Once again it's the middle of the night and I'm prowling my empire in search of something to occupy my idle hands. Been going back and fro debating with myself over adding a post here but didn't want to wake all you sleeping beauties. Then I thought, hey they can suffer with me, so without further ado...
Just celebrated the anniversary of my OHS, the beginning of my journey down this road, and like many it brought back a lot of memories. After they told me I had heart disease, I recall thinking how is this possible, I'm young, virile, full of life. The refrain we hear far too often from newbies. I just returned from a snow mobiling adventure and things went downhill. When the specialists finally figured out what was happening they had my wife contact the kids to come to say good-bye.
You've all been there so I'll skip the details. Everything coming out of the doctors mouths was grim, and while they were doing my cath test I had another heart attack. They were convinced I wouldn't make it without a transplant and even then they doubted my longevity. I declined the transplant and opted for an overhaul of the old equipment. Fast forward 5 weeks and 3 hospitals later and I was pardoned for bad behavior. As I was leaving the surgeon informed my wife I had less than a year to live.
Discovering I had not employed all the doctors in town, I went into a fourth hospital to get a defibrillator crammed into my chest just weeks after my release.
I've had several ER and urgent care visits since, and every doctor I see is astonished I'm still alive. Each time I see my Cardiologist he informs me I'm failing and to be sure and pay my bill on the way out. Well, Feb 1st, I started year 15 and have no intention of departing this life just yet, wanna walk my daughter down the aisle and she ain't even dating.
So whats my point other than waking you all, well it's this...no matter how deep the fertilizer is in life remember roses will still grow. To you newbies, have faith this ain't the end of the road just the starting of a new journey.
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Warren
TucsonAZ
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