Mark relax ?
Mark spelled backwards is Kram : that is how Mark lives life, cram everything into it he can !
( Not saying that is a bad thing )

 

Hi Pizzaguy - just read about your unscheduled plans for the weekend past - and here I was thinking of y'all at The Dragon! I hope you are feeling better - take it slow and easy and I hope you will be feeling really good once again and quickly! And remember - there is always work. Looking after yourself is non-negotiable.

Alicia

 

Sorry to hear that you are under the weather. Get well soon, we all miss you!!!

 

Mark:: Man were you missed at the Dragon... wish you could have seen me trying to up with Nick...nobody can keep up with Nick !! ...(was Inga able to?)... Hope you get well soon and will see you at the Fall meet... Kram!! Carl

 

I'm home from the hospital - doing best as I can. I am hoping I'll be ok in a few weeks.


No, no one can keep up with Nick, he really is a different driver. What you have to do is ride with him, to understand how smooth he is. It is truly inspiring.

Thanks all, and I need your thoughts and prayers for a few days.

 

I found the thread! Glad to hear that you are home. Hope you continue to get better.

 

Sorry to hear you're under the weather Mark! Sending good thoughts and prayers as you requested. Take it easy and get better soon....


Annette

 

Thanks all. I had my stress test today - good name for it, they didn't me (the guy who does 45 to 90 mins on my elliptical every day) on the tread mill.

So, it was a "chemical" test, and I hated it. Results Wednesday. My pneumonia is way better, but I'm thinking my heart isn't. I guess the pneumonia brought something to the surface here. Unsure if I can work monday, I do know the doctor has ordered "no out of state travel for a month".

There is talk of putting me under and shocking my heart to get it to beat right. But I'm unsure of that - is that really what is needed? I guess the docs know.

All I can do is rest and relax for now.

I've been paying an agency for a caregiver - and have not been too alone since coming home from the hospital (Thanks to Sonya Bruce, Crossfire lady of Blairsville, GA for the idea). I am going to try being alone all weekend now, seeing if I can make the transition to normal life. Gotta believe in yourself, you know?

 

Pizzaguy - we believe in you! Would you start another thread that has your updates - and we can send you messages and good wishes? I've been wondering how you have been feeling, and I am sure others are interested also.

Yep - relax - and take a leisurely mental ride on one of the runs at Fontana. Did you hear leisurely? Your mantra: don't overdo. Sending positive thoughts -

Alicia

 

I think I'll stick with this one thread, ALicia. THat way, it all stays together.
My doc says I'm off work till at least Wednesday - I don't like that but I guess it is what it is. I don't understand how I went from where I was two weeks ago today - to this.

 

Shock therapy is good for you!

That's what I always told myself in my younger days when I had the attitude of "we don't need to trip no stinkin breakers" when I'd replace light switches and wall sockets ...

Hang in there my friend!

 

Well that explains a lot.

 

Mark,
Its a procedure called "cardioversion"
I had it done back in 2002 and been ticking like a fine tuned SRT ever since
No worry just do what the doc says

Read about it here :
Cardioversion Definition - Tests and Procedures - Mayo Clinic

https://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Condi...18_Article.jsp

 

I'll read that link later, Gary. Just sounds weird to me.

I'm headed to bed, at least I can sleep now - or at least I did the past two nights.

 

Ok, Doctor called me in today.

They did an ultrasound test to see how the blood was flowing in my neck and down to my feet. The tests showed, right away, that there is no issue with blockages or blood flow. He said I did well with last week's stress test - no issues there.

He then told me that the tests (CT SCAN I guess) of my chest/heart showed blood flow around and thru the heart, and in the vessels feeding the heart was fine - there are no blockages or problems. They can see my bicuspid heart valve, and it's turbulent blood flow out of the heart - but he said they are not concerned and saw no sign of valve failiure or plaque build up.

He summed up: "The only thing I can find is this irregular heart beat". It is a sort of arrhythmia. He wants me on my blood thinners and heart rate drug. He wants to do a cardioconversion on me in two weeks and says I can stop the meds at that time.

So, that is it. My lungs have healed well from the pneumonia, I am hardly ever coughing at all. It appears that the pneumonia brought something to the surface in my heart, but they SAY that the cardiconversion will likely fix it and I'll be fine.

You can bet your life I will be back in the woods, hiking and working out of my ellitical every day as I have in the past, after the procedure. I REALLY expected to hear I needed stints or bypass. But like my doctor said three months ago, "if you are hiking and working on the elliptical, cant much be wrong with you..."
IN SHORT: EXERCISE WORKS - my diet is not THAT good, sure I don't smoke and haven't since I was 19 - but I like Mexican food and chocolate. So, again, it would appear that exercise covers "a multitude of bad behavior".

I'm off work still, probalby off next two weeks at least. But Doc says I can work from home anytime. HE actually said I could go back to work but we are keeping that a secret - stress may have put me in this situation - so I'm taking some time to relax.

 

That's great news! Fortunate that you are in such good shape to begin with. Good luck keep you in my prayers

 

Great news Mark !!!!
As to the stress, just learn to tell yourself "F**T IT, AND DRIVE ON" - works for me .....

 

Mark, I will not let you die on me without driving the beast. LMAO

Glad to hear of the good news! Keep it coming. I'll be sure to keep you in my prayers.

 

You have never been the same since you went to that nuclear plant, does your presence at a party light up the room ............... with a luminescent glow?

 

Glad to know the doc gave you a overall good health report.
Your scare gave all of us one too

Now go get that Cardioversion procedure and you can get back to being the pizzaguy we all know.

I had the same procedure 12 years ago to correct my heart rhythm and I've been fine ever since.
I see my cardiologist once a year to be sure there are no changes.

See ya at the Fall dragon on the top of your game again my friend.
We need our leader back out on the roads

Gary