Bertha Venation
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Thu Dec-11-08 05:06 PM
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That's the last time I admit to tightness in the chest. |
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Edited on Thu Dec-11-08 05:23 PM by Bertha Venation
Now I have to have a stress test, echo, myo-something, and the dreaded Holter monitor! UGH.
When will I learn to suffer in silence?*
This is truly no big deal. I was the first infant in California to have open-heart surgery; the symptom and the tests are old hat to me. I just hate the tests. Grr.
* don't lecture; I'm kidding about silence.
edited for a misspelling
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The empressof all
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Thu Dec-11-08 05:10 PM
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1. Oy...always better to be safe than sorry |
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The Holter monitors the easy part and the rest of the stuff will just ease your mind. I had a 3 hour emergency room visit with some tightness a few years ago...It was the result of a major binge on Altoids. Who knew that peppermints could make you feel like you were dying?
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Bertha Venation
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Thu Dec-11-08 05:25 PM
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Note to self: avoid Altoids. :)
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Thu Dec-11-08 05:12 PM
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2. Holter was an interesting character |
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He was a Montanan, and dabbled in making sculptures by putting a sheet of metal over an explosive and detonating all. Made beaucoup money on his monitor invention.
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Bertha Venation
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Thu Dec-11-08 05:24 PM
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I tend to see people I don't know personally in one dimension. It's a character flaw. I'm always surprised when I hear things like this - that the man who invented that monitor was a sculptor of sorts. Thanks for the education. :)
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Thu Dec-11-08 05:57 PM
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7. I saw a documentary about him on public tv years ago |
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looked like he was really enjoying himself blowing stuff up. I'd forgotten all about it until I read your comment.
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Thu Dec-11-08 06:43 PM
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8. I watched him do it once. (eom) |
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Thu Dec-11-08 05:27 PM
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5. You better take care! We need our bestest cat lover around! |
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Thu Dec-11-08 05:39 PM
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6. Are you kidding? If I left them all for Mrs. V. to take care of alone, |
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Thu Dec-11-08 06:51 PM
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9. Oh, I've been through all that |
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not the surgery. But I had a major MI due to a coronary aneurysm (only those who have them are allowed to spell them) and lost 10-15% of my heart. That was almost 15 years ago, but even now I somehow give it away even if I don't say anything. I'll just be sitting there and husband will say "Are you all right?" Hate the monitors and the nuclear stress tests and the friggin' blood tests.
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