Mr_Magoo's Wake Up Call

self | 11-23-2002 | Mr_Magoo

[Bob J]

Good to have you back MM, I hope all is well..now!

[mafree]

Thanks for sharing your story with us. I'm 45 with high cholestrol and I had a lot of heart-type exams and tests about a year ago. Haven't made the changes I perhaps should make but I will and I'll get that heart scan.

[Azbushgal]

I am just back on and thrilled that Mr. Magoo survived. Thanks to all fellow Freepers! Glory to God in the highest!

[exit82]

In case no one has told you lately Laz, you're a good man. Glad to hear you are making the most of a second chance.

[technochick99]

Glad to see you're still fighting! I went for a heart and body scan myself a couple of weeks ago. No plaque whatsoever. Seeing my heart on the screen made it VERY real to me.

[eureka!]

Thankfully you are okay. Well said, indeed gripping. Wise words too....

[Lazamataz]

In case no one has told you lately Laz, you're a good man. Glad to hear you are making the most of a second chance.

Thank you. I certainly have many flaws and areas to work on, but we all continue to develop and work on ourselves throughout our life.

Second chances are hard to come by. Magoo got one. In some ways, I did. In some ways, I did not. Healthy living is important from a physical, spiritual, and emotional level. I have learned this, and many other things.

[Askel5]

Me= [Deer in headlights look]

Given all you've been through, I won't correct your spelling on "deer".

How are things going?

[Mr_Magoo]

Each day I feel a bit better.

Monday, 12-9, I am to take a post-op stress test. The following week I am to start Phase II rehab, which is 3x per week EKG monitored excercise sessions in the hospital.

I hope to return to work in March.

[Askel5]

Hey, a little bit's a little bit. I wish you the patience to enjoy a steady recovery to full strength. I'll be keeping you and your family in my prayers, Mr. Magoo.

[gunner03]

Six years ago today, I had a massive heart attack. I had never been sick in my life, perfect BP, no history of heart problems in my family. I went through all that you went through, except I coded three times. The last thing I heard was a nurse saying "we're loosing him" and then darkness. According to the DR., they were up to the highest setting on the defibulator. Thank God, it wasn't my time.

[Petruchio]

Wow! Time flies. It does not seem like it, but it was 2 years ago tonight that I had the heart attack. A lot has changed in those 2 years. My screen name for one. And I took some time off from posting.

During the rehab period, I did have 2 TIA events. They are kinda like a baby stroke. All I lost was the feeling in my hands so it ain't so bad. It took almost a year to get to where I could walk 7 miles a day and return to work.

The down side is I went on disability in August of this year due to Rheumatoid arthritis. I still don't smoke or drink, and I still try and excersise as I am able. Some days are better than others.

One thing that has not changed is my knowing that life is a wonderful gift. Each day I wake up and thank God that I did wake up. I know the day will come when I wake up dead, and I will be able to thank God in person for the GREAT Life He has given me.

[ru4liberty]

Thank you for sharing your experience with us. It got my attention!

[Petruchio]

Your Welcome.

Looking back, I am glad I went through it. Glass is fragile until you temper it, and in a way so are we.

[KC Burke]

Merrry Christmas, Mr_Magoo. Its nice to be able to say that. You be careful, now, yah hear?

[t_skoz]

I'm 24 years old... I am trying hard to quit smoking cigarettes and eat right, and to excersize NOW while I still can... My father smoked and ate horrible food all his life, until a quadruple bypass at 43 years old. I was 13 years old and I was sure he was dead as they wheeled him past me.

My mother's father had 4 heart attacks ALREADY and had to retire at 45!!!! He smoked too and told me that I should never smoke (I didn't take his advice).

So here I am at 24, already my dad busts on me every day for smoking and eating burgers and not excersizing, when he says the Lord has blessed him with a second chance. And my grandfather is dead since I was 18.

God bless you, there is life after bypass... I am just hoping that I can quit smoking and start excersizing before I ever have to worry about Coronary Artery Disease (which i'm sure I have)

I will pray for you if you'll pray for me!!!!


God bless and merry Christmas!

:-)

[Paulus Invictus]

Thanks Mr. Magoo! My experience was similar, but not that drastic. I casually mentioned to the doc's receptionist that I had experienced some pain in my jaw. The next thing I knew I was in the hospital where they did an angiogram, found a big lump of plaque in one coronary artery, had a quick angioplasty with a stent placed in the artery, and presto! I'm back to normal. Ain't modern medicine great? 20 years ago it would not have been posssible. Count our blessings this Christmas day! (and I do).

[Lancey Howard]

(( ping ))

Magoo, you haven't posted in over two years.
I hope you see this and send back an a-ok.

Regards,
LH

[Sally'sConcerns]

http://www.freerepublic.com/~petruchio/

Mr_Magoo changed his name to petruchio, here's a link to his FR homepage.

[Lancey Howard]

Whew! Thanks for the heads-up!

Regards,
LH