. This may have occurred in the only artery that showed any restriction (only 30% at that) during my 2/3/11 cath. They have me on Heparin to treat this possibility. OR 2) my highly stenotic and regurgitant valve paired with my myopathetic(sp?) heart got overloaded and oxygen starved. This will be addressed Monday morning when my cardiologist will be calling the folks at the Cleveland Clinic to see what they recommend. I'm hoping tests on Wed/Thur and surgery on Friday :cool2:
The cardiac enzymes were negative at 1 hr, but positive at 6 and 12 hours which tells us that the chest pain was indeed the MI happening when I walked into the ER. It was definately painful, but not so much so that I didn't drive the 15 miles home. All while towing a boat. In hindsight, I should have pulled over and called 911. I made it home without incident and had my wife take me the 10 minutes further to the ER. I've always read that many people having an MI don't go IMMEDIATELY to the ER. I always thought to myself that these must be some , well, I dunno...dumb people. Now I belong to that group of "idiots" as I was thinking that it was going to subside, which it did - after 75 minutes.
Anyway, the true point here is this: I am glad to be here to type this and it gave me a chance to sorta fixate on something besides OHS for a short while, albeit not the distraction I would prescribe for anyone.
