My last 4 weeks

I posted part of this on my Barred Owl thread but I'll put it here so everyone knows whats going on.

Anyway on December 2nd my wife texted me she was at her Dr's and he sent her to a heart specialist who in turn told her to go to Centenary Hospital in Scarbrough.

When I got home she came in just after me and looked fine and told me it was too much for her so she stayed home. Next morning were up having coffee she looks fine I'm off with the camera 20 mins later I get a text from her she wants to go to emerg no time to tell the guysI have to go. I'm gone home pick her up and in 45 mins have her at ajax emerg. they put the heart monitors on and tell her she there till monday when they will transport her to Centenary.

11pm saturday night get a text from the SIL saying she (My wife) is going to sign herself out back to the hospital to talk her outta that :madman:
Monday she's off to Centenary for a catheter after the pics she needs 4 Stents 2 that day to open and artery that was 99% blocked. All went well and she was back home tuesday by noon but ned to back for 2 more December 19th.

Yes she had a Heart Attack they don't know when or how she worked through it

well she has them in place and doing great it was a wake up call for both of us.

We are both eating better and quitting smoking we are already down aprox 6 cartons of smokes in the last 3 weeks yes we smoked alot :ashamed: we should be smoke free in about 3 weeks :D

anyway she is doing great

Good news Rodbender!
Excellent job cutting down smoking in preparation to quit.
I'm rooting for you both.
....won't bug you for pictures...you might, "snap" ;) LOL
You and your wife just take it easy, try to relax and hang in there....you can do this!!!!
Sleep as much as you can.
You are going to be very tired and probably grumpy too.
Then one day you will wake up feeling like a brand new you.
Honest.

My daughter and I quit smoking 16 years ago. She quit "cold turkey",but,I used a Zyban-type stuff for a month that took care of the irritability and mood swings,lost a bunch of weight,quit eating crap and got a lot more active. So far,so good. Good Luck to you. All the best.

Best of luck and merry xmas and happy new year.

Hope all works out for the both of you. Consider it a new beginning. Take the money you were spending on smokes and put it in a jar and use it for vacations. Hopefully in no time your wife will be feeling like a new person.

A wake up call indeed. Glad to hear she is doing well and hope she has a speedy recovery. Wishing you the very best in 2017....

Best K, do the things you gotta do.
The physical habit is the hardest to break. Always a couple schools of thought on this but you could pick up a good vape with either 3mg nic initially or zero nic.

Best wishes to you and your wife.I quit cold turkey Sept/2014. My wife says she wants to but hasn't yet. Good luck and good health!

I quit smoking back in 2003. Hardest thing I ever did, it wasn't my first attempt, either, but I stuck through it. Sorry to hear about your run of bad news.

I wish your wife and yourself a happier and healthier 2017.

Rodbender,

Dealing with what you are going through is tough but this time of year is tougher. I feel for you. I really hope everything sorts itself out for you guys.

Dyth

I haven't smoked for something like 50 years but I went through the heart valve thing a few years ago. What will always amaze me is the quality of the surgery and the quick recovery time. Glad to hear things are going well for both you guys and best news is that you're trying to quick smoking.

Great to hear things are on the upswing for you and your wife.
Lifestyle changes are a huge part of our lives as we get older, although some are forced on us before we are ready to accept them.
I know I would have taken better care of my body if I thought I was going to live this long, but when you are in your twenties and having a blast, your health, retirement plans and other minor issues just don't jump into your life plans.
Best of luck for both of you in the future and have a great holiday season.
John

Thanks everyone Urs is doing great I can't believe how fast they can do this and is just through a vein in your wrist :D

Wow, things can happen fast. It was good to see you the other Day Kevin and hope the wife recovers fully, brother had the same thing about 5 years ago and now walks 6-10 km every day.

Have a great 2017.

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Wow, things can happen fast. It was good to see you the other Day Kevin and hope the wife recovers fully, brother had the same thing about 5 years ago and now walks 6-10 km every day.

Have a great 2017.

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Great to see you too the cookies were a big hit with the girls thanks again :D

Glad she is on the road to recovery RB.

Went through the same thing last year. I only ended up with one stent, I don't know either, how she survived her heart attack with so much blockage. Centenary Hospital has an amazing cardiac unit!!
I quit smoking in 2005 . Used the patch and I didn't kill anybody. Best of luck to your wife. Merry Christmas.

Sounds like you had a cannon shot across your bow, yep that is quite the warning shot.

Time to change course .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvRYd8U7qGY

With time, work and God's blessings may 2017 be the start of many more good years.


* Quitting smoking and lifestyle changes will be hard work

Sorry you went thru this but happy the outcome is positive, the stopping smoking part will have the biggest impact on your health and well being, its not easy and will take multiple attempts, if you do smoke don't assume you failed, next morning you get up and carry on not smoking, you have to get to the point not smoking is the norm, I quit 8 years ago, toughest thing you'll ever do, most gratifying thing you'll ever accomplish. Good luck.

One never knows what the next day holds. Very glad your wife is doing so well Kevin.

Man... you had me worried there (nothing close to what you went through) but I'm really glad to hear how it turned out. I was scared away from ever starting to smoke by a father who could do ANYTHING he put his mind to but struggled with quitting smoking. I remember a comic saying "Quitting smoking is the easiest thing in the world to do..... I've done it hundreds of times!"
Anyways, glad your wife is doing well, they've got this nasty habit of growing on you.

That's scary stuff RB. Glad to hear she is doing better. I've read some strange reports on heart attacks in women. From what I remember reading they're not always as obvious as they are in men.

Keep up the good work on ditching the smokes for good!

Back in the eighties I spent a week in intensive care at Whitby after a heart attack. Took six months for the bypass at St Mikes. They told me that if I quit smoking and was really lucky I might see 2000. Quit smoking AGAIN in 2011 using Champex....

Kev!! Man, that's terrible to hear. I'm glad all has worked out so far. Good luck with the smoking!

FishFrenzy

All the best to you and yours and here's to a speedy recover!

Thanks folks She is going to here heart specialist tomorrow will update then but she is doing great :D

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Thanks folks She is going to here heart specialist tomorrow will update then but she is doing great :D

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Fingers crossed for good news :)

Great News everyone wife was at the heart specialist today and he said all is good she goes back to work monday with modified work hours and duty's https://nikonites.com/images/smilies/biggrin.png

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Great News everyone wife was at the heart specialist today and he said all is good she goes back to work monday with modified work hours and duty's https://nikonites.com/images/smilies/biggrin.png

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Excellent news :)
I look forward to seeing your pictures when I get back.
Cheers!

Beauty, great to hear!

Thanks guys she's happy to back at work not bored sitting at home :D

Great news Kev! I'm glad everything's working out.

FishFrenzy

Hey RB...

Haven't been on here much lately. Glad to hear your wife is on the mend.
Congrats on your life changes...they are not easy...stick with it.

FSHN 247
Jay

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Great news Kev! I'm glad everything's working out.

FishFrenzy

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Hey RB...

Haven't been on here much lately. Glad to hear your wife is on the mend.
Congrats on your life changes...they are not easy...stick with it.

FSHN 247
Jay

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Thanks Matt and Jay she's doing great were off to Florida Feb 13th for some relaxation and warmth :D

Enjoy, spring training starts for the Ball teams on the 14th. :) :)

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Enjoy, spring training starts for the Ball teams on the 14th. :) :)

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Congrats to your wife. I like how think Mac. Tampas' nice this time of year!!

I'm glad things worked out for you and your wife - it is also a wake up call to anyone else who is still smoking - for Pete's sake stop - over the Christmas holidays I called up a old friend of mine - hadn't talk to him for years - when he got on the phone I could hardly hear him - he said that he only has 30% of his lungs working - he could only talk to me for a couple minutes - carries a oxygen tank around with him all the time - I remember him smoking all the time when we were young -