First time skiing since the Heart Attack

[Warp Daddy]

Hey, Mr. Warp Daddy!! YOU are awesome!!!

My husband had a heart attack at the age of 47. We were very fortunate, but it took a long time to figure it out. He had a stent put in several months after the "incident," but it took some hard work on my part (and his) to get us to that point. He needed someone to advocate for him; his original cardio doctor wasn't totally hip to getting him up to speed the way he should've been.

I loved reading your story!! Thank you for sharing that and for giving encouragement to all who might have similar experiences.

You are pretty damn fine too !! Good on ya for standing by your guy and getting him back on the path to both enjoying life and LIVING IT . "The Queen" of my heart is very similar> she is one amazing woman looks superfine , in great athletic shape ( Can kik my az) and was a tower of compassionate encouragement thru out this whole thing . I 've always been a fairly upbeat /positive thinking dude but even us crazies need a GREAT woman to keep us going when the stuff gets rough .


Sounds like MR WBM has a similar situation -----------------------vibes to ya both



Sounds like MR WBM has one too

 

[WakeboardMom]

You are pretty damn fine too !! Good on ya for standing by your guy and getting him back on the path to both enjoying life and LIVING IT . "The Queen" of my heart is very similar> she is one amazing woman looks superfine , in great athletic shape ( Can kik my az) and was a tower of compassionate encouragement thru out this whole thing . I 've always been a fairly upbeat /positive thinking dude but even us crazies need a GREAT woman to keep us going when the stuff gets rough .


Sounds like MR WBM has a similar situation -----------------------vibes to ya both



Sounds like MR WBM has one too

You're very sweet. All I knew at the time, was "This is bullshit." He couldn't walk from here to there without sweating and getting out of breath. Original doc kept saying, "Give it time. The medicine will help." All I could think was, "This is crap." Based on what was said at the time of the "incident" and the films from the angioplasty, he should've been doing better than he was. I fought until I found someone who would listen. I didn't care whether or not insurance would cover it, or how we would pay for it. Yes, Warp Daddy, life is one thing, but living it is quite another.

It turned out that he was helped quite easily. It just took the right doc to recognize it. He saw the doc on a Tuesday; he had the stents inserted on a Friday; on Tuesday he was waterskiing!!! THIS after he couldn't walk two blocks the month prior to that. For the record, he had the heart attack in early June and the stents were inserted in early August.

I can kick his ass on the slopes now, after he kicked mine for 20-odd years. Now his issue is knees. That can be attributed to genetics and some other things. We're good together. He applauds the ass-kicking. : - )

Everyone needs an advocate. I'm glad I could do it for him. I'd do it for my kids, my sister, my friends. : - ) "Upbeat." Yeah, baby. We're all over that.

Nice to meetcha. : - )

 

[Warp Daddy]

WBM Thats quite a story MI in June, stents in august WTF ???

I was playing golf alone early am had no elephant on the chest thing or pain just felt like a right side muscle pull, but started sweating so got in the car trying to drive the 20 miles to the hospital where i am a board member. Started getting really weak so pulled over called 911 and was transported to ER where they shot me with a clot buster as the MI hit . Thety stabilized me and sent me to the Best cardiac hospital in the East about 2hrs distance where they did a triple bypass that evening . The ER doc fast action saved me from having any heart muscle damage at all . MY conditioning level also helped and since i've lost 45 lbs now 6'1" 180 am atmy hs weight . I feel very lucky to have come out of this so well

 

[WakeboardMom]

WBM Thats quite a story MI in June, stents in august WTF ???

I was playing golf alone early am had no elephant on the chest thing or pain just felt like a right side muscle pull, but started sweating so got in the car trying to drive the 20 miles to the hospital where i am a board member. Started getting really weak so pulled over called 911 and was transported to ER where they shot me with a clot buster as the MI hit . Thety stabilized me and sent me to the Best cardiac hospital in the East about 2hrs distance where they did a triple bypass that evening . The ER doc fast action saved me from having any heart muscle damage at all . MY conditioning level also helped and since i've lost 45 lbs now 6'1" 180 am atmy hs weight . I feel very lucky to have come out of this so well

Yeah. MI the week before Father's day, and stents not until late July/early August. So much for Boston being the best care in the world. It is if you have the right doctor...and you're in the right place...

His was due to stress. He had been feeling badly for over a week; he's type A and I had been telling him to go to the doctor, but he wasn't listening. "The pain in my arm's not that bad." "It's classic." "I'll deal with it when I'm ready." He finally called the doctor's office for a "sick" appointment and they wouldn't talk to him once he told them his symptoms. "GET SOMEONE TO DRIVE YOU TO AN ER." He drove himself to a hospital in Lowell, Ma. Once there, he made some calls to get all his business affairs in order for the next few days, and THEN called me to tell me where he was.

Same here with being involved with the local hospitals. His brother was Chairman of the Board with the local competitor. Don't matter. As soon as anything like that happens, it's all about Boston (fwiw...lol!). That's no guarantee, as we found out. Balloon angioplasty and they decided to treat the blockage with medication. That might work in some cases, but it didn't work in his case. He wanted to give that method and the prescribing doc more time. I had a gut feeling that it just wasn't right. I wanted my friend back.

I fought to get him an appointment with a different doc at a different hospital and it paid off in spades. He needs to take your example of weight loss, but otherwise he's fabulous.

To me, the best lesson from all that has happened is "Make sure you have an advocate!" No matter what your issue...cancer, heart attack, losing a limb...someone has to be there who has your best interests in mind. And that person has to be strong and verbal!!!

: - ) Hope to ski with you some day.

 

[Terry]

[(To me, the best lesson from all that has happened is "Make sure you have an advocate!" No matter what your issue...cancer, heart attack, losing a limb...someone has to be there who has your best interests in mind. And that person has to be strong and verbal!!!)

Absolutely the best advise you can give! Glad you are doing well Warp. Would like to meet and ski with you sometime. Keep enjoying life!

 

[Greg]

Awesome Warp Daddy! Great to read something positive and inspiring here for once. You are an inspiration to all of us. Glad you're back out on the hill. Life is indeed good.

 

[Warp Daddy]

To all you young guns ---------Thanx so much for all you guys did during this long strange journey . I'm really nothing special just an old dude who refuses to grow up and that loves to ski like you all do .

I'm telling you i learn as much FROM U GUYS as hopefully i am able to share with you all


PS Greg you still crankin tunes on the guitar with your buds ?? i had a great studio session this week with my homies . mentally i was "back in the day " locked into the 70's and 80's stuff , back when i HAD that long hair thingy werkin we played til my fingers bled.

Terry my man we could really get this skiing grampa's thing going -

Andy & Grassi : Thanx 4 the kind words . YO Grassi hows the GREY GHOST doing ? BTW FWIW i am shocked that one of them isn't called "Bomber" c'mon man

 

[Greg]

Warp - yep. Ironically was just about to restring my acoustic. Ahhhh....fresh strings. We're up to about 30 songs now that we can fumble through....

 

[Grassi21]

To all you young guns ---------Thanx so much for all you guys did during this long strange journey . I'm really nothing special just an old dude who refuses to grow up and that loves to ski like you all do .

I'm telling you i learn as much FROM U GUYS as hopefully i am able to share with you all


PS Greg you still crankin tunes on the guitar with your buds ?? i had a great studio session this week with my homies . mentally i was "back in the day " locked into the 70's and 80's stuff , back when i HAD that long hair thingy werkin we played til my fingers bled.

Terry my man we could really get this skiing grampa's thing going -

Andy & Grassi : Thanx 4 the kind words . YO Grassi hows the GREY GHOST doing ? BTW FWIW i am shocked that one of them isn't called "Bomber" c'mon man

Bella is doing great. Sleeping in front of the fire with her sister now. The next weim will be a big male... Bomber would be a solid name....

 

[Warp Daddy]

Warp - yep. Ironically was just about to restring my acoustic. Ahhhh....fresh strings. We're up to about 30 songs now that we can fumble through....

AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sure that if you have HALF the dedication to becoming a decent axeman that you have for skiing the results are SAWEET !!

BTW its a great mental health break -- keep rockin man -- AH NUTHIN LIKE NEW STRINGS !!

 

[billski]

AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sure that if you have HALF the dedication to becoming a decent axeman that you have for skiing the results are SAWEET !!

BTW its a great mental health break -- keep rockin man -- AH NUTHIN LIKE NEW STRINGS !!

If you ever get this side of plattsbugh, let me know. I'd be honored to ski with you and queen. :beer:

 

[RootDKJ]

Sounds to me like Warp Daddy needs to get back out there!

 

[marcski]

Warp!, good on you, man. Great to see you back on the hill so fast and it was inspiring to be able to follow your recovery the entire way since the summer. I'm sure it was awesome for you to be back out there making some turns!!

 

[Warp Daddy]

Warp!, good on you, man. Great to see you back on the hill so fast and it was inspiring to be able to follow your recovery the entire way since the summer. I'm sure it was awesome for you to be back out there making some turns!!

AW man u KNOW IT WAS -- damn------------ ALMOST better than doin "the Wild Thang" welll ah h'mm almost --LMAO

 

[witch hobble]

Congrats.

And thank you for providing me some much needed perspective on this year's ski season and what I've made of it so far.

 

[Puck it]

Awesome.

 

[MogulQueen]

Congratulations. It's tough to get over the mental part of the surgery. Good for you getting back out there. My father had 6 bypass surgery about 10 years ago and he skis with no problems every Wednesday afternoon. It's amazing what they can do these days.

 

[polski]

Congrats Warp, and here's to many many great ski days in your future.

 

[Warp Daddy]

Thanks for the kind words Polski and MQ

Hey MQ GLAD to hear your dad has done sooo well with it .

AS crazy as this sounds i feel like a new guy------------ i mean strength and stamina was always pretty fair but now man getting even more weigh off has really paid off

 

[playoutside]

So glad to hear you are doing so great! Must feel amazing to chase away some demons and learn you are same (or maybe better) than before! Hoping you have many more ski (and golf) days in your future!! Congrats!