OT - Away

I'm glad to hear it was basically a false alarm, and very impressed that you
were out of the ER so quickly.

--
Joy


Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the
difference.

"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
Yes, it was an echocardiogram (which, by my experience at least, differs
from a regular only in the length of time they take (I guess they have to
factor out the heartbeats so need to look at it for ten times as long).
Here is a good article on it if you're interested -
http://www.heartsite.com/html/echocardiogram.html. They also did the EKG
and a chest x-ray.

They were able to determine that the blood clot in my left ventricle has
gotten much smaller since my last cardiac MRI (which is a *lot* different
from a regular MRI and takes 10 times as long with a lot more breath
holding).

One thing that expedited my stay there is that the this hospital's chief
of cardiology is my cardiologist and my PCP has privileges there so they
had easy access to all my files, prior tests and history. Since I'd
*LONG* ago passed my out-of-pocket limit, it was relatively painless and
gave me a good update on where my heart/clot is now (it's been a month or
more since my last visit which helped them track the rate of healing and
dissolution of the clot), and I'm hoping to be able to quit taking the
Warfarin fairly soon (and won't have to push away kneading cats when I've
fallen behind in claw clipping).

--
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"Winnie" wrote in message
...
On Dec 13, 5:14 pm, "CatNipped" wrote:
First, I can't believe I'm back home already, I've never been to a
hospital
ER so efficient (or maybe it was because of what was happening and my
recent
history). I was having chest pain, dizziness and shortness of breath, so,
having congestive heart failure I thought I ought to get my butt in. They
saw me right away, did EKG, echo, etc. Gave me some IV and oral meds,
changed the dosage on my Warfarin, got me stabilized, and sent me home
with
instructions to get my butt in again at the sign of any more symptoms.
Whatever was going on didn't not worsen my heart muscles, so I guess I'm
good to go.

Thank you all for your concern.


So glad to hear this. I was worried about you.
By echo, do you mean echocardiogram?

Winnie
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"CatNipped" wrote in message

...

I won't go into details, but my doctor advised me to get to the ER ASAP.
I'll be away for a while and just wanted to let everyone know I'm not
off
in a snit or anything.

--
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CatNipped
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I know, I don't think I've ever been so quickly seen in an ER - much less
all the tests they did. It had to have been a slow day and, as I mentioned,
the chief of cardiology there is my doctor so he had everything there
already. Still that has to be a record time in the ER - I had to wait for
over 6 hours when I shattered my wrist (and my arm and hand were swollen to
more than twice their size so they knew it wasn't something minor). I guess
it was a good thing that my heart was OK, the shock of that kind of
efficiency in an ER might have stopped it! ;

--
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"Joy" wrote in message
. ..
I'm glad to hear it was basically a false alarm, and very impressed that
you were out of the ER so quickly.

--
Joy


Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the
difference.

"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
Yes, it was an echocardiogram (which, by my experience at least, differs
from a regular only in the length of time they take (I guess they have to
factor out the heartbeats so need to look at it for ten times as long).
Here is a good article on it if you're interested -
http://www.heartsite.com/html/echocardiogram.html. They also did the EKG
and a chest x-ray.

They were able to determine that the blood clot in my left ventricle has
gotten much smaller since my last cardiac MRI (which is a *lot* different
from a regular MRI and takes 10 times as long with a lot more breath
holding).

One thing that expedited my stay there is that the this hospital's chief
of cardiology is my cardiologist and my PCP has privileges there so they
had easy access to all my files, prior tests and history. Since I'd
*LONG* ago passed my out-of-pocket limit, it was relatively painless and
gave me a good update on where my heart/clot is now (it's been a month or
more since my last visit which helped them track the rate of healing and
dissolution of the clot), and I'm hoping to be able to quit taking the
Warfarin fairly soon (and won't have to push away kneading cats when I've
fallen behind in claw clipping).

--
Hugs,

CatNipped
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http://www.professional-geek.com/rpcablog/

"Winnie" wrote in message
...
On Dec 13, 5:14 pm, "CatNipped" wrote:
First, I can't believe I'm back home already, I've never been to a
hospital
ER so efficient (or maybe it was because of what was happening and my
recent
history). I was having chest pain, dizziness and shortness of breath,
so,
having congestive heart failure I thought I ought to get my butt in.
They
saw me right away, did EKG, echo, etc. Gave me some IV and oral meds,
changed the dosage on my Warfarin, got me stabilized, and sent me home
with
instructions to get my butt in again at the sign of any more symptoms.
Whatever was going on didn't not worsen my heart muscles, so I guess I'm
good to go.

Thank you all for your concern.


So glad to hear this. I was worried about you.
By echo, do you mean echocardiogram?

Winnie
--
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CatNipped
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"CatNipped" wrote in message

...

I won't go into details, but my doctor advised me to get to the ER
ASAP.
I'll be away for a while and just wanted to let everyone know I'm not
off
in a snit or anything.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped
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On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:20:14 -0600, CatNipped wrote:

I won't go into details, but my doctor advised me to get to the ER ASAP.
I'll be away for a while and just wanted to let everyone know I'm not
off in a snit or anything.

I just had a round of that last week. Wednesday evening I had the worst
pain ever, so I drove myself to the ER. I had had a retroperitoneal
hematoma. By 1:30 in the morning, I was in IC at the University Hospital
after a two hour ambulance ride. Apparently my prostate cancer has
spread and is trying to kill me. This time, it didn't succeed.

--
Ted Davis )

I'm so sorry to hear that, Ted. Mega healing purrs coming your way.
Fortunately, my symptoms turned out to be only a scare.

Good luck, and please let us know how things go.

--
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CatNipped
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"Ted Davis" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:20:14 -0600, CatNipped wrote:

I won't go into details, but my doctor advised me to get to the ER ASAP.
I'll be away for a while and just wanted to let everyone know I'm not
off in a snit or anything.

I just had a round of that last week. Wednesday evening I had the worst
pain ever, so I drove myself to the ER. I had had a retroperitoneal
hematoma. By 1:30 in the morning, I was in IC at the University Hospital
after a two hour ambulance ride. Apparently my prostate cancer has
spread and is trying to kill me. This time, it didn't succeed.

--
Ted Davis )

My friend George just went through this kind of cancer surgery and has been
cancer free for a year. They can get it. Purrs and prayers.
"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
I'm so sorry to hear that, Ted. Mega healing purrs coming your way.
Fortunately, my symptoms turned out to be only a scare.

Good luck, and please let us know how things go.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped
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http://www.professional-geek.com/rpcablog/

"Ted Davis" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:20:14 -0600, CatNipped wrote:

I won't go into details, but my doctor advised me to get to the ER ASAP.
I'll be away for a while and just wanted to let everyone know I'm not
off in a snit or anything.

I just had a round of that last week. Wednesday evening I had the worst
pain ever, so I drove myself to the ER. I had had a retroperitoneal
hematoma. By 1:30 in the morning, I was in IC at the University Hospital
after a two hour ambulance ride. Apparently my prostate cancer has
spread and is trying to kill me. This time, it didn't succeed.

--
Ted Davis )

My brother has prostate cancer. He had the radioactive chip implanted and
we're hoping that will kill it. Cancer is a terrible disease, with harsh
cures to endure. I wish good luck to anyone who has to go through that.

--
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"Granby" wrote in message
...
My friend George just went through this kind of cancer surgery and has
been cancer free for a year. They can get it. Purrs and prayers.
"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
I'm so sorry to hear that, Ted. Mega healing purrs coming your way.
Fortunately, my symptoms turned out to be only a scare.

Good luck, and please let us know how things go.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped
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http://www.professional-geek.com/rpcablog/

"Ted Davis" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:20:14 -0600, CatNipped wrote:

I won't go into details, but my doctor advised me to get to the ER
ASAP.
I'll be away for a while and just wanted to let everyone know I'm not
off in a snit or anything.

I just had a round of that last week. Wednesday evening I had the worst
pain ever, so I drove myself to the ER. I had had a retroperitoneal
hematoma. By 1:30 in the morning, I was in IC at the University
Hospital
after a two hour ambulance ride. Apparently my prostate cancer has
spread and is trying to kill me. This time, it didn't succeed.

--
Ted Davis )

It's possible to survive cancer. I did.
It's past 5 years now since they took that tumour away on my ovary. By the
time they operated it was the size of a baby.
I had to borrow maternity clothes
I'm still here. Lots of luck Ted. Don't always believe what they tell you.
I was told to prepare to die. So I did.
Tweed

"Granby" wrote in message
...
My friend George just went through this kind of cancer surgery and has
been cancer free for a year. They can get it. Purrs and prayers.
"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
I'm so sorry to hear that, Ted. Mega healing purrs coming your way.
Fortunately, my symptoms turned out to be only a scare.

Good luck, and please let us know how things go.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped
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See the RPCA FAQ site, by Mark Edwards, at:
http://www.professional-geek.com/rpcablog/

"Ted Davis" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:20:14 -0600, CatNipped wrote:

I won't go into details, but my doctor advised me to get to the ER
ASAP.
I'll be away for a while and just wanted to let everyone know I'm not
off in a snit or anything.

I just had a round of that last week. Wednesday evening I had the worst
pain ever, so I drove myself to the ER. I had had a retroperitoneal
hematoma. By 1:30 in the morning, I was in IC at the University
Hospital
after a two hour ambulance ride. Apparently my prostate cancer has
spread and is trying to kill me. This time, it didn't succeed.

--
Ted Davis )