Update

[sternwake]

On Wednesday, Fiona and I came back from a  long roll on esk8 and chariot, to Find.my dad throwing a frozen Pizza in the over, for dinner, and.my mom being her annoying usual self.  always in the way, sighing, slapping thighs, asking questions which make zero sense.

My stand and roll barking the hood Zen with Fiona evaportezswith prejustice

So I drank about 5 beers.and.ate.some.pizza in the office , watching my own tv.
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My mom tries.to be helpful...She will  waddle.to.office door, and ask.if she can take my plate and tray...Well those are not words she can string together any more, but is her obviuos intent.

'Sure, you can take the plate and tray, that will be very helpful, thnk you..She grabs both amd waddles to kitchen.  A few.minutes later she waddles.back, dirty tray and plate in hand and spews.some jibberish.

'Please.just put tray on the counter,.Ill.clean it up in a few minutes.'


Total confusion, but she waddled away, cursing and threatening me...She is back in two minutes, tray in hand,insisting I follow her to the kitchen.  Waddling way too slowly., cursing.

[sternwake]

I usually got bed around midnight, but was exhausted by 9:45.

Ablutiions completed, Fiona walked,.and i tucked her into her bed, and.climbed into mine.

An hour later awoke to.uncomfortle pressure.in my left arm. I did.some.foam.rollering of.my neck and it improved, but then returned. Coukdnt sleep, very uncomfortabke,.I wondered if i was having a heart attack.

Bollocks, I am only 53, and.pretty healthy overall.

I got.dizzy when getting out.of bed and my blood.pressure was.146over 96, and kept falling all day,..to reasonable levels. .Felt.like.shit all day no appetite, no bowel mkvements, no urinatikn despite drinking tons of water.

ThursdY night again went to bed early. Took.one.of dad's ambien, woke.up shortly after, dizzy,y, weak, light headed. Took.some.of Fiona's razadone.and two melatonin just to falll back asleep. My left arm had.lost that heavy feelng, no chest pain, but i just ouldnt get comfortable.or sleep cor very long before tossing and turning to.other side.

Friday AM gotmoutmof bed and nearly fell.over, edges of vision turning dark
Went to dads blod.pressure.machine, 74 over 57. One time.it told.me.I was.in AFIB.

All.signs pointed to a cardiac issue, and i could find no other 'coukd be's,.so went to emergency room.

It was uncrowded and they took.me.right to the back, EKG looked.good.
Bloodwork showed enzymes saying I definitively had a heart attack.

An hour later they were expanding some blocked rteries with balloons and installing a stent into exterior heart muscle, through my right wrist., with the groin shaved as se ondary oo
ption. They need to install two more, in a few weeks on two smaller arteries they partially unclogged but did not stent.

My first night ever overnight in a hospital.

Was conscious and watching them inject radioactve dye to highlight the clogs on a hdtv screen...I.could.only feel the catheter, in my right dislocated shoulder.

I miss Fiona.
I have not.spent 12 hours away from her ever since she has been mine

There was never much pain in arm.or chest, just some pressure. If the dislocatex shoukder was a 10 on the pain scale, the arm and chest pain were never more than a 1.5

[rvpopeye]

You've been under a lot of stress and that's gotta get your attention. You being in shape was def a benefit , Good they could rebuild you like an esk8 !
Little miss Barksalot still has you and vice versa. Let her sniff up the boo boo bandage and cuz of her recent episode she probably will understand your absence .
You're still not a member of the old farts club yet but just had a hint of it .
That debt relief dept. would be a good call right now.....
I had similar though not so extreme exp. ,testing next week. arrrrrgh

Mom getting on your nerves happens.
Try to make them good memories (funny things mom did) . No complaints coyote .
It will be too soon when those memories will be part of all you have left of her.

[GypsyDogs]

…hugs
Take care- Fiona needs you.