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2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted May 25, 2010
Sadly not digestion....
Sorry shoudl have updated on here sooner but I had to do dinner and stuff...
He's had an angiogram, angioplasty, one or more stents put in (I guess to the coronary artery[s], and is to be kept in for about two days... He'll have a nice collection of drugs, I'm guessing statins, some kind of anti clotting/thining thing, stuff to reduce cholesterole, and blood pressure etc... And, they even told him to stop smoking... Mind he probably shoudln't have tried doing it on the ward...
No really clear information from anyone as they're always bluddy useless at hearing what is being said, remembering what is being said, and knowing what is important... Its a bit like Chinese whispers I guess...
So he shoudl be out in a couple days, but they won't want him having any visitors then, as they're really interested from what I recall, in the first week or so, in trying* to keep the patient as stable as possible to reduce risks of second episode, They don't even like you walking about or such like in those first few days afterwards, which I know he'll find neigh on impossible
By the sounds of it he's not feeling that* awful; He ate food in the hospital, then sent my brother down to get him some sandwichs and choc from the concourse downstairs May attempt to visit whilst he's in hospital if I can, just so maybe I can speak to a doctor there, as otherwise, no one will ever know any of the details, about the severity or such like as they're all so terrible at hearing what doctors say, let alone at understanding and remembering it
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Granny Weatherwax - ACE - Hells Belle, Mother-in-Law from the Pit - Haunting near you on Saturday Posted May 25, 2010
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You can call me TC Posted May 25, 2010
You'll cheer him up and the doctors will hopefully be more coherent with you once they realise they're dealing with someone who knows what they're talking about.
We'll feed the Chinchilla while you're gone - don't worry about that.
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2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted May 25, 2010
I'll have to see if I can make it to the hospital in the next few days whilst he's still there, Maybe tommorrow I can find out some more and stuff and thanks everyone
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Magwitch - My name is Mags and I am funky. Posted May 25, 2010
If you should need us...
If you should *ever* need us...
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted May 26, 2010
Smoking on the ward after a coronary event Now I think we know where you get your, er... character from 2legs
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2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted May 26, 2010
I don't think even my Father would dare try smoking on the ward... Hospitals are so* anti smoking now... actually we both got told off by security last time we were at the same hospital a year or so back for some scan I was having, as we both lit up on entering the carpark...
Hopefully he'll just quit again, he gave up for a few years some time bac, but restarted again Its a bad idea to smoke though once you've got the stents in as it makes em a lot* more prone to building up gunk on them and restricting the blood flow
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted May 26, 2010
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2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted May 26, 2010
He oughta be leaving the hospital tommorrow and going home... So I should be able to speak to him at some point tommorrow
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You can call me TC Posted May 27, 2010
Yeah - keep us posted. I feel I know your Dad - we've been following his antics for years.
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2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted May 27, 2010
Unfortunately I think his antics may be somewaht curtailed by this... Well at least they should be, I dunno.... maybe there is something* in what these doctor types say about smoking, drinking and eating the wrong food not being that* good a thing to do
Of course... Quite how much he'll pay attention to what the docs say and adjust his lifestyle accordingly is another matter; The most difficult bit and I was talking to S last night about this, will be to try* and make him rest and recover etc., for a period at least... I knwo as soon as he's out, and by the sound of it, he's alreayd not feeling that* bad, he'll want to go out and start chopping wood cutting down trees and cutting the grass and basically getting back into work : True he's been talking about reducing work for years now, since he 'retired' but he only really reduced what he was doing a bit, as he just gets boared if he's not doing 'stuff'
I guess he will at least obey them and quit smoking, well he did it before for a couple of years so at least he knows he can do it... Weather the bacon goes off the menu is another matter entirely
He had certainly cut back the amoutn of booze he drinks when he was ill with all the diverticulosis stuff, and that may be one annoying thing, as with the drugs he'll be on, I guess mainly due to the blood thinning effects of the one you have to take for 12 months, he'll not be able to have his hernia sorted out until after that
I may buy him a new set of fishing gear, as he was talking about restarting that a while ago, and perhaps if he does cut the work down he can start spending more time just sitting by the river fishing... Mind, that never exactly stopped him getting in trubble before
Hopefully will find out later and get to speak to him, if indeed he is let out today
I'll wait a week or two before going down to see him,as they apparently recommend that they don't have lots of visitors and such like for a week or two whilst recovery is still in its main stages
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2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted May 28, 2010
The idea he was being released yesterday was just another bit of Chinese whisper But he is* coming home today, probably oughta be on the road by now
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Hypatia Posted May 28, 2010
I'm glad he's out of the hospital. Dredful places, hospitals. Let's hope he behaves himself and keeps improving. He especially needs to stop smoking and watch the sugars and starches. Heart disease and diabetes seem to go hand in hand.
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2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted May 28, 2010
Sugar and starches?; but that is exactly the food recommended by the NHS, british heart foundation and severl other sources I found online; they recomended reducing meat, dairy etc, and increasing oily fish, veg, breads grains and pastas and such like
I'll try giving them a call in a bit see if they're back yet
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