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Plowing straight ahead come what may |
Tuesday afternoon at about 5:30 I started having weakness on my left side and took a pretty good fall getting up to get to my phone...I was still on the floor unable to get up when my oldest daughter and my grandchildren stopped by and found me in my predicament...she kept her cool and called 911 and EMS got there in a very few minutes...did the stroke assessment and determined I was indeed having a stroke and needed treatment ASAP The leading stroke trauma hospital in our area is Erlanger in Chattanooga about 35 miles away so our EMS requested a Lifeforce helicopter be sent and it met the ambulance at the soccer fields about a mile from my house and had me at the stroke center at Erlanger hospital in 10 minutes... A CT scan showed a had a large blockage of my right carotid artery...they used the TPA "clot buster" meds and went up through the artery in my groin and was able to safely remove the clot and install a stent and I'm getting to feel somewhat normal again...I'm up walking and my speech has improved dramatically... The doctor that oversaw the whole procedure said that "I dodged a bullet" and getting proper treatment quickly probably saved my life...and in the least kept me from permanent neurological damage (my mom had a stroke at age 46 spending the last 25 years of her life bedridden in a nursing home until her death in 1998...I feared that scenario much more than death)... One reason my daughter was stopping by was to see how I was doing because on this date in 2017 my wife and her mother passed away from blood clots in her heart and lungs at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio... I feel that there are a lot of small miracles that when put together form one big one that saved my life...praise God for this!... UPDATE...I am back home!...after more CT scans and in hospital evaluations, I have been released back into the wild  ...my sister in law will spend a couple of days here with me and my youngest daughter is coming down from Johnson City next week...I also having home PT rehab starting Monday...but overall, with the exception of being tired and worn out, I seem to be doing good overall...I want to thank SIGForum for the prayers and well wishes  This message has been edited. Last edited by: Bisleyblackhawk, ******************************************************** "we've gotta roll with the punches, learn to play all of our hunches Making the best of what ever comes our way Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition Plowing straight ahead come what may And theres a cowboy in the jungle" Jimmy Buffet | ||
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Thank God you're okay! I'm very sorry to hear this happened. Keep getting better! SIGforum: For all your needs! Imagine our influence if every gun owner in America was an NRA member! Click the box>>>  | |||
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praise the Lord & best wishes for speedy recovery **************~~~~~~~~~~ "I've been on this rock too long to bother with these liars any more." ~SIGforum advisor~ "When the pain of staying the same outweighs the pain of change, then change will come."~~sigmonkey | |||
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| Gone but Together Again. Dad & Uncle  |
Wow. Very happy to hear your OK, got immediate treatment, and hopefully won't have any long term effects from the stroke. My Mom had several strokes,and like your Mom, never recovered. That is a very hard life as you know. | |||
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Done! Please keep us posted. | |||
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| Rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated  |
Glad to hear you got through this with minimal damage. Hope you’re back to normal quickly. "Someday I hope to be half the man my bird-dog thinks I am." FBLM LGB! | |||
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| Crusty old curmudgeon  |
Wow, you really did dodge a bullet. I'm glad you are making progress in your recovery. Jim ________________________ "If you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning" -Catherine Aird | |||
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Prayers sent - hoping for a speedy recovery! 'Live long and prosper' | |||
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Still finding my way |
Wow! The almighty was surely looking out for you. I'm happy to hear you are recovering. | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
Wow! They don't get much closer than that. Glad to see it looks like you're going to be ok. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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Indeed! Glad to hear you are ok. I will be sure to keep you in my prayers. _____________________________________________________________________ “Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew; if the transmission should be interrupted for one century, civilization would die, and we should be savages again." - Will Durant | |||
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Scary! Thank God you got the care you needed. | |||
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PTL buddy! let us know if you need anything. Hug that daughter and those children! Regards, P. | |||
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Glad to hear you are well on the road to recovering. Hoping for a full recovery. | |||
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There is a lot of good news in that. Praise the Lord, indeed. You sound good based on what happened. I think you do have an Angel (your wife) looking down upon and keeping you. Prayer sent for thanks and for a complete recovery. "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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| Too old to run, too mean to quit! |
Truly glad that everything has worked out so well. Prayers for a continued recovery back to unimpeded life style. Elk There has never been an occasion where a people gave up their weapons in the interest of peace that didn't end in their massacre. (Louis L'Amour) "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical. " -Thomas Jefferson "America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." Alexis de Tocqueville FBHO!!! The Idaho Elk Hunter | |||
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Get well, prayers for a full recovery, Spunk | |||
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Prayers for complete recovery. Very glad you received treatment as quickly as you did. Michael | |||
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Wishing you a fast and complete recovery! | |||
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Glad to hear you got assistance. The TPA is no joke- I was in ICU for three or four days after my last one. (ps..ICU means you will not be getting any sleep) Praying for a full recovery. "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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