Heart attack, not good

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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,303
    Glad you are home, hope you have a speedy recovery!! You got this!!
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  • agfrost
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    Just reading this! Glad you're home & recovering. Best wishes to you on your convalescence.
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,658
    Wow Just stepped in. Hope all is well Vmax. Hang in there & recover. Prayers sent your way
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  • halo
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    Speedy recovery now that you are back at home. Thanks for the update.
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  • xsmi
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    Offering up prayers now man.
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,949
    edited November 2020
    @vmaxer I'm happy you are back at home for Thanksgiving. Hope you continue to feel a little bit better each day.
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,900
    Hey Max,
    They send you home in a Zoll life vest?
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  • fish357
    fish357 Posts: 304
    Prayer? Done. Wishing you a fast and complete recovery.
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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    vmaxer wrote: »
    jdjohn wrote: »
    Will pray for you, pal. You're in the right place in Nashville. Are you at Vanderbilt, St. Thomas, or Centennial?

    I am in St Thomas

    The island? For some reason. I thought you were in AZ?

    Hope you are feeling better brother!
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  • halo71
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    Wishing you a speedy recovery!
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  • BlueBirdMusic
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    Please take care of yourself, and enjoy the Christmas season filled with prayers for you.
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  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,969
    edited December 2020
    No snow shoveling :#
    Real heavy snow in the 216 today.
    I'm taking a break...
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  • codycatalist
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    Please feel well and recover quickly!
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  • jdjohn
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    A little something extra to be thankful for this season o:) Hope you enjoyed the snow up in KY yesterday.
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,658
    Any updates here Vmaxer. Been thinking of you & wondering how your doing. Hope all is well.
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  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,117
    boston1450 wrote: »
    Any updates here Vmaxer. Been thinking of you & wondering how your doing. Hope all is well.

    Just staying home and taking it easy for now. I really appreciate the comments, thoughts, and prayers.

    My ejection fraction for my heart is at 35% and should be a minimum of 50%. Taking medications for it and about to start walking some. I get very tired due to it. I am basically in heart failure. I hope to improve it as I learn more about it. I have a cardiologist that I have used for several years now, plus another one that specializes in the “heart muscle”.

    I had a MRI to check for Cardiac Amyloidosis, don’t have that.

    Unfortunately, hardening of the arteries runs in my family. My dad had heart attacks and open heart surgery when he was 43, he died when he was 54.

    I hope I can overcome it.

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  • F1nut
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    You can do it Billy.
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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    :) there you are! Hang in there bud. You can do it.
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  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,117
    I forgot to mention that they put 4 stents in my LAD. It was completely blocked.
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,124
    Hang in there I hope you overcome this pretty sure we are all rooting for you God Bless.
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  • Milito
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    Stay positive, you're in our prayers.
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    Come on @vmaxer fight it man! Don’t give up! We are all pulling for you and you got lots of like left in you. May God give give you the strength to keep fighting!
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,658
    Great :) You can do it. Prayers sent our friend
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,569
    edited December 2020
    vmaxer wrote: »
    boston1450 wrote: »
    Any updates here Vmaxer. Been thinking of you & wondering how your doing. Hope all is well.

    Just staying home and taking it easy for now. I really appreciate the comments, thoughts, and prayers.

    My ejection fraction for my heart is at 35% and should be a minimum of 50%. Taking medications for it and about to start walking some. I get very tired due to it. I am basically in heart failure. I hope to improve it as I learn more about it. I have a cardiologist that I have used for several years now, plus another one that specializes in the “heart muscle”.

    I had a MRI to check for Cardiac Amyloidosis, don’t have that.

    Unfortunately, hardening of the arteries runs in my family. My dad had heart attacks and open heart surgery when he was 43, he died when he was 54.

    I hope I can overcome it.

    Billy -

    I spoke to my cardiologist friend and confirmed.
    Typically EF will go down initially. Sometimes stunning can cause it to go down, which means it should go back up after a few weeks.
    Sometimes the hit is hard that it remains impaired permanently aka muscle wall death not stunning.
    An EF of 35% is definitely low, but I've seen people with 10% too. 65% is normal, 50% is acceptable.

    I'm 38, my wife had me get a calcium score via CAT scan a few months ago... I hear ya man, getting old sucks and it gets ALL of us.

    Stay well buddy.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    Prayers continue. Keep your chin up buddy, and go slow with the walking.
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  • Jetmaker737
    Jetmaker737 Posts: 1,049
    Can't imagine how scary this has all been. You must be a tough one to come out this side of it. Keep it up, man. Take care.
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  • vcwatkins
    vcwatkins Posts: 1,993
    Praying for continued recovery
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    Keeping you in our hearts buddy.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,161
    I agree. ;)
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,981
    Hope your doing much better, if ya want to chat by PM, ring me up. Having recently gone through near death stuff , recovery can definitely be hampered by your mental state also.
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