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Kris--Thanks. I'll let you know how things turn out...
posted by
Renigade
on August 13, 2005 at 9:21 PM
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Reni
You are so welcome. I hope you are prepared for what she is going to look like, and that you don't let it throw you. The procedure is really a shock to the body and it looks like hell afterwards!! My prayers and thoughts are with your mom and you. I've left this up even though not many reading because I am such a fanatic about women realizing the truth about heart disease and women.
posted by
Krisles
on August 13, 2005 at 9:20 PM
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My mom is waiting right now to have some blockage removed from
around her heart. Thanks for the post.
posted by
Renigade
on August 13, 2005 at 7:52 PM
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Blackcat
Thank you so much....I really appreciate your kind words.
posted by
Krisles
on August 12, 2005 at 5:43 PM
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Lensman
Thank you….It wasn’t hard to write…once I lived past the first night, I had no doubt I would make it through and the whole thing was a fascinating experience. I now have the numbers and tubes of an Oriental man/junior high girl…my main danger is a genetic cholesterol factor called Lp(a) I have that most cardiologists aren’t even up on yet. The cigarette - oral fixation! The belief it would help make me feel better. The upside of all this…I had no big fear before, but now none….of death. And, the love of the people who pulled me out of the sinking into that bed…and I mean, they pulled me up…and all the love that poured to me from all around in the weeks that followed….now that does choke me up….I may post about that another time..
posted by
Krisles
on August 12, 2005 at 5:42 PM
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Strat
Thank you, my sweet pea picker....I just got back from getting my chilli cheese...ummmmm!
posted by
Krisles
on August 12, 2005 at 5:30 PM
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krisles... omg... I'm sick from reading that. very good description...
and I'm very glad you made it.
posted by
-blackcat
on August 12, 2005 at 1:52 PM
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Krisles
Wow, I had no idea about all that. This was a very emotive post. Must have been hard to write, too. Or maybe not... I don't know. I know you said you'd had heart trouble and had come close, but seeing it all spelled out this way.... First of all, I can't believe you tried to have a cigarette after all that
... But I'm glad to see you've sworn off them. What an experience.... That's somewhere I've never been, thankfully. Well, all I can say is...so happy we have you still with us and let's keep those anniversaries coming
posted by
Lensman
on August 12, 2005 at 1:20 PM
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I can't tell you how happy I am to celebrate
this anniversary with you.
Another well-written, powerful post, Kris.
Now let's go eat chili dogs!
posted by
strat
on August 12, 2005 at 12:20 PM
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FactorFiction
Thank you! If you have any risk factors, esp. family history, you don't have to skip it all the time....just don't support any employees! I was a walkin' cardiac cocktail, and they really do pay so much more attention to female cardiac factors now...they just completely ignored mine. And, about the hospital stuff....I have absolutely nooooo modestly left now!
posted by
Krisles
on August 12, 2005 at 11:02 AM
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katray
Thank you so much....I am grateful for every year. Those witches were incredible!! My mom had a knee replacement last year and had goats in her room.....
posted by
Krisles
on August 12, 2005 at 11:00 AM
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Great post Krisles...I am even thinking hard on not opening that pint of Ben and Jerry's I have scheduled for tonight... Perhaps I will eat something better for myself. I really should.
A side note- isn't is hard to be embarrassed once you have been completely humbled in the hospital?
posted by
FactorFiction
on August 12, 2005 at 10:23 AM
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Wow Krisles, powerful post
13 years and going strong; how wonderful. I have a close family member who went through a similar event and I heard tales about those witches in the recovery room and also in the cardiac ICU. Amazing how the heart fights to heal itself. Many more blessed anniversaries wished; Take Care!
posted by
Katray2
on August 12, 2005 at 6:20 AM
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