Ok people. Happy guy Cheezedawg here with the good news (or bad depending on your prespective) about what happened last week. I've been getting phone calls, emails, and texts from people and friends I havent seen since grade school. So I figured I would let everyone here know about it as soon as possible and maybe avoid more discussion about it. To make it easy, I will just tell everything. I had some dental work on feb 2. I thought everything was fine until feb 12th i started feeling sick. I had some tooth pain and swollen lymph glands usually associated with a sinus infection. The next day, the pain had graduated into neck, shoulder and upper chest pain. I continued to drive my truck thinking I would just take some antibiotics when i got home and get rid of the infection. By 3PM I made it home.... but just barely. The pain was now incredible. So I went to the ER. Turns out I didnt have an infection afterall. I had been having a heart attack for the past two days. The doctor rushed me up to surgery and broke up the blood clot clogging my heart. He stuck some cathater up thru my leg to heart to do this. Then I spent the next three days in recovery. When they finally decide to discharge me, they discovered that I am a diabetic. So now on top of giving up Cigarettes, I have to give up food with taste, and stick myself everyday with needles to gather my blood sugar level. Fun times FUCK! Was I lucky in living through this? A heart attack at 34 is nearly unheard of.
same thing happened to a guy I know.... then his kid got ahold of his Coumadin (medication) and almost died. you are very lucky .. but your luck can and will run out if you dont change lifestyle. Glad you are ok. And good to hear form you.
You quit smoking and tasteless food will suddenly have taste. Congrats on the recovery. If you can find a different occupation I would recommend it trucking is not a healthy lifestyle. I was a diesel mechanic from 94 to 99 and saw a lot of unhealthy truckers and a few die.
Well, shit! What do you do now? I hope that you're feeling better. Glad it wasn't worse. My step-uncle died last summer of a heart attack. No one had any idea he had heart problems. One minute he was talking and the next minute he was dead. I'm not trying to scare you, just reinterating how lucky you are, in a way, you know? It's serious shit and I hope they get your sorted out!
Not much to say. Not smoking sucks. This fat free/sugar free food sucks. Lying around all day playing Fallout 3 ..... well that doesnt suck so much. But not being able to do jackshit other than that does. My job is telling me that if I'm not back to work by friday then I'm fired. In this wonderful economy.... another job is gonna be hard to find. Oh well. I can always suck on the end of my 12 guage if things get too bad.
Tomorrow marks my 11th week without cigarettes. You'll forget you ever used to do it. Aren't you glad you specified "no cheese" on your pink tacos that time you rolled through SA...
In a while, you'll end up hating the smell of cigarettes. I do. It's been over a year since I smoked and I don't miss it one bit. I even went through some really stressful situations and managed through them without smoking and the last big one, I didn't even think about it. It just takes time. Fuck your job. Are you on FMLA? If not, you should be. Those dicks can't fire you if you are. That's bullshit. You had a fucking heart attack and they want to add stress to your life? That pisses me off. Sugar free stuff sucks. The only thing I can think of that tastes okay with the fake sugar is cherry kool aid. You'll find stuff to eat though. Once you get your body somewhat back to normal, you can eat sugar again. I know diabetics that do. I've had to give up a lot of stuff with my stomach problems. I would love to eat nachos and salsa or onion rings or a bean burrito, but the consequences would be too rough, so I eat bland shit and deal with it. You'll be okay.
No cheese was the right decision. Im bored as hell. Anyone know any good RPGs for Playstation 3? I'm stuck in the house for another 6 weeks with nothing to do.
I don't even know a single pitiful soul that actually bought one of those consoles. Wish I could help.
Hey John, I just read this and learned about your heart attack. Jesus, man. What have you been doing to yourself? I never imagined you to be some kind of a health-nut but a heart attack at 34? That's pretty rare. What did the doctors tell you to do? It sounds like they want you to stay off your feet. I have always heard that they tell you to get out and start exercising soon after a heart attack to strengthen your heart again. I hope you're recovering ok. Give me a call some time if you like. I'm back in MD again for a while.
Sorry to hear about that. Heart attacks at a young age can be from cocaine which can cause premature atherosclerosis as well as heart attacks or from familial hypercholesterolemia. I'm sure the cardiologist has put you on some cholesterol meds. Hypertension also facilitates coronary artery disease.
There is no FMLA for me. I've only been a company driver with this place for 9 months. Need 12 in order to qualify for FMLA. Of course I was an owner-operator leased to them for 6 months before that.... but they didnt care. They fired me and came for my truck 2 days ago. I am on Chlosterol meds right now. However, my level was only 210. Slightly high... but not enough to cause a heart attack at 34. More than likely this was a flluke. Somehow a plaque clot broke free and clogged up one of the arteries in my heart. It might have even been from some dental work I had done the week before. While its true I'm not a health nut, I haven't exactly been in poor health. A few extra pounds over the past few years, a two pack a day habit, and some fucking diabeties I never knew about probally all contributed to it. Right now, I've dropped from 206lbs to about 190. I'm exericising 30 minutes a day and keeping to my low-sugar diet. When all is said and done, my heart should be back up to speed in another 3 weeks, my chlosterol should be down to average and hopefully the diabeties will go away when the next 30 pounds falls off. Still, I'm going to have to stay on my "special" diet to keep the weight off... and driving a truck across the country isn't condusive to that. This probally will end my career. On a good note, perhaps I can go back to stripping for gay men for a living. My supple 34 year old body with it's loose untanned skin and my balding head is sure to drive them digging deeper into their pockets than ever before!
