Alive, but apparently not too well!!!!
welp....
i AM alive!!!
yay!!!
my hubby tried to call Tracy a couple of times and didnt get an answer..and he didnt wanna leave info like that on someone's voice mail..tracy..i will keep having aaron try to call ya today so he can give you the complete lowdown..im not real sure i know it all b/c of all the good drugs i was given and all the sleep ive been doin since i got home.
Aaron is tryin really hard to make me "take it easy" and not let anything that causes stress get around me.... sooooooo ppl have been tip toein' around me...christ...im not dead!!!
he's kinda freakin' out b/c he has to work a split double tomorrow and is afraid to leave me alone..i would rather be alone than the alternative...go to mom and dad's across the street...let us refer again to...NO STRESS!!! hahahah!!!
i appreciate all of the good thoughts, vibes and prayers ya'll are sending my way...it means so much to me....
hugs back atcha all!!!
p
sooooooo here is my blog from early early this AM (im gonna copy n paste it..dont feel like typin all that again)
"It has been an exsaperting week for me...
I was happy that all of my pre op tests were behind me, or so I thought...
and then I got the dreaded call.
For some reason I didn't let myself get too excited about my upcoming WLS date of 05/04/09.
I know it may sound weird or "twilight zoneish", but I KNEW in my heart of hearts that it was not happening for me. I know that may sound strange to ppl...but that's how I truly felt. I am spirtual, but not necessary religious, but I do believe that I have spirit guides and that loved ones that have passed can come to you when you need them. My grandmother had come to me a while back and had "shown me around" persay...it kinda freaked me out....but now I think this is why.
Sorry, got sidetracked, back to the call....
I received a call from my WL surgeon's office telling me that my EKG had come back abnormal and that I would need a CT scan, echocardiogram and a stress test due in part to the results of my EKG.
I went Wednesday, April 29, promptly got a call first thing April 30 saying that there was also a problem with my stress test... and I thought to myself..you bet your ass there was a problem...those ppl tried to damn near kill me!!! hahaha!!! gotta keep my humor...or i might as well be dead! Soooooooooo...I promptly had a heart cath set up for first thing (and i mean FIRST thing) Friday morning, May 1....from the heart cath (which is kinda freaky) they determined that my femeral artery is 99.9% blocked and that I had had a heart attack at some point and tell me that I needed an cardiac MRI (which is definately NOT for the clausterphobic...i didnt think i was until they put my chubby ass in it... and I FREAKEDDDDDD!!! they had to put me in a "i don't give a chit" state to get me thru it) to determine how much "death" had taken place in my heart....here's the kicker...and I find this just infrigg'N sane!!! the MORE death that has taken place in my heart than I can have WLS, the less death that has taken place, then I will get to have heart bypass surgery....WOW!!! it's like givin' me a double headed nickel and telling me...OK toss it up and make a choice....let's see...heads... i get to have WLS, but i have a portion of my heart that is now dead....oh goodie!!! Heads again... and I get to have WLS put off b/c I am now the proud winner of heart bypass surgery....what's a girl gonna do???? I use to say... I would rather be skinny than dead....well...no... I don't think so ppl!!!! No amount of weight loss is worth me taking a risk on the surgeon's table and flat lining..just not worth it!!!
So, I got home from the hospital (which is 2 hours away) and had a message from the SECOND cardiologist's nurse saying, I'm sure by now the cardiologisst has called you (which he hadn't) to tell me that I was now scheduled to "see" a heart surgeon on Tuedsay, May 5....I'm kinda freakin' out....but, after all of the events of the last two days..i figured it was coming...and she said that they needed to do a "minimumally invasive" ""procedure""...well hells bells....i don't think going into the artires of my heart is "minimal", but apparently they do....
I just assumed that the cardiologist wouldn't call in lieu of this chick that had called and i went to bed b/c i felt like a big ass mack truck had just ran me over....hubby called some of my friends to tell them what was a goin' on with everything...and apparently after he got ahold of you guys...the second cardiologist DID call..
all i remember was hubby coming into the b/r, sitting on the side of the bed and telling me that he called and that it now appears that i did NOT have a heart attack and something about some procedure I was to have this coming Tuesday....
poor hubby's now asleep and I am wide awake.... I don't wanna wake him...he is SERIOUSLY exhausted (mentally and physically)...so I will wait until he wakes up to get the full story..as I was asleep and didn't really give a chit about who called and what they called about...
soooooooooooo...yeah.... i AM bummed about the WLS....now I wonder if I will EVER get to have it????? Gotta have it before Sept 1...my company switches insurances EVERY september and this is the only insurance that would even consider covering it (as long as you jumped thru all of their hoops) in seven years that I have been with this company....
so i really feel like the clock is ticking after I have this "minimally invasive" procedure on Tuesday....
not sure if ill have the "procedure" done on tuesday or if im just "seeing" the cardiac surgeon then they will do the "procedure" on another day...
But, had it not been for me jumping thru all these hoops, the problem would have never been found until I had had an autopsy and lying in the cemetary next to my brother...so for that fact that they found the problem....I AM glad!!!
Gonna go "indulge" in a nitro (which im now on for chest pain...honestly at this point... i don't know if the pain is from my heart or from anxiety)...but ill go w. the nitro just to be on the safe side...
Soooooo..
Good things do come out of heartbreak ya'll...
remember that!!!"
i AM alive!!!
yay!!!
my hubby tried to call Tracy a couple of times and didnt get an answer..and he didnt wanna leave info like that on someone's voice mail..tracy..i will keep having aaron try to call ya today so he can give you the complete lowdown..im not real sure i know it all b/c of all the good drugs i was given and all the sleep ive been doin since i got home.
Aaron is tryin really hard to make me "take it easy" and not let anything that causes stress get around me.... sooooooo ppl have been tip toein' around me...christ...im not dead!!!
he's kinda freakin' out b/c he has to work a split double tomorrow and is afraid to leave me alone..i would rather be alone than the alternative...go to mom and dad's across the street...let us refer again to...NO STRESS!!! hahahah!!!
i appreciate all of the good thoughts, vibes and prayers ya'll are sending my way...it means so much to me....
hugs back atcha all!!!
p
sooooooo here is my blog from early early this AM (im gonna copy n paste it..dont feel like typin all that again)
"It has been an exsaperting week for me...
I was happy that all of my pre op tests were behind me, or so I thought...
and then I got the dreaded call.
For some reason I didn't let myself get too excited about my upcoming WLS date of 05/04/09.
I know it may sound weird or "twilight zoneish", but I KNEW in my heart of hearts that it was not happening for me. I know that may sound strange to ppl...but that's how I truly felt. I am spirtual, but not necessary religious, but I do believe that I have spirit guides and that loved ones that have passed can come to you when you need them. My grandmother had come to me a while back and had "shown me around" persay...it kinda freaked me out....but now I think this is why.
Sorry, got sidetracked, back to the call....
I received a call from my WL surgeon's office telling me that my EKG had come back abnormal and that I would need a CT scan, echocardiogram and a stress test due in part to the results of my EKG.
I went Wednesday, April 29, promptly got a call first thing April 30 saying that there was also a problem with my stress test... and I thought to myself..you bet your ass there was a problem...those ppl tried to damn near kill me!!! hahaha!!! gotta keep my humor...or i might as well be dead! Soooooooooo...I promptly had a heart cath set up for first thing (and i mean FIRST thing) Friday morning, May 1....from the heart cath (which is kinda freaky) they determined that my femeral artery is 99.9% blocked and that I had had a heart attack at some point and tell me that I needed an cardiac MRI (which is definately NOT for the clausterphobic...i didnt think i was until they put my chubby ass in it... and I FREAKEDDDDDD!!! they had to put me in a "i don't give a chit" state to get me thru it) to determine how much "death" had taken place in my heart....here's the kicker...and I find this just infrigg'N sane!!! the MORE death that has taken place in my heart than I can have WLS, the less death that has taken place, then I will get to have heart bypass surgery....WOW!!! it's like givin' me a double headed nickel and telling me...OK toss it up and make a choice....let's see...heads... i get to have WLS, but i have a portion of my heart that is now dead....oh goodie!!! Heads again... and I get to have WLS put off b/c I am now the proud winner of heart bypass surgery....what's a girl gonna do???? I use to say... I would rather be skinny than dead....well...no... I don't think so ppl!!!! No amount of weight loss is worth me taking a risk on the surgeon's table and flat lining..just not worth it!!!
So, I got home from the hospital (which is 2 hours away) and had a message from the SECOND cardiologist's nurse saying, I'm sure by now the cardiologisst has called you (which he hadn't) to tell me that I was now scheduled to "see" a heart surgeon on Tuedsay, May 5....I'm kinda freakin' out....but, after all of the events of the last two days..i figured it was coming...and she said that they needed to do a "minimumally invasive" ""procedure""...well hells bells....i don't think going into the artires of my heart is "minimal", but apparently they do....
I just assumed that the cardiologist wouldn't call in lieu of this chick that had called and i went to bed b/c i felt like a big ass mack truck had just ran me over....hubby called some of my friends to tell them what was a goin' on with everything...and apparently after he got ahold of you guys...the second cardiologist DID call..
all i remember was hubby coming into the b/r, sitting on the side of the bed and telling me that he called and that it now appears that i did NOT have a heart attack and something about some procedure I was to have this coming Tuesday....
poor hubby's now asleep and I am wide awake.... I don't wanna wake him...he is SERIOUSLY exhausted (mentally and physically)...so I will wait until he wakes up to get the full story..as I was asleep and didn't really give a chit about who called and what they called about...
soooooooooooo...yeah.... i AM bummed about the WLS....now I wonder if I will EVER get to have it????? Gotta have it before Sept 1...my company switches insurances EVERY september and this is the only insurance that would even consider covering it (as long as you jumped thru all of their hoops) in seven years that I have been with this company....
so i really feel like the clock is ticking after I have this "minimally invasive" procedure on Tuesday....
not sure if ill have the "procedure" done on tuesday or if im just "seeing" the cardiac surgeon then they will do the "procedure" on another day...
But, had it not been for me jumping thru all these hoops, the problem would have never been found until I had had an autopsy and lying in the cemetary next to my brother...so for that fact that they found the problem....I AM glad!!!
Gonna go "indulge" in a nitro (which im now on for chest pain...honestly at this point... i don't know if the pain is from my heart or from anxiety)...but ill go w. the nitro just to be on the safe side...
Soooooo..
Good things do come out of heartbreak ya'll...
remember that!!!"
pam 
"sometimes at night, i see their faces, i feel the traces they left on my soul.
those are the memories that made me a wealthy soul."
Bob Seger
1976
"sometimes at night, i see their faces, i feel the traces they left on my soul.
those are the memories that made me a wealthy soul."
Bob Seger
1976
Oh Pam, I'm sorry you are going through all this, but so happy they found it before it was too late. Please let us know what the game plan is and keep us posted.
Melissa
Melissa
Surprise MIRACLE baby boy, Noah Andrew, born March 24, 2010
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Hey Pammie - so glad to see you posted. I've been beside myself since Kristen posted about your condition last night.
Since you said "minimally invasive", does that mean they're just doing a balloon angioplasty to open the artery?
Please keep us posted. What hospital will you be going to and how long will you be there?
I'm so glad that WLS saved your life (and you haven't even had it yet!). Get this problem fixed, and then you can go on to have your WLS!
Keep me posted sweetie!
Hugs!
Since you said "minimally invasive", does that mean they're just doing a balloon angioplasty to open the artery?
Please keep us posted. What hospital will you be going to and how long will you be there?
I'm so glad that WLS saved your life (and you haven't even had it yet!). Get this problem fixed, and then you can go on to have your WLS!
Keep me posted sweetie!
Hugs!
oh babydoll....you are in my prayers....i know it must be heartbreaking postponing WLS...but like you said its great to find all this out now and get you all fixed up 1st....you have been heavy on my mind and heart...since meeting you at support group....please keep us posted....i am always at home so give me a call too if ya want....take care and relax...
big hugs
Kim
big hugs
Kim
whooooooHOOOOOO..
i managed to sneak and get on the puter....
hubby went to get me some things from town..
so i feel like im a jailbird that just broke out!!!
i've been sleeping more than i've been awake...
seems that i take the nitro and it does a number on me
with headaches and the only thing that will make it go
away is sleep.
im not sure what this "minimumally invasive" procedure is Christie... I just don't know at this point...
the cardiac surgeon that i'm seeing tuesday is on hartcourt rd...right there in all of that st. vincent mess just off of 86th street... i don't know if it's an outpatient thing since it's minimually invasive...
NOW i was told that they can go in between your ribs (and not crack 'em like they did when dad had a "Majorly invasive procedure" sorry gotta keep my SOH yall) but, since i'm so heavy, this may not be an option. I DO remember that much from what the dr. said after the heart cath....
I don't know if it's something they will do right there that day... or if they will make me wait...i vote for getting it done b/c im kinda nervous walking around knowing that ive got a blockage that bad...but i went around with it for only God knows how long...scary once ya know 'tho...
ive also heard that after you have a "procedure" like this you will need a WL surgeon that is familiar with this type of thing....anyone have any info on this????
Thanis for EVERYTHING yall... i really appreciate it... and miss ya guys since im on "house arrest"....
welp...gonna go say howdee to some more friends...
i will keep ya updated...
smooches
p
i managed to sneak and get on the puter....
hubby went to get me some things from town..
so i feel like im a jailbird that just broke out!!!
i've been sleeping more than i've been awake...
seems that i take the nitro and it does a number on me
with headaches and the only thing that will make it go
away is sleep.
im not sure what this "minimumally invasive" procedure is Christie... I just don't know at this point...
the cardiac surgeon that i'm seeing tuesday is on hartcourt rd...right there in all of that st. vincent mess just off of 86th street... i don't know if it's an outpatient thing since it's minimually invasive...
NOW i was told that they can go in between your ribs (and not crack 'em like they did when dad had a "Majorly invasive procedure" sorry gotta keep my SOH yall) but, since i'm so heavy, this may not be an option. I DO remember that much from what the dr. said after the heart cath....
I don't know if it's something they will do right there that day... or if they will make me wait...i vote for getting it done b/c im kinda nervous walking around knowing that ive got a blockage that bad...but i went around with it for only God knows how long...scary once ya know 'tho...
ive also heard that after you have a "procedure" like this you will need a WL surgeon that is familiar with this type of thing....anyone have any info on this????
Thanis for EVERYTHING yall... i really appreciate it... and miss ya guys since im on "house arrest"....
welp...gonna go say howdee to some more friends...
i will keep ya updated...
smooches
p
pam
"sometimes at night, i see their faces, i feel the traces they left on my soul.
those are the memories that made me a wealthy soul."
Bob Seger
1976
"sometimes at night, i see their faces, i feel the traces they left on my soul.
those are the memories that made me a wealthy soul."
Bob Seger
1976
I'm so sorry you have to go through this but I think you're right, this was a gift. Hopefully you'll come out fine and find a way to get the weight off. I'm cheering for you and hope you have a speedy recovery.
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't slow down and look around, you might miss it" Ferris Buehler 
Pam,
I'm so sorry that you are having to go through all of this. I too am glad that caught it at this point though. Isn't Dr. Inman your surgeon? I don't know why, but I was thinking she was....?? If I were in your place, I'd want either her or Dr. Rose Marie Jones to do my WLS. I think very highly of most of the other surgeons (mine included), but if I was going into this with heart problems, one of those two would be my top choice.
You will continue to be in all of our thoughts and prayers....
Sherri
AT GOAL!!
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Never allow someone to be your Priority while allowing yourself to be their Option......
Whenever God Closes One Door He Always Opens Another, Even Though Sometimes It's Hell in the Hallway...
Sherri,
Doctor Jones is my doctor...but now I wait and see what happens...
i want WLS...but now I'm afraid of any complications following any kind of bypass work....
I was also told that it's easy to do the sleeve after you have had heart bypass surgery????
anyone know anything about this/?
Doctor Jones is my doctor...but now I wait and see what happens...
i want WLS...but now I'm afraid of any complications following any kind of bypass work....
I was also told that it's easy to do the sleeve after you have had heart bypass surgery????
anyone know anything about this/?
pam
"sometimes at night, i see their faces, i feel the traces they left on my soul.
those are the memories that made me a wealthy soul."
Bob Seger
1976
"sometimes at night, i see their faces, i feel the traces they left on my soul.
those are the memories that made me a wealthy soul."
Bob Seger
1976
On May 3, 2009 at 6:20 AM Pacific Time, ticklezngigglez wrote:
Sherri,Doctor Jones is my doctor...but now I wait and see what happens...
i want WLS...but now I'm afraid of any complications following any kind of bypass work....
I was also told that it's easy to do the sleeve after you have had heart bypass surgery????
anyone know anything about this/?
You know, I think I saw that somewhere too. Why don't you ask this on the VSG message board? I bet they'll know. I don't know of many here on the Indiana board that had it.
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