4 stents later and i'm home sweet home

Wow Delta,  You have been though so much but we are glad you are home now.  Get lots of rest.  We are still waiting to hear from Aldo, I hope he is doing okay....

Hello Mrs. Delta :)

Geeze you have been through the mill, as we say in Bammyland. G-d bless you some more please!

Your experiences in the horsepistol sound so familiar :) You stayed on that hard, cold table a long time! Yes I think the Ole Master may have been in charge during your procedure. Probably mine too. I came real close to getting a scar, like you have, running down your chest. That table gave me a backache I tell you.

I hope that you are doing well today :) I am full of smiles, just because I woke up again this morning. We had stormy weather yesterday but it just didn't bother me....Bet you had some too...

Pleeze stop the habit now! Ok? I am trying so hard to quit smoking. I actually stopped for 5 full days, or more. I broke down and have smoked only a few, but I will stop I know. You might say "yeah, when they plant you", ha ha ha, but I think before :)

I was googling "smoking after heart disease" or something like that, and found an article entitled "surgery to stop smoking". I thought, cool I'll have that surgery. I was thinking maybe it was something like a mini-lobotomy...Well it turned out to show that after any surgery, all the anesthesias and drugs generally given, get you through nicotine withdrawal really well. It makes quitting smoking easy!

I also found an article about statistics on long time smokers with chronic heart disease showing a group that had quit smoking after being diagnosed, and a group that continued smoking, after being diagnosed. I guess the researchers were trying to answer this question; "Is The Damage Already Done, After Many Years of Smoking?" Well the data shows that the smarter of the 2 groups had a better chance for survival. Nicotine and other chemicals in cigarette smoke attack our arteries causing arteriosclerosis, which causes them to constrict, get smaller and harder. I will find the article for you if you like, as for now I am wishing you the best of health

Congratulations on surviving :) and now lets try to get that EF up about 35 points, to 50! Your heart muscle has a much better blood supply, so try to exercise some, but only as you can. You are a professional and I know you understand that. I have exercised for the past 2 days, but I will rest today. I wanna keep these stents open, and I am motivated to stop smoking so I can stop hospitals visits!!!! I have averaged one cath every 6 months for the past (almost) 3 years.

RJ

Delta hasn't been online since Wednesday night...I hope she is okay

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~elisha

Oh, I am sorry dreamgirl...I just rush around and forget things so easily.  Uhmmm, we had Hopes, Tony78, and Delta came (I dont think I forgot anyone?).  We also had some people from the fibro site come over but I think that was just because we were the only ones in the chat rooms.