Saturday, October 15, 2011

I FAILED A STRESS TEST---HOW DO YOU STUDY FOR THOSE THINGS????

I FAILED A STRESS TEST---HOW DO YOU STUDY FOR THOSE THINGS????
MY STRESS TEST WAS WORSE THAN THE ONE I HAD LAST YEAR. AT LEAST I HAVE AN ANSWER TO THE INCREASED SYMPTOMS; CHEST PAIN, SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND DECREASED ABILITY TO WALK AS FAR. HOWEVER IT WILL DEFINITELY HELP WITH THE DISABILITY DETERMINATION!

I'M NOT GOING TO DIE ANY SOONER!!  OR LATER; THAN I'M SUPPOSED TO. THANK THE LORD I DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE OPEN HEART SURGERY. THERE IS NO INCREASED LONGEVITY FOR A 1 VESSEL BYPASS, AND THE RISK FAR OUTWEIGH ANY BENEFITS.  THERE IS NO WAY TO RE-STENT IT EITHER, AS IT IS TOTALLY OCCLUDED. SO I'LL GET BY ON TWO MAIN HEART VESSELS AND THE COLLATERAL VESSELS IT' S PRODUCING AND JUST DEAL WITH THE SYMPTOMS.

IT IS BASICALLY JUST A PAIN TYPE THING (ANGINA) AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN DECREASE THAT WITH MEDICATION. A LARGER PART OF MY HEART IS DOING W/O AS MUCH OXYGEN AS IT NEEDS, BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO CAUSE MUSCLE DAMAGE OR DEATH TO THE MUSCLE- (HEART ATTACK). 

ALL IN ALL- I WILL TAKE THIS DIAGNOSIS OVER THE ALTERNATIVE!!! DEATH!

I CAN AND WILL STILL BLOG AND TAKE PICS OUT THE WAZOO! 
THOSE OUGHT TO BE INTERESTING! I CAN HEAR IT NOW--WHAT A**HOLE TOOK THOSE PICS?

OK--SO THAT'S THE SKINNY--I'LL LIVE TILL I DIE--THIS IS JUST AN INCONVENIENCE AS FAR AS PAIN AND A LITTLE  DECREASED ACTIVITY , AND I WILL TAKE THAT AND LIVE AND LOVE EVERY MINUTE OF THE REST OF MY LIFE!

ATTITUDE, STRESSING, OR A PITY PARTY WILL DO NOTHING POSITIVE FOR MY SITUATION!
THIS IS ALL BY DIVINE DESIGN AND I WILL MAKE THE BEST OF IT!

DID IT BUM ME OUT A LITTLE?--YES- INITIALLY, FOR A SHORT TIME.  BUT THAT IS OVER WITH NOW AND IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON! SO PREPARE FOR MORE TERRIBLE PUNS AND PICTURES!


WE ALL COME ACROSS ROCKY PATHS!


 I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR PRAYERS, WELL WISHES AND POSITIVE THOUGHTS!


PROBABLY WILL CHILL TOMORROW AND WATCH FOOTBALL---SO I'LL SEE YOU FOR 

SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY!



CLOGGED ARTERY OR FEMALE ANATOMY? HEY--I JUST TOOK THE PIC!

AND I WAS ACTUALLY TOLD TO HAVE 1 OR 2 OF THESE A DAY--IT REALLY IS   SUPPOSED TO HELP?   SO DAD WASN'T AN ALCHEMY- MIST! - ALL THOSE YEARS!
HE WAS HEART HEALTHY
 
 I SHALL LIVE FOR MANY MORE OF THESE!
 THERE IS ALWAYS A PATCH OF SUNLIGHT ON ANY ROAD!!!!
 AND SOMETHING OF BEAUTY TO BEHOLD......
THIS WILL BE THE LAST POST RE: ANY COMPLAINTS: 
LIFE IS TO SHORT AND PRECIOUS FOR THAT & WE ALL HAVE OUR CROSSES TO BEAR. I MAY HAVE TO DO ONE MORE PIC OF THE FINISHED FLOORING....BECAUSE IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND SAD AT THE SAME TIME.
SAD BECAUSE OUR DOG, HOPE..IS TERRIFIED TO WALK ON IT.  IT IS VERY SLIPPERY.....SHE FELL 3 TIMES NOT BEING USED TO IT, AND I HOPE IF WE TRIM HER NAILS A LITTLE MORE SHE WILL GET A GRIP--AR AR! NOW THE BEAUTIFUL FLOORING IS COVERED WITH QUILTS, SHEETS AND TOWELS SO SHE CAN GO OUTSIDE!!!!!
HOW DO YOU HANDLE ADVERSITY?
DOES IT STAY WITH YOU FOR HOURS? DAYS? WEEKS?
CONTROL EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE?
THERE ARE NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWERS AS EVERY SITUATION IS SO DIFFERENT!
I CHOOSE TO BE OPTIMISTIC AND A REALIST AT THE SAME TIME--BUT ONE THING I'M NOT GONNA LET IT DO:
STEAL JOHN

 OR
STEAL MY JOY!
HOW ABOUT YOU? 


JMc 
From the Mind of at

10 comments:

  1. Commander ZaiusOctober 15, 2011 at 7:33 AM

    Hang tight John!

    I SHALL LIVE FOR MANY MORE OF THESE!

    Amen! Along with sunsets, sunrises, cloudy days, ocean breezes, and just about everything else.

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  2. JeannieOctober 15, 2011 at 7:45 AM

    I am very sure you will live for a long long time. Gary was still working asphalt with 4 arteries blocked - getting 7% oxygen before his bypass! Maybe you aren't quite as full of hot air as he is. I'm not sure less activity is required - my physio doc is actually one of the pioneers for cardio rehab here and I know walking is a must do activity for his people. http://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/~jschaman/press.html

    Use the nitro as required (Gary always liked the spray or the patch when it got real bad). Take your aspirin. TAKE A DOSE OF METAMUCIL DAILY TO LOWER CHOLESTEROL NATURALLY. DO IT.

    Complain all you want.Sometimes life throws a curve ball and you have to throw it back. Getting it off your chest can help you deal with it.

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  3. the walking manOctober 15, 2011 at 5:13 PM

    Truthfully John, I should have been dead thirty years ago and a couple more times after that but you know what...Just have the faith that you will wake up breathing and go to bed the same way and everything else in between is another adventure.

    Roll with the flow and don't let go.

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  4. sageOctober 15, 2011 at 6:31 PM

    Hang in there, John. We're praying and sending good wishes your way.

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  5. KellyOctober 15, 2011 at 6:47 PM

    John, I SO admire your positive mental attitude!! You inspire me!!!

    I hope your poor pup adjusts soon. Tell her to walk SLOWLY!! We had a similar problem with a dog years ago and he adjusted in time. (not before a running slide across the floor crashed into a cherrywood table, breaking part of it!)

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  6. Rawknrobyn.blogspot.comOctober 15, 2011 at 8:37 PM

    "I CAN AND WILL STILL BLOG AND TAKE PICS OUT THE WAZOO!
    THOSE OUGHT TO BE INTERESTING! I CAN HEAR IT NOW--WHAT A**HOLE TOOK THOSE PICS?" <-This is why I love you. You keep us laughing. Plus, your heart is so big and strong. It's not giving up on you any time soon.

    Great pictures too.
    LYMI xoRobyn

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  7. LynnOctober 16, 2011 at 6:01 AM

    I like your attitude. Keep on keepin' on. :)

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  8. Full-On-ForwardOctober 16, 2011 at 2:29 PM

    BB- Amen Bro--we'll have to do the Ravenel Bridge before we go!


    J



    Jeannie-- You are awesome!!! And I forgot you told me about the Metamucil---and I have heard that increased exercise is very beneficial!

    Thanks sweetie!

    John



    Mark-- I agree 100% Thanks Bro!!!! This is in no way a death sentence--it is merely minor chest pain! Just like a pulled back muscle!


    J




    Jeff-- Thanks Buddy-- I am going to do just fine! Friends like you and theses keep ya going!


    J


    Kelly,

    Thanks! Hope is much smarter than me and she is already adjusting to it! I was thinking about putting Swiffers on her "feet's" so she would dust it as she slide--ummmm- GLIDED across!!!!!


    J



    Robyn-- Love ya more---Wazoo pics coming soon!

    Hugs and Love,

    John




    Lynn,

    I'll do that--and truthfully--I already feel better! "Knowing" is power over the little things!!!!


    J

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  9. SeaSprayOctober 18, 2011 at 2:20 AM

    I shall live and not die, but proclaim the works of the Lord." Psalm 118:17

    John - i am sorry to hear you have been going through this. I have no doubt your positive attitude and faith carries you and will carry you through these challenges.

    I highly recommend this book: "10 Hours to Live"

    it is one of my favorite books on healing and is an awesome *true* story. I keep it handy to keep reading the healing scriptures in the back which are God's medicine. he works through docs and medicine ...but there is still his miracle healing power.

    And another book by cardiologist Chauncey Crandall (Can see him on youtube discussing it)called "Raising the Dead." I loaned to my urodoc and when saw me again said "That was a POWERFUL book! I bought FIVE of them." Also documented. I HIGHLY recommend these two books. The 10 hrs to live the way this young man beat the deadliest form of ca when he was 22 and given 10hrs to live really spoke to me. he is middle aged now. A MUST read for anyone facing sickness, surgery, etc. Remember when I was afraid to have the uro surg and still don't want it. I realize what a wrong attitude I had. Still glad I avoided it but if I am faced with anything that serious ..I am doing what he and family did in that book. i want to memorize the scriptures too. Every time I go back and read excerpts I get good things out of them.

    You are in my thoughts and prayers John. :)

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  10. SeaSprayOctober 18, 2011 at 2:25 AM

    Ps - that aqua plant is pretty. What is it?

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