Ok,I had a heart attack a couple of days ago

[sneakypete]

Was passed around 3 different hospitals,and the last was the worse of all. Nobody would even answer the room pager.

Not sure what to write at this point. Just got home last night and am sitting here trying to remember what happened and pondering it all.

[catfish1957]

I know you have had a really tough road lately, but if you don't have some kind of family or friend support, I sure would be looking up some VA  help for patient advocacy.

Cause if you aren't remembering diagnosis's, prognosis's, etc.  I imagine that Cardiologist who probably has 50 different hospital patients isn't going to remember much better.

[Polly Ticks]

Oh dear. That sounds a bit scary.  I'm so glad you're still around and kicking.  Prayers up (you can't stop me!) for healing and recovery.

[bigheadfred]

Good to know you are still with us Pete. Sending good thoughts your way.

[DB]

Glad you survived it! No fun at all.

Did they insert stint(s) or do something else?

[DefiantMassRINO]

Pete, do you have a case manager or patient advocate to go to bat for you?

In Mass, hospitals have a position of "hospitalist" that is a doctor who acts as an advocate for that patient's care while they are in the hospital.

[240B]

Get a large jar of aspirin and a bottle of your favorite whiskey. You'll be good as new in no time.
Either that or you won't care anyway ...

[Cyber Liberty]

It's good to see you back, @sneakypete!

[mountaineer]

Doggonit, @sneakypete !
May you have a full recovery.

[Lando Lincoln]

Oh man…. Get well and strong. We need you around here Pete!

[sneakypete]

Glad you survived it! No fun at all.

Did they insert stint(s) or do something else?

@DB

I already had one stent,but they put another one in my wrist.

They did some other things too,but at this point I can't remember what they were.

[sneakypete]

Pete, do you have a case manager or patient advocate to go to bat for you?

In Mass, hospitals have a position of "hospitalist" that is a doctor who acts as an advocate for that patient's care while they are in the hospital.

@DefiantMassRINO

Never even heard of such a critter,but  it sure seems like a good idea! Thanks!

[sneakypete]

It's good to see you back, @sneakypete!

@Cyber Liberty

Thanks,seems like I have a white to go yet before I rest.

[sneakypete]

Doggonit, @sneakypete !
May you have a full recovery.

@mountaineer

Thanks,but  I don't think there is such  a thing.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Rest and take care of yourself, please. i hope you have friends/family in the area, but we're here for you.

[mystery-ak]

Welcome home....I wish you had someone to take care of you...

[Gefn]

oh gosh Pete, I am so sorry. Let me know if you need anything.

[SZonian]

Good to hear that you're still here.

Not much advice to offer past that which already has.

I too wish you the best.

Take care.

[DCPatriot]

@sneakypete

Take care, my friend! 

[DB]

@DB

I already had one stent,but they put another one in my wrist.

They did some other things too,but at this point I can't remember what they were.

So you have two now and they believe they addressed the issue with the new stint. So that's good news.

The wrist is better than going through the groin to insert a stent, both in terms of recovery and long term potential issues. I have three via the groin (at the same time) and one via the wrist. I hope I'm done...

[LMAO]

Take care, SneakyPete. And get some well-deserved rest and here’s to a full recovery for you.

[GtHawk]

@mountaineer

Thanks,but  I don't think there is such  a thing.

@sneakypete
I know we bump heads at times but I can't imagine the forum without you. Ya better get well because we need all the curmudgeons we got! Rest, recuperate and get well, at least get better soon! And keep posting.

[DB]

@sneakypete
I know we bump heads at times but I can't imagine the forum without you. Ya better get well because we need all the curmudgeons we got! Rest, recuperate and get well, at least get better soon! And keep posting.

The onerier they are the longer they live. It's a rule of nature...

[Hoodat]

Great to hear you are OK, @sneakypete .

Prayers are coming your way.  All things work for good.  You are loved.

[libertybele]

@sneakypete   I've been wondering about you.  Glad that you are ok.  I have 3 stents. Rest and take it easy for awhile; try not to push yourself. That's important. Did they put you on a blood thinner and/or a baby aspirin?

Please know that though we may not agree on things in here, I still care about you. Very much so.  This forum needs you!!

(prayers up for you) Hope you get better soon. 

[roamer_1]

@sneakypete

Missed you, and thought maybe something was going on. Glad you made it through.

if you're still a bit wobbly, see if the doc/VA can get you Home Health for a month... different for each occasion, but home health nurses/PT/OT folks will visit your house and make sure you're flying right.

get better, and (just to piss you off) I'm praying for you.  . 

[berdie]

Oh dear!  Take it easy until you are better.

[Smokin Joe]

@sneakypete Praying for you! (yeah, that might aggravate you, but all that grit comes to the surface when you're aggravated, and that can't hurt). Glad you made it through!

[Right_in_Virginia]

It's so good to hear from you, I was getting ready to send out an APB on you.

I'm sorry to hear your news, but also relieved you're home.  You keep fighting, I'll keep you in my prayers (this is a non-negotiable deal.  )

Sending you a    @sneakypete

[LadyLiberty]

   It would really bother me not knowing what happened and what was done. Understandable that you don't remember, though.  Hubby had two MI's and he remembers very little, but at least I was there so one of us could follow along with it all. Everyone needs an advocate when they are hospitalized.  Hopefully you have a follow-up with a cardiologist that can fill you in on what happened and what was done, or perhaps a mychart account where you can read the report yourself.

[mystery-ak]

@sneakypete

Missed you, and thought maybe something was going on. Glad you made it through.

if you're still a bit wobbly, see if the doc/VA can get you Home Health for a month... different for each occasion, but home health nurses/PT/OT folks will visit your house and make sure you're flying right.

get better, and (just to piss you off) I'm praying for you.  . 

Does Medicare pay for Home Health Care?..at least for a few weeks?

[roamer_1]

Does Medicare pay for Home Health Care?..at least for a few weeks?

Dunno. Disability (medicaid) pays for mine. I know Sneaks is disabled too, though likely VA. 

[roamer_1]

@sneakypete

Likely got the same salt and water restrictions I do, you poor bastard... If you need tips/hacks in that regard, I can help a little, and I'd bet @libertybele can too.

Just give a holler. 

[sneakypete]

So you have two now and they believe they addressed the issue with the new stint. So that's good news.

The wrist is better than going through the groin to insert a stent, both in terms of recovery and long term potential issues. I have three via the groin (at the same time) and one via the wrist. I hope I'm done...

@DB

I have one in  the groin and one in the wrist,and I SINCERELY  hope  you are done with the NEED for any more!

[sneakypete]

@sneakypete   I've been wondering about you.  Glad that you are ok.  I have 3 stents. Rest and take it easy for awhile; try not to push yourself. That's important. Did they put you on a blood thinner and/or a baby aspirin?

Please know that though we may not agree on things in here, I still care about you. Very much so.  This forum needs you!!

(prayers up for you) Hope you get better soon. 

@libertybele

Thanks. Not going to be posting or responding much until I get feeling better.
@libertybele

[libertybele]

@libertybele

Thanks. Not going to be posting or responding much until I get feeling better.
@libertybele

Absolutely perfectly understandable.  Taking it easy is a must @sneakypete

[sneakypete]

@sneakypete

Missed you, and thought maybe something was going on. Glad you made it through.

if you're still a bit wobbly, see if the doc/VA can get you Home Health for a month... different for each occasion, but home health nurses/PT/OT folks will visit your house and make sure you're flying right.

get better, and (just to piss you off) I'm praying for you.  . 

@roamer_1

This is not Montana.  The home health people here would get a look at the guns I have laying around and declare me a revolutionary  and a danger to civilization.

[sneakypete]

It's so good to hear from you, I was getting ready to send out an APB on you.

I'm sorry to hear your news, but also relieved you're home.  You keep fighting, I'll keep you in my prayers (this is a non-negotiable deal.  )

Sending you a    @sneakypete

@Right_in_Virginia

Thanks!

[DB]

@sneakypete

Likely got the same salt and water restrictions I do, you poor bastard... If you need tips/hacks in that regard, I can help a little, and I'd bet @libertybele can too.

Just give a holler. 

Only if he has high blood pressure.

[roamer_1]

@roamer_1

This is not Montana.  The home health people here would get a look at the guns I have laying around and declare me a revolutionary  and a danger to civilization.

@sneakypete
Your business, pal. I'm just worrying for you, what with the chemo brain, and now all this... and you being alone (like me).

Worse that way for you, as I have the benefit of my clan and the womenfolk thereof, so while I am alone, I get a few visitors every day, and my niece is here (right now) to clean my house, and my son and his wife keep the yard and handle repairs while I am low...

So I am nowhere near as alone as you are... tough for me must be worse for you... and that's my worry. Hope your neighbors can drop in, at least.

Never thought about firearms being an issue... LOL!
I got a 1911 .45 sitting right next to my chair on the end table, very much in plain sight, and nobody has said a thing. 😁

[sneakypete]

@sneakypete
Your business, pal. I'm just worrying for you, what with the chemo brain, and now all this... and you being alone (like me).

Worse that way for you, as I have the benefit of my clan and the womenfolk thereof, so while I am alone, I get a few visitors every day, and my niece is here (right now) to clean my house, and my son and his wife keep the yard and handle repairs while I am low...

So I am nowhere near as alone as you are... tough for me must be worse for you... and that's my worry. Hope your neighbors can drop in, at least.

Never thought about firearms being an issue... LOL!
I got a 1911 .45 sitting right next to my chair on the end table, very much in plain sight, and nobody has said a thing. 😁

@roamer_1

My ex comes around all the time,and I go to where she lives and spend time with  her 3 or 4 times a week. I am also friends with her sister and her mother,not to mention her oldest daughter,who  is a MD at a local hospital.

Lent my  new Camry to my ex for a couple of days  last week when  she needed something reliable to go out of town in.

She  feeds the stray cats for me when I am unable to,and also feeds my house and shop cats for me.

Her mother checked me out with the local "mother  network" when I first started dating her youngest (not my ex) daughter,and then told me one night when I went there to pick her up that I was free to go out with either of her daughters anytime I wanted,and to take them any place they and I wanted to go.

I do NOT hurt women,and I do NOT allow anyone  else to hurt any woman I am with,period. THAT is carved in stone.

I am not as alone as you may  think.

[roamer_1]

I am not as alone as you may  think.

@sneakypete

GOOD. 

[Cyber Liberty]

@roamer_1

My ex comes around all the time,and I go to where she lives and spend time with  her 3 or 4 times a week. I am also friends with her sister and her mother,not to mention her oldest daughter,who  is a MD at a local hospital.

Lent my  new Camry to my ex for a couple of days  last week when  she needed something reliable to go out of town in.

She  feeds the stray cats for me when I am unable to,and also feeds my house and shop cats for me.

Her mother checked me out with the local "mother  network" when I first started dating her youngest (not my ex) daughter,and then told me one night when I went there to pick her up that I was free to go out with either of her daughters anytime I wanted,and to take them any place they and I wanted to go.

I do NOT hurt women,and I do NOT allow anyone  else to hurt any woman I am with,period. THAT is carved in stone.

I am not as alone as you may  think.

@sneakypete

Then just do what I know you hate:  Let them take care of you, and don't waste your energy online. 

[Smokin Joe]

@roamer_1

My ex comes around all the time,and I go to where she lives and spend time with  her 3 or 4 times a week. I am also friends with her sister and her mother,not to mention her oldest daughter,who  is a MD at a local hospital.

Lent my  new Camry to my ex for a couple of days  last week when  she needed something reliable to go out of town in.

She  feeds the stray cats for me when I am unable to,and also feeds my house and shop cats for me.

Her mother checked me out with the local "mother  network" when I first started dating her youngest (not my ex) daughter,and then told me one night when I went there to pick her up that I was free to go out with either of her daughters anytime I wanted,and to take them any place they and I wanted to go.

I do NOT hurt women,and I do NOT allow anyone  else to hurt any woman I am with,period. THAT is carved in stone.

I am not as alone as you may  think.

Glad to hear it!

[Bigun]

@sneakypete Take care of yourself brother! We need your onery @$$ around here!

[deb]

Was passed around 3 different hospitals,and the last was the worse of all. Nobody would even answer the room pager.

Not sure what to write at this point. Just got home last night and am sitting here trying to remember what happened and pondering it all.

Glad to hear that you are doing ok. I know you don’t like people praying for you, but that’s just what some of us do when we can’t help out in person. So I will say a prayer for you. 

[Texas Yellow Rose]

   @sneakypete

Please get well soon Pete.  Hopefully, they gave you written instructions to take home.

[verga]

@sneakypete Glad you are back, I know you are not a fan of prayers, so I will just say "Good thoughts."