Author Topic: I'm freaking out slightly. (Read 2673 times)

Wickedly Yours E · « **on:** Sep 07, 2004, 11:25:13 PM »

See...My Dad's been having some heart trouble lately. Not Cool. Today, my Mom took'em to the ER, not because of any heart attack, but to finally get proper testing for it.
Now he's being shipped to Frisco for an angiogram, and there's a big possibility of him needing Angioplasty. We find out Thursday

...Slight Freakage. I'd scale it at a three.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #1 on:** Sep 08, 2004, 12:01:28 AM »

dont be worried, everything's gonna be ok. an angioplasty is not "that" risky. hes gonna be ok:-D

Chopper Face 69 · « **Reply #2 on:** Sep 08, 2004, 12:23:34 AM »

Good luck. Hope everything works out okay.

Bitch · « **Reply #3 on:** Sep 08, 2004, 12:39:52 AM »

*hug* Hope everything works out. Don't freak out too much until you get the results. You don't know anything till then, right?

Guest · « **Reply #4 on:** Sep 08, 2004, 09:02:05 AM »

Nothing till Thursday.

Bernie AKA · « **Reply #5 on:** Sep 08, 2004, 09:08:43 AM »

Early testing & treatment is half the battle won already - snaps to your mom for taking him. How old is your dad?

Wickedly Yours E · « **Reply #6 on:** Sep 08, 2004, 10:32:00 AM »

Fifty years old exactly.

Fiero · « **Reply #7 on:** Sep 08, 2004, 07:41:59 PM »

He's lucky, my dad had a heart attack in his thirties. He's pretty much fucked now.

B E C K · « **Reply #8 on:** Sep 08, 2004, 07:43:10 PM »

My dad would fall down and stuff and sometimes I wonder if he was just faking it.

Wickedly Yours E · « **Reply #9 on:** Sep 09, 2004, 10:26:32 AM »

Well he gets the Angiogram today....which could cause a heart attack or a stroke as well.
Freakout level is now up to FIVE.

tomduo · « **Reply #10 on:** Sep 09, 2004, 10:26:57 AM »

*buys some health insurence on E*

Bernie AKA · « **Reply #11 on:** Sep 09, 2004, 01:02:03 PM »

Not that the procedure doesn't have risks, but doctors now routinely scare the piss out of anyone who needs anything more complicated than a tongue depressor to comply with malpractice liability requirements. They're supposed to include the statistics for complications occurence along with the CYA Clause they're delivering, but that usually isn't much comfort. If he has a history of kidney problems, he would be at higher risk for trouble, but if not, he should be fine.

Please post when you know something! *big hug*

Wickedly Yours E · « **Reply #12 on:** Sep 10, 2004, 12:12:21 AM »

Freak out Level 10 and rising.
Double bypass surgery goes down this friday. I nearly lost it, broke down in the bathroom and cried.

Fiero · « **Reply #13 on:** Sep 10, 2004, 05:03:23 AM »

Got prayers for ya, E.

Merla · « **Reply #14 on:** Sep 10, 2004, 08:49:07 AM »

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Got prayers for ya, E.

Me too, Emmy. Hope everything is okay.

Bernie AKA · « **Reply #15 on:** Sep 10, 2004, 09:18:52 AM »

I'm having a flashback to my dad, Emmy, and I know how scared you are, but *the problem was caught while there's still time to fix it*. I'm sure your family has all the paper to read they can stand on the subject, but the double bypass means that his heart was healthier than most who go through bypass procedures. That's working for him, his relatively-young age is a positive factor - with lifestyle and/or dietary changes after the surgery and medication treatment, you'll have him around for a long time. We recently lost a cousin who had had quadruple bypass surgery 28 years ago and lived to be 91! Surgery, treatment & medication have all made vast improvements since then.

Add my prayers as well. Let us know.

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