OT: Catherization

I check into the local hospital catherization lab on Thursday,
01/28/2020 at 0600 for the arteriogram. With any luck I will come home
that afternoon. There is a possibility I will have to stay overnight or
longer, all depends on the results of the catherization and any
subsequent work that needs to be done. I will get back to y'all when I'm
home again.

OB preserving: Put up seven bags of broccoli yesterday and will be
harvesting cauliflower for freezing today or tomorrow.

"George Shirley" <gshirl@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:6OSdncqtjPBbe8DWnZ2dnUVZ_tP_fwAA@giganews.com ...
>I check into the local hospital catherization lab on Thursday, 01/28/2020
>at 0600 for the arteriogram. With any luck I will come home that afternoon.
>There is a possibility I will have to stay overnight or longer, all depends
>on the results of the catherization and any subsequent work that needs to
>be done. I will get back to y'all when I'm home again.
>
> OB preserving: Put up seven bags of broccoli yesterday and will be
> harvesting cauliflower for freezing today or tomorrow.

Good luck George - I'll be thinking of you!

Kathi

You will be in my prayers my friend.

: - ]

"George Shirley" <gshirl@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:6OSdncqtjPBbe8DWnZ2dnUVZ_tP_fwAA@giganews.com ...
>I check into the local hospital catherization lab on Thursday, 01/28/2020
>at 0600 for the arteriogram. With any luck I will come home that afternoon.
>There is a possibility I will have to stay overnight or longer, all depends
>on the results of the catherization and any subsequent work that needs to
>be done. I will get back to y'all when I'm home again.


not OT - that is just one method of preserving you!

best of luck.

"George Shirley" <gshirl@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:6OSdncqtjPBbe8DWnZ2dnUVZ_tP_fwAA@giganews.com ...
>I check into the local hospital catherization lab on Thursday, 01/28/2020
>at 0600 for the arteriogram. With any luck I will come home that afternoon.
>There is a possibility I will have to stay overnight or longer, all depends
>on the results of the catherization and any subsequent work that needs to
>be done. I will get back to y'all when I'm home again.
>
> OB preserving: Put up seven bags of broccoli yesterday and will be
> harvesting cauliflower for freezing today or tomorrow.

You'll be in our thoughts and prayers George. Best of luck!

Keith

KW wrote:
> "George Shirley" <gshirl@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:6OSdncqtjPBbe8DWnZ2dnUVZ_tP_fwAA@giganews.com ...
>> I check into the local hospital catherization lab on Thursday, 01/28/2020
>> at 0600 for the arteriogram. With any luck I will come home that afternoon.
>> There is a possibility I will have to stay overnight or longer, all depends
>> on the results of the catherization and any subsequent work that needs to
>> be done. I will get back to y'all when I'm home again.
>>
>> OB preserving: Put up seven bags of broccoli yesterday and will be
>> harvesting cauliflower for freezing today or tomorrow.
>
> You'll be in our thoughts and prayers George. Best of luck!
>
> Keith
>
>
At the hospital doing the preadmittance stuff this morning. What a PITA!
Took over an hour and a half just to do all the gubmint required
paperwork, the insurance company paperwork, and the hospital paperwork.
Then the blood draw took about three minutes. Now all I have to do is go
in at 0530 Thursday morning, have the valet service park the car, go to
the cath lab and probably spend all day and that night there.

It's been about three years since I was last in a hospital and it seems
the paperwork has increased geometrically. Good grief!

I do thank everyone for the good wishes though. I'm not really worried
about the procedure as it has been done on me three times in the last 23
years and they seem to improve the procedure at least annually.

OB rfp content: I'm going to try Rita Foust's "tuna" jelly when I have
lunch. I'm thinking a couple of biscuits with the jelly and maybe a hunk
of andouille sausage. Yeah, that's the ticket, the dog is already
excited about the sausage.

George Shirley <gshirl@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> [ . . . ]
> At the hospital doing the preadmittance stuff this morning. What a PITA!
> Took over an hour and a half just to do all the gubmint required
> paperwork, the insurance company paperwork, and the hospital paperwork.
> Then the blood draw took about three minutes. Now all I have to do is go
> in at 0530 Thursday morning, have the valet service park the car, go to
> the cath lab and probably spend all day and that night there.
>
> It's been about three years since I was last in a hospital and it seems
> the paperwork has increased geometrically. Good grief!

They hand me my copies of the 20 (?) pages. I hand them back and say, "Just
shred 'em!"

> I do thank everyone for the good wishes though. I'm not really worried
> about the procedure as it has been done on me three times in the last 23
> years and they seem to improve the procedure at least annually.

Best to ya, George!

> OB rfp content: I'm going to try Rita Foust's "tuna" jelly when I have
> lunch. I'm thinking a couple of biscuits with the jelly and maybe a hunk
> of andouille sausage. Yeah, that's the ticket, the dog is already
> excited about the sausage.

Lucky dog. ;-)

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On 1/25/2010 12:45 PM, George Shirley wrote:
> I check into the local hospital catherization lab on Thursday,
> 01/28/2020 at 0600 for the arteriogram. With any luck I will come home
> that afternoon. There is a possibility I will have to stay overnight or
> longer, all depends on the results of the catherization and any
> subsequent work that needs to be done. I will get back to y'all when I'm
> home again.
>


Lighting a candle for ya (and I'm not even Catholic.) Let us know when
it's over.

Bob

George Shirley wrote:
> I check into the local hospital catherization lab on Thursday,
> 01/28/2020 at 0600 for the arteriogram.

Best of luck to ya!

B/

zxcvbob wrote:
> On 1/25/2010 12:45 PM, George Shirley wrote:
>> I check into the local hospital catherization lab on Thursday,
>> 01/28/2020 at 0600 for the arteriogram. With any luck I will come home
>> that afternoon. There is a possibility I will have to stay overnight or
>> longer, all depends on the results of the catherization and any
>> subsequent work that needs to be done. I will get back to y'all when I'm
>> home again.
>>
>
>
> Lighting a candle for ya (and I'm not even Catholic.) Let us know when
> it's over.
>
> Bob

They were afraid to put too much of the radioactive iodine in my
arteries as my kidneys don't work as well as they used to. So, yesterday
they took a peak, two arteries on my heart were pretty well plugged, one
at 99%, the other at a wee bit over 70%. Today at 0900 they put stents
in both of them. I got to see the before and after pictures and am
pleased to report that there is once again full blood flow through mine
heart.

I'm to do no heavy lifting, running, no long range walking, etc. until I
go back to the cardiologist on 02/15/10. Since I was feeling pretty good
before the stent job I don't expect a lot of improvement. We got home
about 5:30 pm CST today and now I'm going to go get a shower and then
sit around in my jammies and sweet talk a little dawg who has been
looking for me for two days.

"George Shirley" <gshirl@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:Z7CdnemaWPm75_7WnZ2dnUVZ_o2dnZ2d@giganews.com ...
> zxcvbob wrote:
>> On 1/25/2010 12:45 PM, George Shirley wrote:
>>> I check into the local hospital catherization lab on Thursday,
>>> 01/28/2020 at 0600 for the arteriogram. With any luck I will come home
>>> that afternoon. There is a possibility I will have to stay overnight or
>>> longer, all depends on the results of the catherization and any
>>> subsequent work that needs to be done. I will get back to y'all when I'm
>>> home again.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Lighting a candle for ya (and I'm not even Catholic.) Let us know when
>> it's over.
>>
>> Bob
>
> They were afraid to put too much of the radioactive iodine in my arteries
> as my kidneys don't work as well as they used to. So, yesterday they took
> a peak, two arteries on my heart were pretty well plugged, one at 99%, the
> other at a wee bit over 70%. Today at 0900 they put stents in both of
> them. I got to see the before and after pictures and am pleased to report
> that there is once again full blood flow through mine heart.
>
> I'm to do no heavy lifting, running, no long range walking, etc. until I
> go back to the cardiologist on 02/15/10. Since I was feeling pretty good
> before the stent job I don't expect a lot of improvement. We got home
> about 5:30 pm CST today and now I'm going to go get a shower and then sit
> around in my jammies and sweet talk a little dawg who has been looking for
> me for two days.

Wow, that's some serious lack of flow..glad it all went well and you are
home resting with the ladies! Enjoy the downtime George.

Keith

In article <Z7CdnemaWPm75_7WnZ2dnUVZ_o2dnZ2d@giganews.com>, George
Shirley <gshirl@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> They were afraid to put too much of the radioactive iodine in my
> arteries as my kidneys don't work as well as they used to. So, yesterday
> they took a peak, two arteries on my heart were pretty well plugged, one
> at 99%, the other at a wee bit over 70%. Today at 0900 they put stents
> in both of them. I got to see the before and after pictures and am
> pleased to report that there is once again full blood flow through mine
> heart.
>
> I'm to do no heavy lifting, running, no long range walking, etc. until I
> go back to the cardiologist on 02/15/10. Since I was feeling pretty good
> before the stent job I don't expect a lot of improvement. We got home
> about 5:30 pm CST today and now I'm going to go get a shower and then
> sit around in my jammies and sweet talk a little dawg who has been
> looking for me for two days.


Good to hear it went well, George. SWMBO had her gall bladder out on
Wednesday, and the damned nurse told her "no lifting for two weeks, and
no vacuuming for three years".

Bloody Hell!

djb

George Shirley wrote:
>
> They were afraid to put too much of the radioactive iodine in my
> arteries as my kidneys don't work as well as they used to. So, yesterday
> they took a peak, two arteries on my heart were pretty well plugged, one
> at 99%, the other at a wee bit over 70%. Today at 0900 they put stents
> in both of them. I got to see the before and after pictures and am
> pleased to report that there is once again full blood flow through mine
> heart.
>
> I'm to do no heavy lifting, running, no long range walking, etc. until I
> go back to the cardiologist on 02/15/10. Since I was feeling pretty good
> before the stent job I don't expect a lot of improvement. We got home
> about 5:30 pm CST today and now I'm going to go get a shower and then
> sit around in my jammies and sweet talk a little dawg who has been
> looking for me for two days.


I am happy to hear that the procedure was a relative success. I was
quite worried about you.

Take care of yourself, watch the fat (you really eat andouille?) and
follow doctor's orders, at least for a while. My friends warned me a
cardiac diet was bearable for about two years, max. They were right.

gloria p

"Dave Balderstone" <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote in message
news:290120102125392037%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderst one.ca...
> In article <Z7CdnemaWPm75_7WnZ2dnUVZ_o2dnZ2d@giganews.com>, George
> Shirley <gshirl@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>> They were afraid to put too much of the radioactive iodine in my
>> arteries as my kidneys don't work as well as they used to. So, yesterday
>> they took a peak, two arteries on my heart were pretty well plugged, one
>> at 99%, the other at a wee bit over 70%. Today at 0900 they put stents
>> in both of them. I got to see the before and after pictures and am
>> pleased to report that there is once again full blood flow through mine
>> heart.
>>
>> I'm to do no heavy lifting, running, no long range walking, etc. until I
>> go back to the cardiologist on 02/15/10. Since I was feeling pretty good
>> before the stent job I don't expect a lot of improvement. We got home
>> about 5:30 pm CST today and now I'm going to go get a shower and then
>> sit around in my jammies and sweet talk a little dawg who has been
>> looking for me for two days.
>
>
> Good to hear it went well, George. SWMBO had her gall bladder out on
> Wednesday, and the damned nurse told her "no lifting for two weeks, and
> no vacuuming for three years".
>
> Bloody Hell!
>
> djb


Dave - I had my gall bladder out some time around 1994 and still can't
sufficiently lift a vacuum cleaner more that once a week....

George - glad to hear you're on the mend - enjoy your down time with the mrs
and the dawg be lazy and catch up on watching those movies you wanted
to watch...or the book you wanted to read....PRESERVE your strength!!

Kathi

gloria.p wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>>
>> They were afraid to put too much of the radioactive iodine in my
>> arteries as my kidneys don't work as well as they used to. So,
>> yesterday they took a peak, two arteries on my heart were pretty well
>> plugged, one at 99%, the other at a wee bit over 70%. Today at 0900
>> they put stents in both of them. I got to see the before and after
>> pictures and am pleased to report that there is once again full blood
>> flow through mine heart.
>>
>> I'm to do no heavy lifting, running, no long range walking, etc. until
>> I go back to the cardiologist on 02/15/10. Since I was feeling pretty
>> good before the stent job I don't expect a lot of improvement. We got
>> home about 5:30 pm CST today and now I'm going to go get a shower and
>> then sit around in my jammies and sweet talk a little dawg who has
>> been looking for me for two days.
>
>
> I am happy to hear that the procedure was a relative success. I was
> quite worried about you.
>
> Take care of yourself, watch the fat (you really eat andouille?) and
> follow doctor's orders, at least for a while. My friends warned me a
> cardiac diet was bearable for about two years, max. They were right.
>
> gloria p

I render the andouille somewhat by frying it and pouring off the fat.
I've been on cardiac diets before too. This ain't my first time through
the wringer. 1987 - single coronary bypass, 1994 - two angioplasties,
from 2001 through 2005 I had 43 Transient Ischemic Attacks and four
major strokes, and now, the stents went in. I'm a living tribute to
modern medicine and am very happy that modern medicine has been there
for me. Expensive at times but well worth the money. Considering that
the bypass and the angioplasties were done without the help of insurance.

Sore but feeling good this morning.

Dave Balderstone wrote:
> In article <Z7CdnemaWPm75_7WnZ2dnUVZ_o2dnZ2d@giganews.com>, George
> Shirley <gshirl@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>> They were afraid to put too much of the radioactive iodine in my
>> arteries as my kidneys don't work as well as they used to. So, yesterday
>> they took a peak, two arteries on my heart were pretty well plugged, one
>> at 99%, the other at a wee bit over 70%. Today at 0900 they put stents
>> in both of them. I got to see the before and after pictures and am
>> pleased to report that there is once again full blood flow through mine
>> heart.
>>
>> I'm to do no heavy lifting, running, no long range walking, etc. until I
>> go back to the cardiologist on 02/15/10. Since I was feeling pretty good
>> before the stent job I don't expect a lot of improvement. We got home
>> about 5:30 pm CST today and now I'm going to go get a shower and then
>> sit around in my jammies and sweet talk a little dawg who has been
>> looking for me for two days.
>
>
> Good to hear it went well, George. SWMBO had her gall bladder out on
> Wednesday, and the damned nurse told her "no lifting for two weeks, and
> no vacuuming for three years".
>
> Bloody Hell!
>
> djb

It's the female conspiracy crew Dave. "Just tell him we said not
vacuuming for three years, he's a man, he will believe it." <G>

KW wrote:
> "George Shirley" <gshirl@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:Z7CdnemaWPm75_7WnZ2dnUVZ_o2dnZ2d@giganews.com ...
>> zxcvbob wrote:
>>> On 1/25/2010 12:45 PM, George Shirley wrote:
>>>> I check into the local hospital catherization lab on Thursday,
>>>> 01/28/2020 at 0600 for the arteriogram. With any luck I will come home
>>>> that afternoon. There is a possibility I will have to stay overnight or
>>>> longer, all depends on the results of the catherization and any
>>>> subsequent work that needs to be done. I will get back to y'all when I'm
>>>> home again.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Lighting a candle for ya (and I'm not even Catholic.) Let us know when
>>> it's over.
>>>
>>> Bob
>> They were afraid to put too much of the radioactive iodine in my arteries
>> as my kidneys don't work as well as they used to. So, yesterday they took
>> a peak, two arteries on my heart were pretty well plugged, one at 99%, the
>> other at a wee bit over 70%. Today at 0900 they put stents in both of
>> them. I got to see the before and after pictures and am pleased to report
>> that there is once again full blood flow through mine heart.
>>
>> I'm to do no heavy lifting, running, no long range walking, etc. until I
>> go back to the cardiologist on 02/15/10. Since I was feeling pretty good
>> before the stent job I don't expect a lot of improvement. We got home
>> about 5:30 pm CST today and now I'm going to go get a shower and then sit
>> around in my jammies and sweet talk a little dawg who has been looking for
>> me for two days.
>
> Wow, that's some serious lack of flow..glad it all went well and you are
> home resting with the ladies! Enjoy the downtime George.
>
> Keith
>
>
How can you enjoy yourself when you're at the mercy of two females, one
human, one dawg? DW offered to take me to the Saturday meeting of the
ROMEO's at McDonald's this morning. I would lose my privileges as a
card-carrying old fart if I did that. I will just sulk at home.

In article <Z7CdnemaWPm75_7WnZ2dnUVZ_o2dnZ2d@giganews.com>,
George Shirley <gshirl@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> I'm to do no heavy lifting, running, no long range walking, etc. until I
> go back to the cardiologist on 02/15/10. Since I was feeling pretty good
> before the stent job I don't expect a lot of improvement. We got home
> about 5:30 pm CST today and now I'm going to go get a shower and then
> sit around in my jammies and sweet talk a little dawg who has been
> looking for me for two days.

Lissen here, you old goat! I'm tellin' Miz Anne that you're now calling
her a little dawg!! You better watch yerself!

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller; Pirohy, January 25, 2010
The Pirohy Princess is in the Kitchen

In article <290120102125392037%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone. ca>,
Dave Balderstone <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:

> Good to hear it went well, George. SWMBO had her gall bladder out on
> Wednesday, and the damned nurse told her "no lifting for two weeks, and
> no vacuuming for three years".
>
> Bloody Hell!
>
> djb

Find that nurse for me, Dave!! I wanna buy her some drinks and lunch!

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller; Pirohy, January 25, 2010
The Pirohy Princess is in the Kitchen

In article <ZZmdnfSo4u5zqfnWnZ2dnUVZ_gNi4p2d@giganews.com>,
George Shirley <gshirl@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> How can you enjoy yourself when you're at the mercy of two females, one
> human, one dawg? DW offered to take me to the Saturday meeting of the
> ROMEO's at McDonald's this morning. I would lose my privileges as a
> card-carrying old fart if I did that. I will just sulk at home.

Just like a male‹would rather pout at home than accept an offer of
kindness and consideration.

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller; Pirohy, January 25, 2010
The Pirohy Princess is in the Kitchen