Back in the horse-pistol again

Yah, I don't tote a wallet either. Keep my driver's lic. and a cupple of pieces of plastic in a shirt or jacket pocket, cash in pants pocket. Idon't wear a medal, Saint Kit or anyone else, but I do wear what is known as a maka'u lei, a fish-hook carved from bone, suspended on a cord around the neck just like a necklace or lei. I can hook an ID over that.

Hi Andrei, I’m sorry to hear you’re not doing well. Thinking positive thoughts for you Mister!

Thankee, jc. All kind thoughts are appreciated.

Can't think of anything to say other than the usual platitudes. Get better soon, and don't think you're fooling anyone, this is just an excuse to flirt with some pretty nurses.

Andrew: hang in there. I wish for you a speedy recovery and return to normalcy. Once they stabilitze and iron out dosage of meds, here's to your happy/happier existence.

I sure can empathize, being an arrhythmia dude myself. I'm also a recipient of a defib-pacemaker and am a member of a family of heart issues/arrhythmia dudes and dudettes.

((((((((Merry))))))))) ~ thoughts for you... lotsa posi-thoughts. x

Thanx, Iz. I still remember how you figuratively 'held my hand' when I was in for surgery back there in 2008.

Still squeezing your hand... hugs and love too. ((((Merry)))) x

Merry, get well soon!!! Good wishes winging their way to you!!

I know you were hoping we'd all forgotten about this so you wouldn't be nagged.

Sooooo, what's the status? Are you getting fixed up? Are you seeking whatever help from the state of Hawaii you can receive to travel to the place that will fix you up?

Thank you so much for your continuing concern, Butrflynet. Yer right -- I was hoping this thread was lost in cyberspace somewhere. But, anyway, I have another appointment with the cardiologist scheduled for this Friday. Won't know anything until then. The meds all seem to be working fairly well. I don't know what most of them are for, but I take 'em just as the directions say. Now, as long as I don't try to act as though I were still, say, 53 or 54 years of age, I'm doing right fine. No symptoms of anything amiss. I do carry a vial of nitroglycerine with me and have been known to pop a pill if I suddenly feel I'm completely out of breath for no discernible reason, but that's rare. Most of the time I feel fine, thank you for asking.

I'm glad to hear things are improving. Still might be a good idea to check into how you would go about getting financial assistance for transportation arrangements just in case. Never know when that info will come in handy when living on one of the puddle-jumper islands.

so youre taking coumadin or some other thinner, right? and sounds like you have some other med to work on you. I have a supply of BP meds that have been behind my AT fib. The thing you wanna watch is that your BP numbers dont get too close as the BP is regulated downward.

Butterflies cling like limpets!

And thanks to Bflynet we get to find out how you are!

Thanks, all of you, for your concern.

Farmer, I take warfarin [generic for Coumadin] but they cut my dosage way back. It was, like, five mgs daily; after the second visit to the hospital they gave me a new prescription for a 2 mg (or maybe its only 1.5 mg) tablet. My blood was getting so damn thin I was getting bruises on my arms and legs, unaware that I had even bumped into anything. Anyhoo, all things considered, I'm OK.

we should take a poll on that.

but you'll get better...

Just came from a visit with my cardiologist. I must be doing OK because he doesn't want to see me for another two months. Took some blood, will test it. Me, I just hang in there.

Good!

gladda hear it...

That's great news. Did he take you off of the Coumadin?