"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
09/28/2018 at 07:27 • Filed to: None
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"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
09/28/2018 at 07:27 • Filed to: None | 1
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After my wife’s procedure on Wednesday, things seemed ok. Come Thursday morning, things were definitely not ok. We ended up going to the emergency room to get things sorted again.
We didn’t call an ambulance, but I was definitely driving like I had sirens and lights!
By the way, we discovered the best way to skip the line in the emergency room is to complain of chest pain and hurl your lunch into a bag right in front of the admissions desk.
No worries. She was tested, treated, and released after receiving a selection of the finest medicines. We won’t be seeing the cardiologist next week as planned. We’re going to see him today!
vondon302
> TheRealBicycleBuck
09/28/2018 at 07:41 |
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Oof hope everything works out. Take care and best wishes.
itschrome
> TheRealBicycleBuck
09/28/2018 at 07:42 |
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Yo!! I’m sorry to hear this! Hope all goes well from here out!
OPPOsaurus WRX
> TheRealBicycleBuck
09/28/2018 at 07:49 |
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good luck. Hopefully rhis gets resolved. OPPO and their wife’s ar e not having a good streak right now.
SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
> TheRealBicycleBuck
09/28/2018 at 08:07 |
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This is why we have ambulance insurance. That way none of us have to hurl into a bag and complain of chest pains just to get attention...
WilliamsSW
> TheRealBicycleBuck
09/28/2018 at 08:08 |
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Ugh. Beat of luck today! Hopefully just a minor issue!
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
09/28/2018 at 08:15 |
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Our insurance covers an ambulance ride, but we live far enough out of to wn that it’s just faster and easier to drive in. Besides, there’s no guarantee they would have taken us to the right hospital. There’s an emergency clinic and another hospital between us and the one where her cardiologist works.
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> TheRealBicycleBuck
09/28/2018 at 09:05 |
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My ambulance insurance gets us as many free helicopter trips to either of two regional hospitals that we require...and transfers to any city based cardiology necessary. Despite the fact that we currently live almost diagonally opposite the town hospital. I hope I nor anyone else in my immediate family ever needs it...
Brickman
> TheRealBicycleBuck
09/28/2018 at 09:14 |
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The body doesn’t wait for appointments. Hope all is well.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
09/28/2018 at 09:19 |
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Free helicopter rides! Count me in!
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> TheRealBicycleBuck
09/28/2018 at 09:23 |
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I would prefer to be well enough not to partake to be honest. And I would wish the same for my family.
That said... helicopter rides are very cool.
fintail
> TheRealBicycleBuck
09/28/2018 at 09:49 |
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Ambulance looks like a 38 Buick.
I had some of these same quirks a couple years ago, although probably less intense. I went to the ER, cardiologist a couple times, had a battery of tests. I got the “anxiety/stress” diagnosis too, and haven’t had but a couple instances of those weird feelings in some time. Hope it works out for your wife.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> fintail
09/28/2018 at 10:58 |
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Thanks. They caught evidence of her racing heart rate while she was on the take-home monitor. While she was in surgery, she went into a-fib and they shocked her into a regular rhythm. She’s on meds right now, but they were talking about doing another procedure to better identify and fix the problem.
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fintail
> TheRealBicycleBuck
09/28/2018 at 11:28 |
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Good luck to her. I hope she feels better, too. The mental part of it is big, knowing you aren’t falling apart.
I never had a take-home monitor, and never had any symptoms while at the specialist or ER. They put me on a treadmill for 10-15 minutes, performed blood tests and EKG stuff, etc, nothing showed up. Cardiologist said I had “enviable” blood pressure and low cholesterol. I am not as fit as my younger self, but I jog 5 days a week and never feel it then. However, especially a couple years ago, I could randomly be sitting at work or slacking at home/watching TV, and my heart would race and I’d feel lightheaded and short of breath for a short period. No pain, but it was alarming. As it hasn’t happened much in some time, I hope it is just a random quirk. If it happens more, I will go back.
punkgoose17
> TheRealBicycleBuck
09/28/2018 at 11:46 |
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I hope she was actually treated and is okay? We’ve had too many awful emergency room experiences.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> punkgoose17
09/28/2018 at 12:58 |
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She was treated and is feeling ok this morning , but the incident pushed up her next cardiologist visit to today instead of next week. We hope to know more this afternoon.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> fintail
09/28/2018 at 13:00 |
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Sounds similar. My wife’s heartrate and blood pressure will skyrocket for no reason. They thought it was SVT but the surgery eliminated that as a cause.
haveacarortwoorthree2
> TheRealBicycleBuck
09/28/2018 at 15:41 |
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Nice they got her in quickly. When I walked in with what they later classified as a “massive” heart attack, they gave me the form to fill out. So I dutifully filled it out and handed it back — when they couldn’t read a single thing I wrote, then they skipped the line and took me back.
But I now can proudly wear my “I survived the Widowmaker” t- shirt that that folks at the gym bought me.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> haveacarortwoorthree2
09/28/2018 at 15:44 |
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Wow. Massive heart attack and still walking. You should change your screen name to Juggernaut.
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fintail
> TheRealBicycleBuck
09/28/2018 at 22:19 |
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Listed there is I think pretty m uch what my diagnosis was, nuisance arrhythmia . I have a home blood pressure monitor, and I would check it when I had an episode - never looked unusual. I check it twice a week now.
ttyymmnn
> TheRealBicycleBuck
10/02/2018 at 16:00 |
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Chest pain or head injury gets you to the front of the line, ahead of all the people who use the ER as their family doctor. Glad things got sorted.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> ttyymmnn
10/02/2018 at 16:24 |
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Sorta sorted. We have to schedule additional tests to confirm the updated diagnosis, then come up with a game plan to address the problem.