Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Thank you, God. Why me, when others don't come back, I can't say.
1 posted on 12/31/2018 10:22:48 AM PST by JimRed
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies ]


To: JimRed

Your work here on Earth isn’t finished.


2 posted on 12/31/2018 10:25:13 AM PST by BraveMan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: JimRed

Part of His plan for you. He must not be done with you yet.


3 posted on 12/31/2018 10:25:30 AM PST by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: JimRed

"...Thank you, God..."


Indeed. Glad to hear you are doing well and recovering.

4 posted on 12/31/2018 10:25:55 AM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: JimRed
I just had a stress test and then wore a monitor but of course no arrhythmia during that time..I've worn them before and never had it "caught".....

congrats to you for living and thank God and the health care professionals...

5 posted on 12/31/2018 10:27:12 AM PST by cherry (official troll)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: JimRed

Quite amazing. Every day is precious. God bless you.

and thanks for the advice.


6 posted on 12/31/2018 10:30:08 AM PST by PGR88
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: JimRed

Testify, brother, testify!


8 posted on 12/31/2018 10:33:38 AM PST by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: JimRed

Wow, quite a Christmas miracle! Get well soon!

How old did you say you are? Please don’t answer if you don’t want to.


9 posted on 12/31/2018 10:34:02 AM PST by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: JimRed
Wow. Thanks for sharing.

Anything change for you in the last few weeks? Perspective, thoughts, goals, etc? Would love to hear.

10 posted on 12/31/2018 10:34:04 AM PST by ZinGirl (Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: JimRed

I would suggest that you ask Dr. Jim Fixx about heart issues but unfortunately he is deceased. He wrote a book about exercise. He died at 43. They found him in a ditch near his home. He was jogging and dropped dead.

Your story shrinks beside my story:

Triple-bypass in 1988 after years of eating what I wanted when I wanted in large doses. Yes, that is 19eighty-eight! Not a typo. Two or three heart attacks since then.

The original surgeon told me that genetics is the controlling factor - not lifestyle, diet or any other factor. He said that I would have had a heart attack even if I had been a monk.


11 posted on 12/31/2018 10:38:05 AM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Note to all foreigners: GET OUT and STAY OUT!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: JimRed

Haven’t reached your pull date yet.


12 posted on 12/31/2018 10:40:24 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: JimRed

Praise God and His earthly angels that came to your rescue!

You must be part of His plans yet unfinished.

God Bless

7


13 posted on 12/31/2018 10:40:34 AM PST by infool7 (Observe, Orient, Pray, Decide, Act!(it's an OOPDA loop))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: JimRed

14 posted on 12/31/2018 10:41:19 AM PST by MuttTheHoople
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: JimRed

He blessed me with a quad graph in 2006 didn’t have a heart attach but they found all my blocks on Nuclear stress test.
Congrats to you and Happy New Year.


15 posted on 12/31/2018 11:00:27 AM PST by Rappini (Compromise has its place. It's called second.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: JimRed

I came close to death twice in 2018. Short version: if dye was used my remaining kidney would be damaged and be I’d be on dialysis.

A doctor at the VA Hospital (from Iran) has perfected a procedure to place stents with less chance of damage to the kidney. First they drained 14 pounds of water in 4 days which flushed all of the to toxins out of the kidney. The they put the dye in, took some x-rays then flushed the dye out. The next day a cardiologist ballooned one stent, cleaned two and placed a fourth. He went to see my wife raising his fists in the air saying “I did it.”!

My creatinin level was 1.1 after the procedure.

Shortly after the Iranian doctor got notice her visa was up and she would have to go back to Iran 6 months before her studies were complete. She was devastated.

Short version of this is I called a congressman and told his staff the story. Her visa was extended long enough for her to complete her 6 year study.

God is great, my friend. Good luck in 2019!


17 posted on 12/31/2018 11:26:58 AM PST by Terry Mross (I)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: JimRed

Good to have you back! You wouldn’t want to miss the big show in ‘19.


18 posted on 12/31/2018 11:46:31 AM PST by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: JimRed

Why you?

Perhaps, like me, I discovered that is isn’t about me, it’s about who I touch in life and love.

HE didn’t save me for me, HE saved me for others.


19 posted on 12/31/2018 11:56:44 AM PST by Hulka
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: JimRed

Glad to see that you’re still with us!


20 posted on 12/31/2018 12:06:58 PM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: JimRed
Congratulations and thanks be to God!

There is nothing worse than to be sick and stuck in hospital. Watching the Cable and the hospital menu channel. Switching listlessly between the “The secrets of Oak Island” and “Below zero”, one about a corpse buried with treasure, another about freezing people buried with snow, 7 minuets of content stretched to 40 minuets of show! Yes, you may glean information on how to field dress a Musk Ox, but getting permitted is like applying to harvest Bald Eagle!

I digress...

Happy you are alive and well! (Look into taking Coenzyme Q10 and fish oil to help with your heart!)

21 posted on 12/31/2018 12:48:45 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: JimRed
I started having a heart attack last Wednesday (the 26th) at approximately 8:00 am. I recognized it immediately even though I have virtually no medical history at 59 yoa. I called 911 and walked about 100 down to the road. For those that don't know, heart attacks can be freakin painful. I coded 15 minutes into the 30 minute ride. The ambulance met another ambulance and picked up their medic. They did CPR on me for 6 minutes and shocked me twice. At the hospital they cleared and stinted a 100% blockage. That's about as much detail as feel like getting into, but I will tell a quick funny story. One of my monitors was beeping and flashing while I was in ICU. I looked out and every nurse in ICU was looking at me. What I found out later (disclaimer; I'm no doctor) is that I had gone into V tach again. The reason they were staring at me was because when someone is V tach they're not supposed to smile at you and give you a thumbs up. They restarted my rhythm with medication instead of shock. I never felt a thing. One nurse asked another if she had taken my pulse. She said that since I was looking at her and talking to her she was pretty sure I was conscious. I'm typing this from my hospital room because I have not been released yet. Everything looks good, though. Happy New Year!
28 posted on 12/31/2018 5:44:29 PM PST by suthener
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson