aja8888
Moderator Emeritus
Sorry I haven't checked in for a good while, but life has its moments and I ran into a few bad ones all at the same time. One was a tragic family issue that kept me busy and away, then I hit a bus myself, so to say. The family issue is not totally resolved, and could get worse, but things have settled down. I just can't bring myself to discuss it. I may at a later time to get advice.
For me, I lost sight in my right eye for a few minutes one day and blew it off as I typically do of most things that I should be more concerned about. Then, a few days later, the sight went away again and I decided to go to the ER.
You can guess what happened at that place. A whirlwind of doctors and tests and all kinds of things I never thought would have been going on after I drove to the ER and jaunted into the place.
Consequently, I did not have a stroke. But, was treading on thin ice.
A CAT scan showed a 70% blockage in my right Carotid artery; and my heart rate seems to be 40 BPM at rest and going lower some of the time (mid 30's); and my BP is all over the map. Then, let's throw in a ECG test that shows a heart block (missed beat) frequently.
All this is happening with a guy who is very active, walks 8,000 -10,000 steps per day, plays golf twice each week (weather permitting), and has a history of great LIPID numbers and takes only on one prescription med - (Tamsulosin) for BPH.
The current status of the above mess is that I had a stent put in my neck artery (flow now ~50%), have a heart monitor on for the next two weeks to evaluate the heart block (missed beat) and have been prescribed all the meds that people with high cholesterol take.
As a good friend of mine said to me recently when I was in the hospital, "welcome to becoming an Octogenarian".
For me, I lost sight in my right eye for a few minutes one day and blew it off as I typically do of most things that I should be more concerned about. Then, a few days later, the sight went away again and I decided to go to the ER.
You can guess what happened at that place. A whirlwind of doctors and tests and all kinds of things I never thought would have been going on after I drove to the ER and jaunted into the place.
Consequently, I did not have a stroke. But, was treading on thin ice.
A CAT scan showed a 70% blockage in my right Carotid artery; and my heart rate seems to be 40 BPM at rest and going lower some of the time (mid 30's); and my BP is all over the map. Then, let's throw in a ECG test that shows a heart block (missed beat) frequently.
All this is happening with a guy who is very active, walks 8,000 -10,000 steps per day, plays golf twice each week (weather permitting), and has a history of great LIPID numbers and takes only on one prescription med - (Tamsulosin) for BPH.
The current status of the above mess is that I had a stent put in my neck artery (flow now ~50%), have a heart monitor on for the next two weeks to evaluate the heart block (missed beat) and have been prescribed all the meds that people with high cholesterol take.
As a good friend of mine said to me recently when I was in the hospital, "welcome to becoming an Octogenarian".
I have heard (but don't know,) that those "devices" can fail or false alarm at times. YMMV
